Have you ever wondered what drama therapy was all about, or whether this would be a useful modality to add to your portfolio of clinical skills? To find out, I interviewed Noel McDermott, a licensed drama therapist and psychotherapist from England. Noel has 15 years of experience in working with individuals of all ages overcome […]
Gestalt Therapy Explained: An Interview with a Gestalt Therapist
Gestalt therapy is one of the most experiential and present-focused approaches in psychotherapy, but if you’ve heard the term and found it hard to pin down exactly what it means, you’re not alone. To clear up some of the mysteries around Gestalt therapy, I interviewed Robert Mauksch, a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), practicing Gestalt […]
Fat Oppression: Stigma Comes in Large Sizes
This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Michelle Matthews, a first year social work student at NYU’s Silver School of Social Work. While Michelle is just at the beginning of her social work career, I think you will find her story quite inspiring. She is already working as an advocate at her school on […]
Eating Disorders Are About Relationships
To help clients address their eating disorders, Jodi Rubin, ACSW, LCSW, tries to “be mindful of joining people in understanding the ways in which their eating disorder has served them and in doing this, am able to slowly shift into looking at the ways in which it is no longer serving them.” This week, I […]
Art Therapy – The Power of Art in Healing
Art therapy can have a potent healing effect. Pamela Hayes describes it as having “provided some of my clients with clarity and the strength to change their lives. In other instances, Art Therapy has moved people through the grief process. I have even seen art diagnosis my clients with medical problems.“ Pamela Hayes is a […]
