Posted March 21st, 2013 by Donna Harrington & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More, Counseling at SWC, Art Therapy at SWC.
My 2013 section of Current Trends in Art Therapy's Journey Shoes! Check out the directional video on Vimeo, which was used in Art Therapy Alliance's Six Degrees of Creativity 2.
The students seemed to enjoy the process of recreating the shoes that they brought in to class. Some brought old shoes, uncomfortable shoes, shoes with…
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Posted March 20th, 2013 by Donna Harrington & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More, Counseling at SWC, Art Therapy at SWC, SWC Blog.
by Debbie Schroder
The idea seems simple, initially. When making a Genogram (kind of a family tree) use an image instead of a square or circle (how Genograms are usually done).
Each week in my Family Art Therapy course, one or two students shared their art-based Genograms. Never doubting our…
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Posted March 2nd, 2013 by Donna Harrington & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More.
I worked from pictures I took of myself, and then used pastels and ink to explore these feeling states. Working large accentuated these places, so that I could look at them outside of myself.
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Posted February 18th, 2013 by Donna Harrington & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More, Counseling at SWC, Art Therapy at SWC.
Shadow Boxes created in my section of Current Trends in Art Therapy, Winter 2013.
After exploring a population that students have a form of resistance to working with (from lack of information to disinterest, to strong opposition) through a research and reflection paper, they were asked to look at how their resistance is a part…
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Posted November 18th, 2012 by Donna Harrington & filed under Counseling at SWC, Art Therapy at SWC, SWC Blog.
Materials: Markers, Colored Paper, Scissors, and Glue
These days, most presents for family and friends are family creative efforts; Mama and Judah (2 1/2 years old) taking lead. My folks and my brother are all Scorpios, with their birthdays within two weeks of each other. This year we made a collage with spontaneous scribbles, hand…
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Posted September 3rd, 2012 by Donna Harrington & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More.
by Rush Cole
...blackness. Trapped. Overwhelmed. No way out. Tired, so tired. Sudden energy from the surge of self-hatred that roared through me.
“Get it over with, you don’t deserve to live!” The blade against my wrist.
The Voice, coming from a part of me I didn’t know existed. “Put down the…
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Posted November 3rd, 2011 by Dru Phoenix & filed under SWC Blog.
Since so many of our students come to us from out of state, many want to explore the region and there is so much here to discover and experience! Chaco Canyon is an ancient site that is popular to visit. I will share my experience here just to give you a flavor....
Chaco is only…
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