Researchers at McGill University have created several online activities called Self Esteem Games, helping people build self confidence and stay on the positive side of life. The games force you to recognize happy faces and/or your own name, creating a positive association to yourself and others in your mind. In other words, the exercises foster [...]
This is a new post that will periodically appear on my blog to sum up some of the art therapy studios, events and exhibitions currently happening around the world. My hope is to inspire and remind us all how large the art therapy network really is, and all the wonderful things we’re all doing to [...]
The Tate Museum and art therapists from Oxleas NHS Trust in south-east London are teaming together, linking those who suffer from mental illness and their families to the artwork found in the museum itself. The idea is to allow new, spontaneous interpretations of the museum’s artwork to emerge in order to begin a dialogue about [...]
Dr. Linda Levine Madori, Recreation Therapist and ATR-BC, is currently in Finland teaching the TTAP method (Therapeutic Thematic Arts Programming for Older Adults) in several Universities throughout the county. She is blogging about her experiences, and was recently interviewed for the Creative Therapy Sessions podcast with Melissa Solorzano, available through Melissa’s website and on Itunes. [...]
