Recently, I had the opportunity to attend Dr. Dan Siegel’s seminar “How Psychotherapy Works.” It was a fascinating day in which you learned about the intersection of psychology, neuroscience and mindfulness meditation in mental health. Below are the key take-aways from Dan Siegel’s talk: Mindsight = the special kind of attention that allows you to […]
The “Ugly” in Art Therapy
Have you had concerns about making “ugly” artwork when engaging in art therapy? This is the fourth post of the art therapy** series, based upon the graduate class I’m taking in art therapy for clinical social work, and it will be addressing this very topic. This post will illustrate that being worried about making something […]
11 Tips for Employing Art Therapy Techniques
Would you like to employ some art therapy** techniques with some of your clients? This third post of the art therapy series will be providing you with 11 key learnings on engaging clients with art therapy. These posts are based upon the 14 week graduate class I took in art therapy. 11 Tips About Conducting Art Therapy** […]
Children’s Growth Through Art
Did you know there is a huge connection between the development of a child’s artistic abilities and his/her cognitive development? In fact, a child’s art work is indicative of his/her developing abilities in motor skills, perception, language, symbol formation, sensory awareness and spatial orientation (Malchiodi, 1998). As you may remember from Art Therapy and Social […]
Art Therapy and Social Work
Have you wondered how to incorporate art therapy in a session with a client? I took a [post] graduate class on the use of art therapy within a social work framework. Art therapy is something that I wanted to learn for a variety of reasons. Art is something that I hadve always enjoyed. It is […]
