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Quarantine

March 28, 2020 by jas milam

Introverts are doing ok with the corona virus quarantine. That is unless their family won’t leave them alone; insisting they play Scrabble or spend “quality time.” They’ve been preparing for this their whole lives! Extroverts however, are experiencing a different kind of quarantine…isolated, lonely, depressed and even existential. Most of my extroverted clients have been drawing things like cages, prisons and the ball-n-chain to express their sense of being trapped by quarantine. The introverts … [Read more...] about Quarantine

Filed Under: art therapy, blog, codependents, mental illness, pilgrims Tagged With: art therapy, corona virus, quarantine

The Metaphor

April 10, 2019 by jas milam

My favorite part of art therapy (this week!) is The Metaphor, the way the process and the product contain the meaning or the message from the unconscious. Apart from the plan or the actual subject matter of the art even. Well, The Metaphor blasted me this week! Read on. This is a non invasive, fun, get-to-know-you art therapy directive. It’s great for first sessions, icebreakers, name learning – that kind of thing. It’s impossible to mess up and requires no talent or training. I made this … [Read more...] about The Metaphor

Filed Under: art therapy, blog, eating disorders Tagged With: art therapy, art therapy and wellness

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