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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
(American Art Therapy Association)

What is Art Therapy?

Art therapy is a human service profession which utilizes art media, images, the creative art process and patient/client responses to the created art productions as reflections of an individual's development, abilities, personality, interests, concerns, and conflicts. Art therapy practice is based on knowledge of human developmental and psychological theories which are implemented in the full spectrum of models of assessment and treatment including educational, psychodynamic, cognitive, transpersonal, and other therapeutic means of reconciling emotional conflicts, fostering self-awareness, developing social skills, managing behavior, solving problems, reducing anxiety, aiding reality orientation, and increasing self-esteem.

Art therapy is an effective treatment for the developmentally, medically, educationally, socially or psychologically impaired; and is practiced in mental health, rehabilitation, medical, educational, and forensic institutions. Populations of all ages, races, and ethnic backgrounds are served by art therapists in individual, couples, family, and group therapy formats.


Where Do Art Therapists Work?

Art Therapists work in private offices, art rooms, or meeting rooms in facilities such as:

hospitals--both medical and psychiatric

out-patient facilities

clinics

residential treatment centers

halfway houses

shelters

schools

correctional facilities

elder care facilities

pain clinics

universities

art studios

Art therapist may work as part of a team which includes physicians, psychologists, nurses, rehabilitation counselors, social workers, and teachers. Together, they determine and implement a client's therapeutic, school, or mental health program. Art therapists also work as primary therapists in private practice.

How do I choose an Art Therapist?

Each Art Therapist works differently. Some may specialize in a specific area of interest or with a specific population group. Because Art Therapists theoretical background differ, some may focus on assessment and diagnosis, some may uses Freudian theory, or Cognitive Behavior approaches, or Jungian theory, etc. Some may focus on the art making process rather than the finished product. When you are choosing an Art Therapist you need to ask questions and state what your specific needs are. This will help you clarify if the Art Therapist is right for you.


GROUPS

Art therapy is an effective therapeutic modality when used with groups. Groups should be identified by a common therapeutic goal or specific client population. Art Therapists work with diverse populations since the art materials can be adapted to meet the clients needs. Art therapists work with children, adolescents, and adults and provide services to individuals, couples, families, groups, and communities. They often work as part of clinical teams, in settings that include mental health, rehabilitation, medical and forensic institutions; community outreach programs; wellness centers; schools; nursing homes; corporate structures; art studios; and independent practices.

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Most of what people know about DID is based on what theyve seen on television. I believe the creators of these movies had good intentions at the time, but there are two things that one should know and understand concerning these films. One is that in the years since these movies were created, so much more has been learned about the disorder through research and experience. These movies were created at a time when interest in DID/MPD was just returning to the attention of the psychiatric community. Our understanding of the disorder was still in the early stages of development at that time. The second thing you should know is that, like many other disorders, DID exists on a continuum. Yes, there are people who have struggles quite similar to what youve seen on television, but there are also people for whom you would never guess they have DID. By far, most of the people diagnosed with DID are living lives in which they are spouses, parents, doctors, lawyers, teachers, social workers, college students, business executives, and the like.
I have Dissociative Identity Disorder, but it is not who I am. I am also a wife, mother, and special education teacher. I have a friend that also has DID. She is a wife, mother, and independent business executive. I have another friend with DID that is a wife, mother, and a social worker. I could go on..the point is, we are real people out there living real lives, and many of us are functioning quite well in the eyes of the outside world.
Please feel free to explore my blog. In it I have provided information about Dissociative Identity Disorder, and I have tried to give you an idea of what it has been like for me living with the disorder. My hope is that there will come a day where people with DID like myself will be able to say, I have Dissociative Identity Disorder and have it be . Were just not there yet.

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Posted on July 28, 2008
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People who seek aromatherapy treatments generally are looking for either a way to organically treat an emotional disturbance, or a way to enhance another alternative medical treatment.  While the use of aromatherapy in conjunction with other alternative medicine therapies is generally overseen by the practitioner of the other therapy (i.e. an acupuncturist or a massage therapist), aromatherapy for emotional disturbance is generally applied at home.
This involves the study and correct use of different essential oils in blends that will help the person achieve the desired effect.  Some of the most common blends are those used for energy, anxiety, insomnia and stress.  Some stores sell pre-made blends for common ailments like these, and if you dont have a lot of experience in blending oils this might be a good place to start.  But for those who are more experienced with oils, blends can be made at home with a basic selection of essential oils.

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frozen pea friday post to celebrate cancer survivors. today, a guest post by hayley:
hi! i’m hayley and i’m an alcoholic. oh wait, wrong posting day. this is the cancer posting day. let’s try that again!
hi! i’m hayley townley. i’m thrilled to have been asked to be a guest blogger on change therapy. thanks, isabella!
kryptonite, as you may know, was superman’s weakness. cancer in all its forms is my kryptonite. in 1991, i lost my mom to breast cancer. she was 47; i was 25. she had been battling it since she was 37.
in 2002, at age 36, i was diagnosed with stage 3B breast cancer.
it’s now 2008, i am 41 years old, i have a fabulous head of hair, and i am a survivor!
i have always thought of myself as a superhero, minus the cape and the tights. i can handle anything thrown my way. i have always been oblivious to the things that might get other people down.
of course, this could stem from our family motto: “nothing is wrong and we don’t talk about it.”
but when i was diagnosed, it hit me hard—from all angles: mental, physical, emotional. it laid me out and made me realize that, after all, i may be only human.
now that i’ve been free of cancer for over five years, i am stronger and more resilient. i am faster than a speeding bullet. more powerful than a locomotive. able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. but whenever the word cancer comes up, i cringe inside. it’s as if somebody has slipped me a little bit of kryptonite.
i live with the possibility that it will come back. i was never a hypochondriac before the cancer; that tendency is one of the little perks of having had this disease. when i get a headache, i think it’s a brain tumor. when i find a bump on my leg, my heart sinks. before each doctor’s appointment, i lay awake long into the night. i panic inside over each mammogram or blood test. only when the oncology nurse calls to say that i’m good to go, do i relax again. the kryptonite dissipates a little bit more each time i pass a test with flying colors.
a friend recently got a bad diagnosis — lung cancer, lymphoma, and brain cancer. i visited her in the hospital. kryptonite had reduced this once statuesque, beautifully poised superhero of a woman to lying in a hospital bed with tubes and drains sticking out of her. she was tired but in good spirits, and i know her superhero was still inside of her.
i had a good visit with her. she was on day 13 of her treatment and still had her hair. i had lost my hair on day 13. i brought her two cancer survivor buffs—the superhero headwear of cancer survivors.* i felt powerless in what else i could do for her. i tried to tell her it would be alright.
as i sat there holding her hand, a nurse came in to give her some of the same chemo drugs i had been given. i could sense the metallic taste in my mouth and the hollow place in my gut as i watched her dutifully swallow each horse pill. the kryptonite got stronger and i could feel every nerve ending in my body as i had before, when the situation was reversed.
as i left her bedside, i tried to carry out as much of her kryptonite as i could. i wanted her to be the strong, nothing-ever-fazes-her person i knew. just like me. the cancer tries to chip away at our bodies, but the kryptonite cannot affect our souls.
mary ellen died last month. not i, nor the drugs, nor the doctors could absorb enough kryptonite to return her superhero powers.
it’s crazy that in the 21st century—when we can put a person on the moon, make a computer that weighs only three pounds, and instantly share our thoughts with someone on the other side of the world simply by pressing a button—we still cannot cure cancer. someday, i hope there will be a kryptonite dumpsite where we can dump this disease.
if you or somebody you know is facing cancer, it’s your kryptonite, too. i survived it. superman survived it. you can survive it. let’s all don our superhero capes and tights and change the world together—one kryptonite diagnosis at a time.
this post is dedicated to my friend maryellen and, of course, to my mom. you will always be superheroes in my book.
bio: hayley lives in san luis obispo with her best friend and husband of 18 years, tim; their two dogs, shelby and lucy; and 14-year-old jazmine the cat.
she and her canadian co-author are writing a book about the lives of 100 women after breast cancer. she is also writing a book full of humor, insight, and warmth on her full cancer experience, along with one specifically for people who have a friend with cancer.

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Gavin Really Wants Me
The Purple Onion (140 Columbus Ave.)
July 3, 2008
Notes and Photos by Edward Paik
Better Than: Top view of Gavin Newsom’s greased, slick hair from the second-floor balcony of City Hall’s rotunda.
She knows she’s got them as she stutters on stage, faux-timid and shy. But between the “uhs” and the “ums” is a comic as bold as love, just don’t tell her that her “dream boy,” San Francisco’s Mayor Gavin Newsom, isn’t coming.
“I've got really big butterflies in my stomach right now,” said Mary Van Note, her first words on The Purple Onion stage as host for the premiere of “Gavin Really Wants Me.” “Usually, I tell jokes with punch-lines.”
But Thursday night wasn’t the time for Note's stand-up acts. “I love Gavin Newsom," she announced. "He’s been a crush of mine for a long time.”
Try 24 years, her age to be exact. The cutouts of Newsom’s face glued on construction paper hearts, the love letter, the red and pink balloons and a box of year-old Trader Joe’s candy cane “Jo Jo’s” from last Christmas -- anniversary gifts. “Because that’s how long I’ve loved him,” she says.
So to profess her love, Note started filming a web series for the Independent Film Channel (IFC) in April and made it all about Newsom, with each episode chronicling her attempts to win the pretty boy Mayor's heart.

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15th of month 8 (lunar calendar) 1990, at your aunt my sis's friend house, celebrating mooncake festival, the 1st time we met. That time we were 4 years old. We were being introduce to each other by your aunt my sis. You're my 1st friend in life. From that year onwards, we celebrated mooncake festival together with all my cousins. We carry our lantern and goes around the village. 1991-St.Methodist Kindergarten- we attended the same kindergarten we were in the same class. Sometimes when my parents does not come fetch me my cousin brother, the 3 of us walk home together. It was really fun. Later on i was transfered to another school in town, but we never forget our "tang lung" meet up games time. Sometimes we even play games together. The three of us were always hang out together with our bicycles. Catch fish from "longkang", hide seek, board games and... are all our favorites. Taman Mangga's playground was our meet up place. Later on we seldom have time to play together because me my cousin brother got to help my parents look after mini market, coffee shop comic house.. but, u still stay with us. You came to our comic house everyday... during weekday you always came immediately after back school, and during weekend you were there from morning to night. (my sis always force him go back to take bath or else he won't...hahaha..) Our time of meeting up getting lesser lesser as we grow up. During secondary, we always got to meet up accidentally at the bus stop or bus station. I was happy to see you at the station because everytime you will rush up to the bus to get place for me (thanks), and we chat along the journey. You will help me to carry books if there were no place to sit. Everytime when we meet up, you will share with me about your goals, about your future planning. I remember the last time you share your plans with me was 4 years ago.. You told me that you will futher your study after 2 years stopping it i'm so happy about that. (b'coz i heard from my cousin brother that you told him I motivated you back to study life) Few months back actually my cousin brothers plans to have a gathering among us ( u, me, yang, wei, woo, chuan, chiann) but for some reason, the gathering can't turn up. And now... we no longer have the chance.... 2nd July 2008 - you left us without saying goodbye.... 18years friendship.. although short but is precious... thanks for being the 1st friend in my life... you will always be in our heart...REST IN PEACE.

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reported in the January 2 issue of JAMA, provides an intriguing new look at this issue.
The authors personally examined a total of 1073 childhood cancer patients and 1007 controls individuals (all patients and controls were of northern European descent) without cancer with an eye toward cataloging morphological abnormalities (both major birth defects and minor anomalies) in a standardized fashion.
Interestingly, they found that both major birth defects and minor anomalies were significantly more common in the pediatric cancer group as compared to controls. For example, per 1000 individuals, 268 major abnormalities were found in cancer patients vs. 155 in controls; likewise, there were 1252 minor anomalies per 1000 individuals in cancer patients vs. 898 per 1000 controls. This was statistically significant and is consistent with the notion that at least a subset of pediatric cancers are associated with genetic defects that might also predispose to combinations of birth defects and/or minor congenital anomalies.
In 42 patients, there was an already established clinical genetic syndrome. Even after these patients were removed from the analysis, there was still a significantly higher number of major abnormalities and minor anomalies in the cancer patients as compared to controls.
After excluding the 42 patients with preexisting diagnoses, the authors sought to assess which congenital anomalies seem to be particularly associated with pediatric cancer. For example, they showed that blepharophimosis (a static reduction in the distance between the upper/lower eyelid resulting in a narrowed slit-like appearance), a minor anomaly, was about 11-times more likely to be found in pediatric cancer patients as compared to controls. Some of the other abnormalities that were statistically associated with pediatric cancer were asymmetric lower limbs and broad feet (appearing disproportionately wide for length and for which the measured width is 95th percentile for age).
The authors then went on to make some initial attempts to identify patterns of morphological abnormalities to classify them into putative new syndromes.
Overall, this study is very intriguing, but has some methodological limitations that will require validation of the result in an independent group of patients and controls. Nevertheless, this is a very plausible result supported by the existence of a number of known genetic syndromes in which certain birth defects cluster with certain types of cancer.
This study provides a foundation on which future efforts to identify new tumor predisposition syndromes will be based. Ultimately, this should allow improved efforts to screen for and/or prevent some childhood cancers.

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By Delyse Ledgard, MA
Click here to contact Delyse and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile
Fusion is defined as the desire for two people to merge into one another in personal relationships, and refers to an immature connection to the other fueled by a fear of separation. The desire for this type of connection is motivated in part by an unconscious fantasy of bliss through unity. Eric Fromm in ‘The Art of Loving’ talks about immature love being like the symbiotic relationship between mother and infant. Perhaps it is a desire to retreat into a safe haven from the world that creates such a strong pull in all of us for fusion.
Society encourages this type of unity by popular romantic notions of two halves make a whole, and finding the perfect fit. If we are to assume that society expresses our collective unconscious then we are all struggling with this desire for fusion to escape the ravages of life and the dangers of being alone in separation.
In the beginning of romantic relationships partners turn a blind eye to the differences between them. It is all about the similarities and connection. This blissful state of being in love is often described in the language of a symbiotic fusion. For example, “I’ve found the perfect fit”, “ we are so connected it is almost like he knows what I am thinking”, “finally someone understands me.”
In addition to a desire for a symbiotic fusion we also have a need for independence. As the relationship progresses partners’ individuality begins to become more evident and relationship struggles occur as they come to terms with their differences. Relationships continually flow between connection and separation. The desire for fusion is therefore, not the only force between partners, but is the one I am focusing on in this article. There are two main ways in which fusion is expressed in relationships – the first is by a dominant/submissive dynamic where there is only one person in this relationship and that is ME! The second is a dependant dynamic where you are the head and I will be the tail – together we will make one body.

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Since being in the Chicagoland area I kept hearing that Evanston was a really wonderful place. I'd heard that the quaint shops, historic architecture, and great access to the lake made it very special, in addition to the fact that it is the home of Northwestern University.
Today we journeyed there with Sharon and Adrian and found all of this to be TRUE! We strolled along the streets peeking into toy stores (ok, so we went and played!), book stores, and artisan shops. Once we were within a block of the lake it started pouring rain on us so we ran through the streets looking for an awning off an old Tudor home to hide under. The sun came out a few minutes later and we headed back to the Pier for some fantastic views. Because of the storms, the beach was very quiet today, save for the occasional dog and pet owner playing fetch on the dogie beach side of the fences.
By evening we were starving and the group appeased me by venturing into an authentic Ethiopian restaurant where we all ate off one plate with our hands.
Doesn't get much better than a great day, in a great place with very special people.

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Like our friend Jonathan, we've recently become obsessed with the AMC series Mad Men, both for the excellent writing and admittedly because everything in the show looks so darn amazing. There's not many shows where we want to steal away the set decor to call our own...most shows have an everyday generic quality to them. But a few shows stand out with a special je ne sais quoi that helps impart the series with a recognizable ambiance. Below are our top ten favourite shows of all time for decor. And be sure to throw in your favourites that we might have missed (or not have seen).

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Researchers link memory loss to poor diet
Medical University of South Carolina via Newswire: 18 June 2008
Loss of memory with advanced age is a significant problem within most societies, and appears particularly severe in advanced industrialized nations. A less visible and often ignored problem comes from a food supply high in cholesterol and saturated fat, which has led to high obesity rates particularly in the United States. In a study published in the June issue of the Journal of Alzheimers Disease, researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have linked memory loss to a diet high in saturated fat and cholesterol.

Collaboration between two laboratories at MUSC and one at Arizona State University led researchers to discover that rodents that were fed a diet high in cholesterol and saturated fat displayed impairment in working memory. This memory loss is associated with inflammation in the brain, as well as the impairment of structural proteins that affect how a nerve cell functions. As inflammation is associated with a poor diet, the failure of functions in other key organs such as the eye and the ear also could be expected. Assuming that the same phenomenon occurs in human beings, the study suggests that as humans age, memory may be preserved and brain functions improved by restricting the consumption of cholesterol and saturated fats. As cases of obesity and obesity-related diseases have increased exponentially in the United States, and are second only to tobacco use for premature mortality and the number of health-care dollars spent, the importance of this issue is immediate.

Cited study: Effects of a Saturated Fat and High Cholesterol Diet on Memory and Hippocampal Morphology in the Middle-Aged Rat, Journal of Alzheimers Disease 14:2 (June 2008), pp. 133-145.

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Mollygood, the Celebrity Gossip Tabloid, Splaying Celebrities from A- To D-List wrote an interesting post today on
Heres a quick excerpt
Marriage is a choice that thousands of people make every day. For many people, this is one of the best times of their lives. Unfortunately, however, marriage may not always be the best choice or the one that makes you the happiest and even worse, this is usually not realized until much later. What can you do if you find yourself in an unhappy marriage? Dear Dan and Jennifer, Hi, please help! My friend has been in an unhappy marriage for 28 months. Her son is 23 months old.

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Trauma Focused - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
*TF-CBT**Web *is a 10-hour web-based, multi-media, distance education course
for mental health professionals seeking to learn Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT; Cohen, Mannarino, Deblinger, 2006; Deblinger Heflin,1996). It was developed for professionals holding a masters degree or aboveor graduate students in a mental health discipline such as clinical social work, professional counseling, clinical psychology, psychiatry, marital and family therapy, or psychiatric nursing. It was designed to be used by busy, front-line practitioners who often have little time and few resources for traditional approaches to professional education. The asynchronous, modular, self-study approach of *TF-CBT**Web *allows practitioners to learn at their own pace when it is convenient for them. They can access the training whenever they have time, and from virtually any computer with Interne access. The modular approach means they can space their learning over time and return to the course whenever they like. *TF-CBT**Web *is offered at nocharge, and mental health professionals who complete the course receive 10 contact hours of continuing education (CEUs) from the Medical University of South Carolina. The big advantage that art therapists have is that many ofthe interventions have a creative component like reconstructing the trauma narrative. I hope that this is a helpful resource for some of you or yourcolleagues.

*http://tfcbt.musc.edu/

If you are interested in attending a full training, the next training inour area will be in **Baltimore, MD*. July 15-16, 2008. Cindy Rollo, LCSW-Cand Sally O'Hara, LCPC will present a two-day training workshop onTrauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. In addition, participants willreceive 6 follow-up monthly consultation calls. This training is sponsoredby the Kennedy Krieger Family Center Trauma Training Academy. For moreinformation, contact Danielle Worthy at 443-923-5971 or email traumatrainingacademy@kennedykrieger.org.

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frozen pea friday post to celebrate cancer survivors. today, a guest post by hayley:
hi! i’m hayley and i’m an alcoholic. oh wait, wrong posting day. this is the cancer posting day. let’s try that again!
hi! i’m hayley townley. i’m thrilled to have been asked to be a guest blogger on change therapy. thanks, isabella!
kryptonite, as you may know, was superman’s weakness. cancer in all its forms is my kryptonite. in 1991, i lost my mom to breast cancer. she was 47; i was 25. she had been battling it since she was 37.
in 2002, at age 36, i was diagnosed with stage 3B breast cancer.
it’s now 2008, i am 41 years old, i have a fabulous head of hair, and i am a survivor!
i have always thought of myself as a superhero, minus the cape and the tights. i can handle anything thrown my way. i have always been oblivious to the things that might get other people down.
of course, this could stem from our family motto: “nothing is wrong and we don’t talk about it.”
but when i was diagnosed, it hit me hard—from all angles: mental, physical, emotional. it laid me out and made me realize that, after all, i may be only human.
now that i’ve been free of cancer for over five years, i am stronger and more resilient. i am faster than a speeding bullet. more powerful than a locomotive. able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. but whenever the word cancer comes up, i cringe inside. it’s as if somebody has slipped me a little bit of kryptonite.
i live with the possibility that it will come back. i was never a hypochondriac before the cancer; that tendency is one of the little perks of having had this disease. when i get a headache, i think it’s a brain tumor. when i find a bump on my leg, my heart sinks. before each doctor’s appointment, i lay awake long into the night. i panic inside over each mammogram or blood test. only when the oncology nurse calls to say that i’m good to go, do i relax again. the kryptonite dissipates a little bit more each time i pass a test with flying colors.
a friend recently got a bad diagnosis — lung cancer, lymphoma, and brain cancer. i visited her in the hospital. kryptonite had reduced this once statuesque, beautifully poised superhero of a woman to lying in a hospital bed with tubes and drains sticking out of her. she was tired but in good spirits, and i know her superhero was still inside of her.
i had a good visit with her. she was on day 13 of her treatment and still had her hair. i had lost my hair on day 13. i brought her two cancer survivor buffs—the superhero headwear of cancer survivors.* i felt powerless in what else i could do for her. i tried to tell her it would be alright.
as i sat there holding her hand, a nurse came in to give her some of the same chemo drugs i had been given. i could sense the metallic taste in my mouth and the hollow place in my gut as i watched her dutifully swallow each horse pill. the kryptonite got stronger and i could feel every nerve ending in my body as i had before, when the situation was reversed.
as i left her bedside, i tried to carry out as much of her kryptonite as i could. i wanted her to be the strong, nothing-ever-fazes-her person i knew. just like me. the cancer tries to chip away at our bodies, but the kryptonite cannot affect our souls.
mary ellen died last month. not i, nor the drugs, nor the doctors could absorb enough kryptonite to return her superhero powers.
it’s crazy that in the 21st century—when we can put a person on the moon, make a computer that weighs only three pounds, and instantly share our thoughts with someone on the other side of the world simply by pressing a button—we still cannot cure cancer. someday, i hope there will be a kryptonite dumpsite where we can dump this disease.
if you or somebody you know is facing cancer, it’s your kryptonite, too. i survived it. superman survived it. you can survive it. let’s all don our superhero capes and tights and change the world together—one kryptonite diagnosis at a time.
this post is dedicated to my friend maryellen and, of course, to my mom. you will always be superheroes in my book.
bio: hayley lives in san luis obispo with her best friend and husband of 18 years, tim; their two dogs, shelby and lucy; and 14-year-old jazmine the cat.
she and her canadian co-author are writing a book about the lives of 100 women after breast cancer. she is also writing a book full of humor, insight, and warmth on her full cancer experience, along with one specifically for people who have a friend with cancer.

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Lately, I have been thinking a great deal about where my values lie. I have been reading a great book called, Smart Women Finish Rich by David Bach. It is a financial planning guide tailored to women, and has a wealth of knowledge in making wise financial choices.

In one of the chapters, there is an exercise where you build a ladder of values to help answer the question, "Why is money important to me?" I did the ladder exercise and was amazed at what my true drive is behind wanting to build wealth. I want to assist and encourage the medical establishment in this country to embrace alternative therapies, especially in the case of serious illness. There is a great shortage of funding in these therapies, and I would desire to assist in these areas. The therapies that I have personally found helpful are art and music therapy. Dance therapy is also useful and I hope to learn more about it as time goes on.

The HOST community of Etsy has been affected by many serious illnesses affecting lives in profound ways. These illnesses steal so much joy and hope from people. In a way, I see my place there as art therapy yet I want to go outside the box and get the message out. That art HEALS! The creative spirit is medicine for the soul!

I would one day like to be an art therapist in practice, however you can still use art therapy in your everyday life and that of others through inspiring others with art and sharing the creative spirit! It so healing!


For more information about art therapy visit: www.arttherapy.

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Name: Moonvoice aka Ravenari aka Rav aka Pia aka 'P'
Age: 26
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Status: Shamanist, Pansexual, Female, Therian, Poly, Kinky, PTSD
Job: Currently on Disability welfare for PTSD / Spiritual Artist
First came to LJ: 28th of July in 2005
Number of posts so far: 817 (I do regularly cull entries, so this isn't an accurate reflection of how much I post)
Average per day: 1-3 times a day (sometimes more, sometimes less). Much goes under F-lock and then filters on top of that. Not very many people on my Flist see everything I post.
Filters: Wildspeak (Shamanism), Reality Bites (Real Life), PTSD, Therianthropy and Life in General.

(more under the cut! Like what to expect if you friend me, how much I comment, and more self-centred stuff which is pretty crucial to having a livejournal.

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Also the The Artist's Healing Journey: A 12 week eCourse in resilience, happiness, and art journaling will June 30, 2008. You can find more information about this course at both of the above websites.

Finally there's an art therapy conference happening in Montreal in September. Have you heard anything about it? September 18-20 2008, Art as Witness: Art, Art Therapy and Trauma Resolution, sponsored jointly by the Canadian Art Therapy Association (CATA), the Québec Art Therapy Association (AATQ), and Department of Creative Art Therapies at Concordia University. It will be an international conference for creative arts therapists, researchers and artists who are willing to create an interdisciplinary discourse about the role and function of creativity in times of trauma, as well as the efficacy of art therapy in trauma resolution. Sounds like it should be an amazing conference. I'll be doing one of the full-day pre-confence workshops, combining puppets, narrative creation, and book making. Participants will be able to create 2 or 3 characters (a simple puppet works for this) and a book with a healing narrative in it. Then, finally, there will be an opportunity to create group narratives. The didactic piece of this workshop will be a slides of puppet making, story telling, and resilience in distressed post-Katrina Mississippi.

I'll let you know when I have more information.

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Here is the set up we used. We are using a hothead and mapp gas. This is a good choice for beginners to get a sense of how beads are made. All the really well known bead makers use a combination of propane and oxygen which is faster and hotter. But we did well if we could make a bead in this slower, cooler mode. I came away from this experience with even more awe for the contemporary glass bead makers. In fact, I can't even imagine how they get all the detail they do into the beads that they make. Also, being a ceramic bead maker, I felt as if I could not control what I was doing at first since I am used to having the clay in my hands and having quite a bit of control over its shape. But you had better not reach out and touch that hot glass bead!!



We had the usual beginner's difficulties i.e. several beads did not come off the mandrel despite using a bead release medium, and several beads popped apart when we took them out of the vermiculite where they were cooling, too soon.

But we all enjoyed the process and learned that the torch is not so fierce and fearsome as we thought. In fact it is quite easy to use and handle.

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