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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.

Assessment & Evaluation

Posted on August 17, 2021 by RichardB

A friend commented that it might be hard to evaluate someone who could only move their hands/arms. Basically the same principles apply whether the movement is with legs through the space or being still with a posture, gesture, or moving … Continue reading →

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Yellow jacket Coloring Page

Posted on August 14, 2021 by RichardB
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Kestenberg Movement Profile: Tension Flow Rhythms

Posted on August 10, 2021 by RichardB

KMP Movement Analysis is the comprehensive system for identifying psychological, developmental, emotional, cognitive and global health/imbalance through movement observation, notation and interpretation. If the mind, emotions, and body are a closely integrated , mutually interacting system, then it is reasonable … Continue reading →

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Mandala 2 Coloring Page

Posted on August 7, 2021 by RichardB
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Glutamate levels in the brain may be linked to alcohol craving

Posted on August 3, 2021 by RichardB

Craving consists of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral elements related to a desire to drink alcohol, and can be experienced during intoxication, withdrawal, and/or prior to relapse. Different types of craving are hypothesized to be associated with different neurotransmitter systems. For … Continue reading →

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White Buffalo Womyn Coloring Page

Posted on July 31, 2021 by RichardB
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Yoga can help girls who suffered childhood trauma

Posted on July 27, 2021 by RichardB

As a Creative Arts Therapist who specializes in the body and is a former Yoga teacher this article is not at all surprising. Most therapists who have worked with trauma survivors know that people have a tendency to have some … Continue reading →

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