Judy Wieser R.Psyc, ATR is a pioneer of PhotoTherapy, an art therapy technique that unfortunately too many art therapists don’t know about or understand (and she’s a fellow Canadian!). Ginger Poole from the Digital Art Therapy Group on LinkedIn conducted a brief written interview with Judy about PhotoTherapy. Judy discusses her techniques along with why [...]
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 [...]
What does tagging, bombing and writing have to do with art therapy? A whole lot, according to Abdallah Ezekiel Rothman LPC, ATR…especially if you work with adolescents.
In 2004, Ezekiel wrote his thesis on the topic of Graffiti Art Therapy while studying at Antioch University in Seattle. His thesis includes two parts- a written research portion [...]
The latest Creative Therapy Session podcast featured a topic that I have always been interested in, but always felt hesitant to bring up during my schooling. I felt that the idea of conducting art therapy sessions online would have been a taboo topic in a program that emphasized the presence of the therapist with the [...]
A few months ago I watched the Oscar winning movie called Born Into Brothels and I’ve been meaning to write about it ever since. Its a documentary on a photographer from NYC, Zana Briski, who goes to Calcutta to photograph the red light district, when she discovers that the children of the prostitutes are interested [...]
I recently organized an art show at Redwood Place (for staff and clients only), where the masks discussed in a previous post were featured. The art show took place at lunch time during a special barbq. The masks were hung all around the dinning room, and underneath each mask was a personal explanation or story, [...]
Darren Daz Cox asks:
Hey Liz, what collage techniques do you use in your work?
When I think about collage, I usually think about a magazine photo collage where you cut out words or pictures from magazines and glue them onto a separate page. In art therapy, often times collage is used as a way to approach [...]
I introduced mask making during the art therapy groups I run. This is an ongoing project that will probably take several weeks to complete, depending on the attention span of the client, how quickly they are able to work, and how often they are present for art therapy (since groups are voluntary).
Materials
- Lunch trays
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Working with the clientele I have been exposed to at Redwood Place, I have noticed that many of the clients struggle when it comes to sitting with negative emotions/situations. I doubt that this is something only reserved for the dually diagnosed DD and mental illness population, but rather this is something we all struggle with. [...]
