Tour Dates:
Sunday, May 7, 2023
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Saturday, July 22, 2023
10:00am - 11:30am
Sunday, August 6, 2023
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Sunday, September 17, 2023
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Join professional counselor, James Ellermeyer, MA, NCC, LPC, for a mindfulness tour of Highland Park. Take a stroll in the afternoon and learn about some of the fascinating history and features while exploring deeper parts of yourself with Jim's mindfulness-based cognitive approach. Rediscover Highland Park through observation, description, and participation - from the entry gate, to the garden fountain, and a walk along the reservoir with some mindful stops along the way. Don't just walk through this tour - live in the moment, and truly experience Highland Park in a way you never have before.
TOUR HOST BIO:
James Ellermeyer, MA, NCC, LPC is a professional counselor. He uses a mindfulness-based cognitive approach to help people deal with self-concept, self-esteem, identity formation and develop the ability to make conscious choices. He treats a variety of conditions and has been successful with his own full impact mindfulness technique.
Mindfulness based cognitive behavioral therapy is a way to "step back and become the observer behind the thinker." He does not teach thought blocking or suppression, however challenges individuals to challenge thought, feelings and their "dysregulated thinker."
Jim, himself, is in long-term recovery from drug and alcohol addiction and is actively engaged in 12-step recovery and has had his own "time of troubles" which gives him a unique perspective. He treats "people, not diagnoses" and uses a holistic mind, body and spirit approach to wellness.
TOUR STARTS/ENDS: Highland Park Entrance, 1467 N Highland Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
This is a walking tour; less than 1.5 miles of walking; there are hills/some degree of incline along the route.
Photography is allowed.
A restroom is available.
Guided Walking Tour