1. projectpresence.org
co-creating healthy, meaningful and
supportive relationships through
the cultivation of PRESENCE in the
day-to-day lives of individuals and
communities
We are a team of dedicated, caring,
and compassionate healthcare and
education professionals with an
expertise in education, narrative
medicine, movement, health and
wellness, creative arts, mind-
body medicine and humanistic
psychology.
projectpresence.org
Michelle Hennemeier is a
certified yoga teacher, a
licensed acupuncturist, and a
licensed massage therapist. She
also completed a three-year
medical Qigong program.
Dr. Scott Johnson is a co-
founder of Project Presence.
He holds a doctorate in
psychology, is a licensed social
worker, and is a practicing
therapist.
Joshua Hendrickson is a co-
founder and Executive Director
of Project Presence. He holds
a Masters Degree in Social
Work and is a Ph.D. candidate
in Mind-Body Medicine
Jennifer Kelly is a Board
Certified Holistic Health
Practitioner and founder of
Feeding Your Life, Inc., as well
as FeedingYourLife.com.
discover more about us!
contact us
P: 631.838.7183
E: info@projectpresence.org
W: projectpresence.org
436 West Main St.
Patchogue, NY 11772

2. yearlong professional social emotional
learning program
The yearlong professional development
training for social emotional learning is
intended to support and enhance teacher social
emotional resources and in-class strategies
to support students’ academic, social, and
emotional development. Teachers are trained in
10-12-person small group cohorts throughout
the training. Teachers participate in self-care
strategies for their own professional wellness to
guard against burnout and compassion fatigue
while also supporting and creating a caring and
compassionate learning environment.
The methods for instruction include didactic,
experiential, and health and wellness coaching
approaches for teacher development. The
trainings bridge theory and practice through
the use of evidence-based mind-body and
mindfulness-based strategies for whole child
and teacher development.
Specific areas of professional development
include affect and learning, movement and
learning, strategies for developing student
self and emotional regulation, interpersonal
relationship development, critical thinking,
self-and social awareness. This enables teachers
to more fully partner with students to overcome
obstacles and barriers in the classroom that
impact student academic growth.
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mindfulness and self-compassion
workshops
These teachings are conducted in small group
format and utilize the self awareness that is cul-
tivated by mindfulness and the care of oneself
afforded by self-compassion and loving-kind-
ness practices. The works draw upon the core
aspects of mindfulness training to bring about
a quality of attention to one’s experience with
as little judgement as possible. Through the
use of mindfulness practices individuals can
more fully understand their emotional states
and bring forth an attitude of acceptance to
the experience of the present. Self-compassion
practices bring to the foreground a deeper
understanding and concern to the perceived
failure, inadequacies and general painful situa-
tions experienced in life.
mind-body skills group
Mind-body skills groups support health and
wellness through effective and research-based
integrative healing modalities to help individu-
als with stress, illness, and life changes in an
intimate and supportive group setting.
Mind-body skills help people transform
the physical, mental, emotional, social, and
spiritual dimensions of their lives. Participants
will learn self-care practices that best suit their
needs and can be easily integrated into their
day-to-day lives.
Participants will learn:
Self-awareness • Biofeedback • Imagery and
visualization • Meditation • Relaxation breath-
ing • Self-hypnosis • Integrative nutrition for
optimizing wellness
project presence is a not-
for-profit organization that aims to
support educational systems and
healthcare organizations in developing
and enhancing social and emotional
resources of teachers, administrators,
students, healthcare practitioners and
clients. Project Presence utilizes age-
old evidence based practices that are
grounded in contemporary neuroscience,
developmental psychology, mind-
body medicine, narrative medicine,
humanistic psychology, integrative
nutrition, and spirituality studies.
These practices are known to cultivate
resilience, compassion, attunement
in relationships, critical thinking,
support health and wellness and deepen
empathetic responses to world we live in.
who we are what we do