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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
Zines for adults with substance related disorders
I think the way that my zine page is created using a crumpled face mask pattern and decorated with expired pain pills pretty much...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Embroidery
Media Process: Embroidery Population: Adults Disorder: Anxiety disorder Embroidery is a new venture for me and I have thoroughly enjoyed...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Clay Making
Media Process: Clay making Population: Adults Disorder: Substance related/ Addiction disorder The topic of accessibility since March has...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Coiling and Basket Making with Adults with Anxiety Disorders
For my free choice assignment I chose to use a basket making technique called coiling. This is a process that I learned in a fibers class...
Dec 9, 20201 min read
Knitting with Adults with Addiction and Substance Use Disorder
Knitting is a familiar process for me, one that is inextricably tied to memory and personal connection. My grandmother taught me, along...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Tear and Release
Hot glue and paper for an adult with hoarding disorder, compulsive spectrum · Heat · Smell of warming glue · Ripping tearing of paper ·...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
When we change what came before: Altered books for grief and bereavement
Media: Altered Books Population: Adolescents Condition: Grief and bereavement When beginning the exercise, I did not know what I should...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Narrative Sewing: Adults w/ PTSD/Trauma
Media: Sewing Population: Adult Disorder: Trauma Reflection: This week, I engaged in sewing as a form of personal storytelling. I think...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
The clay body, trauma, and rehabilitation
Media: Clay and Ceramics Population: Adults to Older Adults Condition: Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders This time, I began with a...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Tear apart to rebuild: Papermaking with people experiencing gender dysphoria
My approach to papermaking was to tear up junk mail and scrap paper from projects that no longer felt helpful. I added tiny squares of...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Papermaking and Tangible Change
Papermaking for Adults with depression · Tearing when dry, easy to tear when thin, becomes harder with more layers. · Fine motor skills,...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Embroidery for adult women with depressive disorders
From every other craft project, I struggled with embroidery the most. Embroidery is one thing I never learned from anyone, nor did I...
Dec 9, 20204 min read
Papermaking: Adults with SUD
Media: Papermaking Population: Adults Disorder: Substance Use Disorder Reflection: I created paper using scrap pieces of paper, tissue...
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
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
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
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
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
#8 Water-Color Pencils and Adults with Anxiety
Reflective Writing #8: Free Choice Population: Adult Disorder: Generalized Anxiety Disorder For the free choice I experimented with...
Dec 7, 20202 min read
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