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.
Treating adult clients in groups has many advantages, as well as some risks. Any treatment modality—group therapy, individual therapy, family therapy, and medication—can yield poor results if applied indiscriminately or administered by an unskilled or improperly trained therapist. The potential … Continue reading →
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Tagged Group Therapy
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In Dance Movement Therapy (a Creative Arts Therapy), therapists use a variety of tools. As a person who is trained in the Halprin Method, one tool is the use of drawn images. When I work with clients I use art … Continue reading →
Posted in Art, creative arts therapy, Dance Movement Therapy
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Tagged active imagination, clients, creative arts, dance therapy, jung, metaphors, movement therapy, Psychotherapy, self understanding, subconscious, symbols, universality
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