Resilience is an excellent thing to strive for in this complex era. This project invites viewers to create a 30 day visual journal to cultivate hope, momentum, and postivie self regard in a low pressure, low key way. This video introduces ideas from the field of psychology who contributed to our understanding of well being ..read more

How do we create a sense of control when things feel our of control? Engaing in a creative project and narrowing down time to embrace the things we can control is a great way to start. These instructional videos offer a simple format to use collage material for creative self expression ..read more

I am writing this post to announce the publication of a new book EMDR and Creative Arts Therapies that I co-edited and co-wrote. This book is a a collaborative effort of many pioneers in the creative arts therapies field. For therapists who are trained in EMDR and looking for creative avenues to support the work they do, you will LOVE this book. This is the first and only book written on the topic of using creativity to enhance EMDR therapy. We are so very happy to share our ideas with the mental health field ..read more

The pandemic isn’t quite over, but the rapid vaccination rollout, warmer weather, and dropping numbers of newly diagnosed individuals are certainly offering a new level of hope in the United States. It appears we are entering a new phase which will allow for safely connecting with our peeps. For most, this is fantastic news, but for many, this is a season of serious crisis. What is happening? As a therapist, I am here to offer an insider’s view of this emerging phenomenon that has accompanied much of March, 2021. For the past year, most earthlings’ lives were upended overnight. The remainder ..read more

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Let’s plan for something RADICALLY different this November 3rd in the United States after you vote. Can you plan on doing a random act of kindness to someone in your community to combat the many emotions you might be experiencing in this heated season? Your emotions are REAL. We are living in strange times. Let’s make a plan to mitigate negativity in a tiny but powerful way. You might be feeling even MORE radical emotions on November 4th (the day after election day). Can you expand on this kindness idea and plan for at least TWO random acts of kindness in your day? Random acts of kindness ide ..read more

The best way to truly comprehend the inequality in the USA is to use the metaphor of a Monopoly game. The rules are pretty simple- everyone starts with the same amount of money, and as you work your way around the board, you can buy real estate when you land on a property. You then get to charge your opponents rent when they land on your spot, and rent keeps increasing as you buy houses and hotels to add to youe property. The goal of the game? When everyone is bankrupt, you win. Simple, right? Let’s imagine the African American experience in the US. If each time around the board of a Monopoly ..read more

Things are changing fast here in the United States. Perhaps the woman in this video can/should/will become a voice to lead the way. She speaks for so many who do not have a voice. Please watch this powerful video of Desiree Barnes as she admonishes the looters outside of her apartment in NYC. Yes, people are angry. Yes, people have a right to be angry. Yes, this is the bumpy ride into the 21st century, as we dust off the oppression and disequilibrium of the past centuries. Let’s start a new conversation so the looters, and people who are destroying public and private property are held account ..read more

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins is available today! The much anticipated fourth book/prequal in the Hunger Game Trilogy has finally arrived. My family marked this day on their calendar months ago, thinking of it as a real and predictable date in a world of uncertainty and cancelled things in their pandemic season. Ironically, this book charts the journey towards the fictional distopian world Suzanne Collins brought to life in the Hunger Games trilogy. Does art imitate life or does life imitate art? Reading distopian books during our new distopian era is a strange recipe ..read more