Ross 128…The Next Possibility New York Time, November 16, 2017…Page A7…The article titled Just A Bit Roomier Than Earth, And in a Quiet Neighborhood…talks about the newest place in the universe to look for life. What a statement! Even more interesting is that the article needed an “artist’s impression to visualize the newly discovered planet […]
Cassini Delivers Spirituality After 13 years of exploring Saturn, we get to see some fairly amazing images of a planet that for most of us are brand new, maybe. They are available at the NY Times site. Click Here To View 100 Images From Cassini’s Mission to Saturn Perhaps you have gazed at the stars […]
What is Existential Psychotherapy? From Wikipedia: Existential psychotherapy is a philosophical method of therapy that operates on the belief that inner conflict within a person is due to that individual’s confrontation with the givens of existence.[1] These givens, as noted by Irvin D. Yalom, are: the inevitability of death, freedom and its attendant responsibility, existential […]
Starlight Healing Today’s New York Times has an interesting article on page B12 Outdoors (in the Sports section)…”3,000 Feet of Granite: No Way Down But Up”. The article is about Alex Honnold, a rock climber who just successfully completed an “incomprehensible” free solo (no net, no rope) ascent of El Capitan…Yosemite’s granite walled mountain. Alex […]
Extraterrestrial Emotional Life So once again we “see” an article reporting on the exciting discoveries of multiple dwarf suns and their planets …some of which mimic our earth and hold the possibility for life as we know it. The article talks about the planets’ ability to hold a thick enough atmosphere whereby winds could distribute […]
Life Is Everywhere Another wonderful excursion into the reality that we are not alone. Whether it be the bacteria in space, other species yet to be discovered or “extra-terrestrials”…just more of us, although maybe not extra at all…..we are all elements of a cosmic fabric that stretched beyond time and space. If we would only […]
Art Healing Veterans New York Times, Tuesday, March 28,2017: The article “A Lifeline For Veterans” is a wonderful glimpse at an immense topic. Perhaps better spelled …”Life-Line”…When people who suffer with PTSD access creative arts therapies (art therapy) a creative pathway (lifeline) to spiritual energy is opened up. Simply put it is this energy that […]
How Art Therapy Helps With PTSD What is PTSD? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a condition that can be complex in understanding but actually is simple in it’s formation. Trauma is shock. When you experience any kind of shock your body and your mind “freeze” the moment(s) and actually store the trauma emotionally and neurologically, […]
Definition of Art Therapy In the world of mental health the words psychotherapy, therapy, and counseling sometimes are used interchangeably. This can cause confusion. Therapy is a very generic term and sometimes Counseling can be understood as advice or even coaching. Psychotherapy is a deep process of self reflection and exploration of thoughts and feelings […]
Why Children On The Spectrum Need Art Psychotherapy As A Required Service Drawn To The Table Children (and anyone else) who have been diagnosed with a PDD / Autism / Asperger’s Disorder, (soon to be formally described as Autism Spectrum Disorder a/k/a “On the Spectrum”, according to the American Psychological Association’s Proposed Revisions for the […]