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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.

Yellow jacket Coloring Page

Posted on August 31, 2024 by RichardB
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Therapy cards

Posted on August 28, 2024 by RichardB

One Creative Arts Therapy Tool that I use is to paint. Some times pictures of actual ‘things’ like trees or boats; but I usually paint shapes. Lately I have been using water colors to paint shades and gradients of color. … Continue reading →

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White Buffalo Womyn Coloring Page

Posted on August 24, 2024 by RichardB
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Jungian Archetypes

Posted on August 21, 2024 by RichardB

The Archetypes Strictly speaking, Jungian archetypes refer to unclear underlying forms or the archetypes-as-such from which emerge images and motifs such as the mother, the child, the trickster and the flood amongst others. It is history, culture and personal context … Continue reading →

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Wire Fox Terrier Coloring Page

Posted on August 17, 2024 by RichardB
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The Brain and Emotional Self-Control

Posted on August 14, 2024 by RichardB

Different brain areas are activated when we choose to suppress an emotion, compared to when we are instructed to inhibit an emotion, according a new study from the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Ghent University.In this study, published in … Continue reading →

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mistakes

Posted on August 10, 2024 by RichardB

“You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.” Sam Levenson

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