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Recently, Anderson Cooper interviewed late night talk show host Steven Colbert on his show Anderson Cooper 360. Cooper, who recently lost his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, opened up to Colbert about his grief and public healing process. Colbert lost his two older brothers and father following a plane crash, at the young age of ten yearsContinueContinue reading “Anderson Cooper and Steven Colbert: Grief, Resiliency, and Healing”

Last month, I had the pleasure of presenting at a TATA event centered around Self-Care and exploring how important ongoing self-care is for both clinicians and our clients. The presentation gave me a chance to reflect on ways I incorporate self-care into my own routine, and unsurprisingly my big take-away from putting the presentation togetherContinueContinue reading “Tennessee Art Therapy Association”

Science and Culture: Searching for the science behind art therapy. In the article above, written by Carolyn Beans, we get a look into current research exploring the effects of engaging in Art Therapy treatment and healing the brain. Read the full article (link above) to hear more about one Veterans first hand account of howContinueContinue reading “Bridging Art Therapy and Neuroscience”

Artist David Best, famous for his ephemeral wooden structures built around the world, is currently constructing a ‘Temple of healing’ to commemorate the 17 victims of the Parkland shooting one year ago today. The Temple will be covered in words and expressions of healing by the community, and then it will be set ablaze. Best’sContinueContinue reading “Artist David Best and the Parkland Anniversary Temple”

Identifying Your “Safe Place” The concept is simple: what is your safe place? The Safe Place intervention asks our clients to become very clear about what emotional and physical safety looks and feels like, to them. Maybe it’s nature or being with a loved one. It can be as simple as the feeling of beingContinueContinue reading “Identifying Your Safe Place”

Reducing Stress. Learn how to create more balance into your every day life. Strategies like learning how to say no and when to say yes, and creating routines, can result in a significant decrease in stressful experiences and relationships. Increase Self-Care. Giving yourself the gift of one hour a week to vent frustrations and gainContinueContinue reading “3 Benefits to Therapy”

For many of us East Coasters in America we are in winter weather mode! With this comes colder weather and less sunlight, which can have a small or large impact our mental health. The science behind the changes we feel are linked to possible lower serotonin (a neurotransmitter connected to mood) levels from reduced sunlight,ContinueContinue reading “Seasonal Shifts & Mental Health”

Taking the time to get to know ourselves should be a priority and a continuous journey. Taking small moments every now and then to ask ourselves questions about our past, present, and future, is important, as well as being open to how our answers may change as we increase in age and enter new lifeContinueContinue reading “Getting to Know Yourself.”

Sometimes it’s difficult to identify and articulate how we might be feelings. One creative way to “check-in” with ourselves is to create a mood mandala. Make a list of all the feelings you feel throughout your day- from when you first wake up until bedtime. From this list, choose 5 or more feelings you feelContinueContinue reading “Mood Mandala.”

Just hearing the word can create a slight spike in our nerves! But, getting to know our anxiety, like a pesky friend, can be an incredibly helpful strategy to managing it each day.  A great starting point can be creating a body scan where we identify how it physically feels inside of our body whenContinueContinue reading “Managing Anxiety”