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Sewing, embroidery, story cloths+ depression + Adolescents
I chose to engage in sewing/embroidery, something I had no prior experience with or exposure to before entering this program. I was...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Knitting/Crochet + neurocognitive disorder+ older adults
I was pretty excited that we were going to engage in Knitting/Crochet since I automatically associate it with our cohort and how it...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Clay + Disruptive, Impulsive-Control-Conduct Disorders + Children
Clay is a wonderful material with various therapeutic features that can be manipulated in so many ways; thus, making it a popular tool to...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Papermaking + Trauma & Stressor Related Disorders+ Adults
The first experiential of the quarter and I was excited to make paper with items found in my home. I had taken a papermaking course...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Printmaking with children with neurodevelopmental disorders
Media: Printmaking Population: Children with neurodevelopmental disorders I had a small piece of scrap linoleum that I cut into simple...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Zines with older adults with bipolar and related disorders
Media: Zine Population: older adults with bipolar and related disorders I don’t know that I can say too much yet about the zine creation...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Found objects with children with anxiety disorders
Media: Found objects Population: Children with anxiety disorders I was visiting my parents this week and was worried because they don’t...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
El Duende with adults with substance use and addiction disorders
Media: Mini El Duende Population: Adults with substance use and addiction disorders The process of the miniature El Duende still confuses...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Sewing/embroidery with adolescents with depressive disorders
Media: Sewing, arpilleras, story cloth, embroidery Population: adolescents with depressive disorders “My goal in life is to take up as...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Crochet with adults with anxiety disorders
Media: Knitting or crochet Population: Adults with anxiety disorders I’m fairly familiar with crocheting and wanted to make something...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Clay with children with trauma and stressor-related disorders
Media: Clay Population: Children with trauma and stressor-related disorders I was quite excited to try the lint clay because I love...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Papermaking with children with EBD
Media: Papermaking Population: Children with emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD) I chose this population because children with EBD...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Collage-Week 8
Journal 8 Material: Collage Population: Adults Diagnosis: PTSD In thinking about what material to try for my free choice this week, I was...
Dec 8, 20203 min read
Zines-Week 7
Journal 7 Material: Zines Population: Adolescents Diagnosis: Feeding and Eating Disorders When creating my zine page about our theme of...
Dec 8, 20203 min read
Sewing-Week 4
Journal 4 Sewing Population: Adolescent Diagnosis: Depressive Disorders I found sewing to be incredibly natural for me. I have sewed...
Dec 8, 20203 min read
Found Objects-Week 6
Journal 6 Found Objects Population: Children Diagnosis: OCD and Anxiety Disorders I struggled with creating a sculpture from found...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
El Duende-Week 5
Journal 5 El Duende Population: Older Adults Diagnosis: Neurocognitive Disorders Having done an El Duende over several months before, I...
Dec 8, 20203 min read
Knitting and Crochet-Week 3
Journal 3 Knitting & Crochet Population: Older Adults Diagnosis: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders For this week I chose to knit a...
Dec 8, 20203 min read
Clay-Week 2
Journal 2 Material: Clay Population: Children Diagnosis: Impulse Control and Conduct Disorders When working with clay I immediately knew...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Papermaking-Week 1
Journal 1 Material: Paper-making Population: Adults Diagnosis: Substance Use Disorder The process of making paper has always been...
Dec 8, 20203 min read
Clay Manipulation & Older Adults
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
Affective Qualities of Process Painting: Bipolar and Related Dx
Fluid materials are known to inherently stimulate affective expressive responses. El Duende is a form of process painting that is known...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Found Objects: Older Adults & Depressive Disorders During COVID-19
While feelings of loneliness and social isolation are present within various populations and ages; often older adults have decreased...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Reimagining Impulse-control in Papermaking
Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders refer to a category of disorders that comprised of oppositional defiant disorder,...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
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