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.
Authentic Movement, a process of moving one’s feelings and thoughts was originally called Movement in Depth by Dance Movement Therapy pioneer Mary Starks Whitehouse. Authentic movement grew from Whitehouse’s roots in dance, Jungian studies, and work in dance/movement therapy. Building … Continue reading →
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Tagged active imagination, ADTA, authentic movement, dance therapy, integration, jung, Mary Starks Whitehouse, Mary Whitehouse, meditation, metaphors, movement therapy, Relaxation, self understanding, transformation
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Masanobu (1686-1764): The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke in the role of Hojo Tokimune. 1723
Before I ever got to graduate school to study dance movement therapy I practiced, studied and assisted in a movement based creative arts modality for 20 some years. This modality, called Motional Processing is based on the (Anna) Halprin Method and uses therapy … Continue reading →
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Tagged Anna Halprin Method, creative arts, dance therapy, drawing, enviroment, metaphors, Motional Processing, movement therapy, play, Poem, Psychotherapy, self understanding, tree
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