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About RichardB

I am trained and work as a Creative Arts Therapist specializing in group therapy. I have passionately studied, worked, and taught as a hands-on practitioner of the Creative/Expressive and Healing Arts since 1983 integrating various modalities working in a variety of clinical and non-clinical settings. I currently provide Creative Arts and Counseling services to nonprofit agencies as well as occasionally teaching classes and workshops in communities of faith. I use compassion and acceptance to create an environment that is safe and nurturing for all individuals and groups. In my spare time I engage in research and write articles on a variety of subjects, create: poems, music, abstract artwork, and photograph nature.

believe in ourselves

Posted on September 27, 2019 by RichardB

“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or … Continue reading →

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Music Therapy

Posted on September 25, 2019 by RichardB

Most everyone enjoys listening to music. Some of us play music as well. Music has a therapeutic effect and can be used to enhance or even change how we feel. According to the American Music Therapy Association: Music Therapy is … Continue reading →

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Rough Road/Path photos

Posted on September 23, 2019 by RichardB

I have been involved in facilitating groups for decades. One of the tools I use for groups of adults, teens, or children are photos. I use photos as a way for folks to become familiar and used to talking and sharing … Continue reading →

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Coloring Page Balinese Cat

Posted on September 21, 2019 by RichardB
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authentic

Posted on September 20, 2019 by RichardB

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.  Ben Okri

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Vincent Walsh – Neuroscience and Creativity

Posted on September 18, 2019 by RichardB

 

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First Step handout

Posted on September 16, 2019 by RichardB

A worksheet that I have used with folks.   First Step Worksheet: Acceptance “We admitted we are powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.” The first thing is to admit powerlessness, or, in other words, to say … Continue reading →

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