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Creativity in Therapy: Drawing Your Dragons

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I recently had the coincidence to attend two trainings here in Austin that involved participants creating dragons or monsters. One of these was a presentation to the Hill Country Play Therapy Association by Mary Morrison Bennett. She shared with us a book called You've Got Dragons. Or "In what situations were you able to fight OCD? Are there other ways that you have creatively helped clients to externalize and fight problems? Have you found this to be a helpful approach for yourself or your clients?

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Creativity in Therapy: Using "Inside Out" to Explore Emotions

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Using "Inside Out" to Explore Emotions. Therapists, counselors, parents, and kids all seem to enjoy the movie Inside Out. On this). Lots of therapists, school counselors, and parents have been looking at and creating activities based on Inside Out. To help kids talk about and understand emotions. I wanted to share some of the ideas that I have come across and talk about creative ways to incorporate Inside Out. For some more ideas. This could be a 2D activity with drawing or paint or sculpt the charac...

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Make An On-The-Go Art Kit for Travel - Creativity in Therapy

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Ideas for therapists and counselor to be more creative. June 27, 2016. Make An On-The-Go Art Kit for Travel. By the time this post goes up, I’ll be on vacation in Canada. As I was preparing to pack (and thinking about what to write in advance for this blog), I decided that I would share about my travel art kit. Art-making is excellent self-care. Did you see the latest research. From Drexel that showed that art-making reduces levels of the stress hormone cortisol, regardless of your skill level? My curren...

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Creative Inspiration - Expand a Collage Image - Creativity in Therapy

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Ideas for therapists and counselor to be more creative. December 18, 2016. Creative Inspiration – Expand a Collage Image. What do you do when your creative inspiration runs low? As an artist and therapist, I strive for consistent art-making in my own life and with my clients, but sometimes art-block and lack of inspiration creep in. Or “the ‘Do Something’ principal” (from. 8211; Choose a single collage image and then develop it into a full picture. You can choose a random image, one that speaks to yo...

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Origami Therapy: 10 More Ideas - Creativity in Therapy

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Ideas for therapists and counselor to be more creative. August 6, 2012. Origami Therapy: 10 More Ideas. In my post last week. I discussed how origami (or the related art of kirigami) could be used in therapy. Today I would like to share ten more ideas for how to use origami. There are many more ways you could use origami, but I hope this list will help give you some new ideas to try out. To give to parents. 3 Coping Skills Box:. Idea #4 Jumping frog game. 4 Create a game:. Origami can be a great activity...

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South Texas Art Therapy Association. South Texas Art Therapy Association. South Texas Art Therapy Association. South Texas Art Therapy Association. About the South Texas Art Therapy Association. For membership in the South Texas Art Therapy Association, you can:. 2 Join only the local chapter - South Texas Art Therapy Association. Visit http:/ arttherapy.org/aata-chaptertexassouth/. Salina Shelton, LPC salina@trueyouarttherapy.com. And Ronda Walker rhw.atr@comcast.net. Karen McGarity, ATR-BC, LPC. Elizab...

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Find A Therapist — South Texas Art Therapy Association

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South Texas Art Therapy Association. South Texas Art Therapy Association. South Texas Art Therapy Association. South Texas Art Therapy Association. Find an Art Therapist! Deann Acton, LMFT, ATR-BC. Ruth Airhart, LPC-AT/S, ATR-BC. Chris Diraddo, LPC, ATR. LPC, ATS, ATR-BC. Laura Johnson, LPC, ATR-BC. Tracey McCullick, MAT, LPC-S. Carolyn Mehlomakulu, LMFT-S, ATR. Shannon Mekuly, LPC, ATR. Deanna Miesch, LPC-S, ATR-BC. Wanda Montemayor, LPC-AT/S, ATR. Moe Peck, PhD, LPC, ATR-BC. Mandy Rutherford, LCSW.

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Creativity in Therapy: Social Narratives

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How To Write A Social Story Or Social Narrative:. 1 Identify the goal and use this in the title (e.g., "When I Get Frustrated" or "Playing Nicely With Others"). 2 Describe the situation, give a directive for the appropriate behavior, and explain why using the following types of sentences. Descriptive: where the situation occurs, with whom, when, etc. Perspective: the thoughts, feelings, and beliefs of others. Cooperative: identifies who can help with the situation. Using the Social Narrative:. Carolyn Me...

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Creativity in Therapy: Joint Family Drawings: Verbal and Non-Verbal

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Joint Family Drawings: Verbal and Non-Verbal. Although I tend to use art therapy more with individual clients, I have lately had more opportunities to use art in family therapy, leading me to think more about family-focused interventions. One of the art therapy interventions that I learned as a graduate student at Loyola Marymount University was verbal and nonverbal joint family drawings. In Family Art Psychotherapy. Example non-verbal joint family drawing. Example verbal joint family drawing.