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Dec 10, 20202 min read

Wood Burning in an Art Therapy Session?!

There is a duality that exists within the process of woodburning between the aggressive nature of burning and the meditative qualities of...

Dec 10, 20202 min read

There is a cyclical and sometimes tedious nature that exists in the practice of sewing. For some, this pattern of repetition may feel...

Dec 10, 20202 min read

The practice of Zine work is rooted in social activism, feminism, and gender studies as a community-building tool focused on individual...

Dec 10, 20202 min read

In some ways, this post feels like an homage to a client that chose to trust me and teach me. Working with a client with suicidal...

Dec 8, 20202 min read

One of my favorite art therapy publications is Deborah Elkis-Abuhoff and Morgan Gaydos’s work using clay manipulation with Parkinson’s...

Dec 8, 20202 min read

Fluid materials are known to inherently stimulate affective expressive responses. El Duende is a form of process painting that is known...

Dec 7, 20202 min read

While feelings of loneliness and social isolation are present within various populations and ages; often older adults have decreased...

Dec 7, 20202 min read

Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders refer to a category of disorders that comprised of oppositional defiant disorder,...