SERIOUSLY PLAYFUL - Center Street

Seriously Playful: A Day for Connection, Curiosity, and Chemistry

This relational retreat is designed to support connection in all its forms — romantic, familial, platonic, and personal. Through guided experiences and mindful moments of interaction, you’ll explore how stress, habit, and nervous system patterns quietly shape the way we relate, and what becomes possible when curiosity, presence, and emotional safety are restored.

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Dr. Elizabeth Bendick

Dr. Bendick is a licensed psychologist in Pennsylvania and Florida with a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from William James College. Her work focuses on how stress, habit, and emotional safety shape the way we relate—to others and to ourselves. With deep experience in trauma recovery, relational dynamics, and self-worth, she brings a grounded, compassionate presence to spaces where connection can feel tender, stuck, or strained.

At this retreat, Dr. Bendick will support participants through guided, experiential practices that invite curiosity, attunement, and genuine human connection. Her approach emphasizes emotional safety, creativity, and humor—helping individuals and couples soften defensiveness, notice relational patterns, and reconnect in ways that feel real and sustainable. As part of The Mindful Prof and The Mindful Corporation team, she bridges clinical insight with accessible, lived experience, creating inclusive, non-pathologizing spaces where meaningful connection can unfold naturally.

Dr. Kelsey Evans-Amalu

Currently is based in the greater Central Florida area bringing holistic healing services to people in need. Dr. K. is a small business owner and serves as researcher, yoga and meditation instructor, and somatic educator to private clients, corporate offices, and k-12 schools and universities. She is experienced with working with varied clientele including past instruction of high-performance athletes (the WWE, Orlando City Soccer, Orlando Pride, etc.) to mental health providers and services (National Alliance on Mental Illness, National Eating Disorder Awareness, etc.).

PhD in Education, Masters in Education, 500 Hour E-RYT, Kids Yoga Certified, Trauma Yoga Certified, Certified Meditation Teacher, Reiki Certified, Hypnosis Certified., Certified Professional Life Coach.

Zac Dodson

He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (MH11867). He completed an undergraduate degree in Social Studies Education in Texas before continuing his Master’s in Mental Health Counseling at Webster University in Geneva, Switzerland. Zac’s philosophy was heavily influenced by Carl Jung in Switzerland. Zac is not the typical psychotherapist though. He has a track record of being both pragmatic and person centered. The goals of the client are always the highest priority. Zac has experience helping people work through many difficult issues, but he has most of his experience and training in the areas of Trauma/PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), Anxiety/Stress, HIV/AIDS, ADHD, Substance use, and other Addictions.

Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Mindfulness Based Techniques, Couples Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Counseling Children and Adults with ADHD, HIV/AIDS Counseling, Techniques of Crisis Intervention, The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: PTSD and Substance use course & PTSD and Military Sexual Trauma course.

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