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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.

Marijuana Addiction in the Age of Legal Weed

Posted on November 3, 2020 by RichardB

Generation X writer Neal Pollack thought he had it all: a good writing career, a strong marriage, even a lucrative 3-day run on “Jeopardy”! That brought him national attention. Like many in his generation, he also smoked a lot of … Continue reading →

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Bobwhite Coloring Page

Posted on October 31, 2020 by RichardB
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Life is rhythm

Posted on October 29, 2020 by RichardB

Life has a rhythm, it’s constantly moving. The word for rhythm ( used by the Malinke tribes ) is FOLI. It is a word that encompasses so much more than drumming, dancing, sound or moving. It’s found in every part … Continue reading →

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Noa Wertheim Vertigo Vision TEDxTelAviv

Posted on October 27, 2020 by RichardB
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Ruddy Daggerwing Coloring Page

Posted on October 24, 2020 by RichardB
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Happiness as a psychiatric disorder

Posted on October 22, 2020 by RichardB

From the Journal of Medical Ethics comes an article that is very much tongue in cheek about how disorders are classified. A whole other issue in the area of psychiatric classifications is how certain disorders seem to be ‘popular’, i.e. … Continue reading →

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Mindfulness: how to be present in the moment

Posted on October 20, 2020 by RichardB

UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness joins William Mobley, MD, PhD for a discussion of how to be present in the moment and leverage the practice of mindfulness to stay engaged, focused, and fulfilled

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