Category Archives: suggested readings
On being one, on being many
Quotes from Essays on the Creative Arts Therapies: Imaging the Birth of a Profession by David Read Johnson “I am one person, yet I am all of these, a drama therapist, a creative arts therapist, a mental health professional, a … Continue reading
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Thesis progress
Current literature review includes the following chapters: Institutional Issues The Psychology of Shame Burnout Returning to the Self Professional Identity and Empowerment Methodology will involve the Depression and Anxiety Stress Scale as well representational self-portraits. Books/articles I’ve been reading lately: … Continue reading
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Shame Dynamics Among Creative Arts Therapists
From Essays on the Creative Arts Therapies: Imaging the Birth of a Profession by David Johnson (1999): As artists, therapists, and (mostly) women, creative arts therapists have experienced a sizable amount of humiliation in the course of their careers. (p. … Continue reading
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Home is where we start from
Home is where one starts from. As we grow older The world becomes stranger, the pattern more complicated Of dead and living. Not the intense moment Isolated, with no before and after, But a lifetime burning in every moment T. … Continue reading
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The good enough mother
From Psychoanalytic Diagnosis by Nancy McWilliams: A markedly nonnarcissistic attitude toward offspring informs the remarks of an 85-year-old friend of mine who reared 12 children during the Depression, all of whom have turned out well, despite borderline poverty and some … Continue reading
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