Cast a Wide Net
Cast a wide net with your art. You might gather back fragmented parts of yourself that floated off during a painful chapter. Cast a wide net with your experimentation. You might have a conversation with your preferences as your inner critic flails in its attempts to keep you hiding. Cast a wide net with your […]
I Believe in You
I believe in the creative, magnificent and loving power of the human spirit and life itself. .I believe in the cycles of nature’s intelligent expression. I believe in our capacity to fumble our way through this confusing, intense, bewildering and uncomfortable collective initiation. My dear friend and Expressive Arts Therapy colleague, Nadine Shelly, reminded me […]
Fierce Hope
Cultivating fierce hope was a big theme for one of my summer day retreats. We spaced out and danced in the forest and along the ocean’s edge to feel, heal and explore the expression of our shared creative genius with silent disco headphones. We also listened to the trees and translated their wise messages for […]
Neurobiology & Expressive Arts Therapy
“Neurobiology has taught us that we need to “come to our senses” in developing components for addressing trauma…Expressive arts help people discover just what forms of expression will be self-regulating, communicate their experiences in reparative ways, imagine restorative narratives, and ultimately support recovery.” – Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body and Imagination in the […]
Distance Sessions
Remembering my summer office under the plum tree laden with golden fruit. Doing distance counselling and Expressive Arts Therapy sessions from afar and working on the playlists for the “Rewild Your Creativity” series here is a dream come true. That was a time to harvest and dehydrate the sweet gold for winter. .