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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.

Art and Asthma

Posted on May 5, 2020 by RichardB

The fear and anxiety associated with an asthma attack can last long after the attack has subsided. Now research, published online in the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, reports that the art therapy showed benefits both during the therapy … Continue reading →

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foot

Posted on May 3, 2020 by RichardB

  Dancing is the poetry of the foot. John Dryden

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Goldfinch Coloring Page

Posted on May 2, 2020 by RichardB
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8 Essentials for Recovery from Addiction

Posted on April 30, 2020 by RichardB
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Asanas that chase away the blues

Posted on April 28, 2020 by RichardB

Nice article from the Times of India, citing research using Yoga Asanas: Among the many clinical researches being conducted at Nimhans , one involved patients of an old-age home who were exposed to six months of yoga therapy. MRI scans … Continue reading →

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California Dogface Coloring Page

Posted on April 25, 2020 by RichardB
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Managing Son’s Heroin Addiction a ‘Full-Time Job’

Posted on April 23, 2020 by RichardB

  A family of eight outside Boston is struggling with their second-oldest son’s heroin addiction. Recently, he overdosed, and paramedics revived him with Narcan. Click for NBC clip (requires flash player).

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