Category: blog

Mindfulness and Art Therapy

Over the last two years, I have found mindfulness along with art therapy a wonderful way to help me, and my clients gain insight and awareness. I have found the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn, Tara Brach, Dan Siegel, Mark Epstein, Echart Tolle, Brene Brown, Dan Harris, and many others influencing my work and thinking. I…

An Art Therapist’s Identity

Is an art therapist an artist, therapist, or a writer?  Do they work alone or do they work with people?  Why would an artist become an art therapist or why would a therapist, (or  counselor or social worker for that matter) become an art therapist? As I mull over what the focus of today’s blog…