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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.

beautiful wild forces

Posted on July 29, 2020 by RichardB

“There are beautiful wild forces within us. Let them turn the mills inside and fill sacks that feed even heaven.”  St. Francis of Assisi

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Addiction: Is Love All You Need?

Posted on July 28, 2020 by RichardB

If anything deserves to be called “the establishment view,” it is what Johann Hari — in his new book on addiction and the war on drugs, Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs — calls the pharmaceutical … Continue reading →

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level 5 vegan

Posted on July 26, 2020 by RichardB

I’m a level 5 vegan, I don’t eat anything that casts a shadow. Matt Groening  

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Grasshopper Coloring Page

Posted on July 25, 2020 by RichardB
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Researchers seek answers of brain on (legal) cannabis

Posted on July 23, 2020 by RichardB

For those suffering depression or anxiety, using cannabis for relief may not be the long-term answer. That’s according to new research from a team at Colorado State University seeking scientific clarity on how cannabis — particularly chronic, heavy use — … Continue reading →

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Creativity: The science behind the madness

Posted on July 21, 2020 by RichardB
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Don’t think

Posted on July 19, 2020 by RichardB

Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things. Ray Bradbury

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