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Improv Games

Skills that make us good improvisers are those that make us good partners, friends, parents, and colleagues - listening, mutual support and trust, willingness to take risks, ability to collaborate, capacity to both lead and follow, and a sense of spontaneity and fun. These skills are the foundation.

Collection of 12 colorful card game instruction sheets with titles like 'Yes, Move,' 'Zen Count,' 'Calvinball,' 'Collaborative Drawing,' 'Crazy Eights,' 'Good to the Last Drop,' 'Copy Cat,' 'A/B Thank You,' 'Sound in Motion,' '7-Line Stories,' and 'ImprovisethispreventiveThat.com'.

Media: Read & Listen

  • Shift Happens Collective on Substack

    News and information about the private practice of Lisa Kays, The Shift Happens Collective. The Shift Happens Collective serves clients and social work supervisees in DC, VA, MD, and OR.

  • Listen to the Podcast

    The “What If Nothing’s Wrong With You?” podcast is a co-creation between two psychotherapists and colleagues, Lisa Kays and Paula D. Atkinson. Listen on your favorite podcast platform.

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