In Troubled Times: How Gratitude and Liberation Art Promote Peace
This post was written by JKP author Amy Backos. Today is International Stress Awareness Day (November 1, 2023), and to encourage conversations and education around stress…
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When Art Saves Lives
Trigger Warning: Suicide This post was written by JKP author Marney Schorr. September is National Suicide Awareness Month and Sep 10, 2023 to Sep 16,…
Q&A with Authors of Songs of Discovery for Music Therapy
Q&A with Authors of Songs of Discovery for Music Therapy Music is the universal language at The Center for Discovery® (TCFD) in the Catskill Mountains…
THE THERAPEUTIC POWER OF SONG: AMIR’S STORY
THE THERAPEUTIC POWER OF SONG: AMIR’S STORY This blog post was written by JKP author Conio Loretto, MS, LCAT, MT-BC. Songs play an undeniable role…
Why Gender Affirming Care is Critical
Why Gender Affirming Care is Critical This blog post was written by JKP authors Kelly Darke and Shannon Scott-Miller Gender affirming therapy is part of…
Consuming Art & Creating Art
This blog post was written by JKP author of ACT Art Therapy and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Art Therapy Amy Backos, PhD, ATR-BC. Throughout humankind…
Building Better Therapeutic Relationships with Children
This blog post was written by JKP author of Building Better Therapeutic Relationships with Children, Deborah Schroder. The voice on the phone sounded familiar, and…
Bridging the Creative Arts Therapies and Arts in Health: Toward Inspirational Practice
This blog post was written by Co-Editors Donna Betts and Val Huet. Many significant world events have occurred since we first conceived of this book:…
A 5-Minute Intro to Therapy!
Each year, the first week of October in the US/CAN is National Mental Illness Awareness Week. During this week, organizations like the National Alliance on…
Help Children and Adolescents Heal with These Resources from Dawn D’Amico
In this blog, Dawn D’Amico speaks about her inspiration for writing Conversation-Starters for Working with Children and Adolescents After Trauma and about her work helping…