Your donation will go directly to scholarships for our 7-week Improv for Anxiety course, offered to those with financial need. $350 will pay for one scholarship, or you may enter any amount to contribute to our scholarship fund.

Course description:

Do you find it challenging to regulate your thoughts & emotions? Have you always wanted to take Improv or want to find out more about how you can apply Improv to improve your mental health?

Improving your emotional intelligence through learning Improv is not only beneficial but also fun! In this course, individuals are able to explore and process triggers together and find group cohesion through play and humor. This course teaches individuals how to become more aware of, express, and control their emotions, while learning how to connect in interpersonal relationships. Students will find this class to be light-hearted and funny while gaining support with others who have similar struggles. In addition to improv techniques that promote mental health and manage anxiety, therapeutic modalities such as mindfulness, CBT, Biofeedback, and Rapid Resolution Therapy will also be integrated throughout the class.

Meet our Improv for Life Program Director, Andrea K. Baum, M.Ed., LPC

Andrea is the Co-Founder and Improv for Life Director of Stomping Ground. Using her experience as a psychotherapist, she has designed and created Improv For Life, a series of therapeutic improv classes and workshops for several unique needs populations. She uses her clinical expertise in psychotherapy to implement individualized needs based programming using improvisational comedy. Andrea’s mission within Stomping Ground is to connect with local nonprofits and organizations in the Dallas community to spread the healing power of improv and create custom interactive programming for any group’s needs. She works towards accessibility of comedy training programming for all. Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Positive Discipline Educator with experience working with children, parents, adults, and people with brain injury, dementia, Alzheimer’s, as well as their caregivers. She received her BS at Texas Christian University and her Master’s of Education in Counseling at the University of North Texas. She has been learning and performing improv since 2014 and recently completed Stomping Ground’s Training Center Program. She is trained in Positive Discipline Parenting, Play Therapy, Rapid Resolution Therapy, Biofeedback, Mindfulness, and Hypnosis–and has implemented all of these modalities within Improv for Life.

Sponsor Improv for Anxiety Scholarships

By Stomping Ground Comedy Theater and Training Center

Sponsor Improv for Anxiety Scholarships

Improv for Life - Comedy that cares.