art therapy – Page 5 – Katarina Thorsen

Part 26 daily journal workshop. PERFECTIONISM. #arttherapy

Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it’s often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis. – Brené Brown Struggling with the need to be perfect = my life. How about you?…

Part 25 daily journal workshop. TAKE YOUR JOURNAL OUT. #arttherapy

Now that we are pretty far into this journal [notice how I’m taking you all the way to the end of mine, and we’re half way there], shove your journal in your bag, or thrust it under your arm, grab some pens and get the hell out of the house. Make your journal your best…

Part 24 daily journal workshop. BODY IMAGE. #arttherapy

Write about your thoughts on body image. Just stream of consciousness. Any negative events that affected your views? Positive events? Where are you now? … you should get sick more often, he said. Found this online: Glue an image of a favorite person onto a page (just glue three sides), write a positive message to…

Part 22 daily journal workshop. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE #arttherapy

Extraordinary circumstance. What does that mean to you? For me, major life-changing markers come to mind. Events you have to survive in order to move forward. Painful events. Positive chapter changes as well. Write or draw to celebrate how you have come through these life events. How you have grown. Think about it. Then stop…

Part 21 daily journal workshop. SELF-HARM #arttherapy

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor and these pages are not a substitute for professional help. If you are triggered negatively by any of the journal work here, seek support. Self-Harm: There are so many forms of self-harm. I have seen the whole gamut in my work with at-risk youth. I have seen it in…

Part 20 daily journal workshop. WORTH #arttherapy

Let’s take a look at the concept of worth. Write about it. Then draw “ME” over your words. Pull out the words covered by “ME.” Draw an eye. Recall tutorial. Draw tears coming out. Large, bloated tears. Write the ME words in the tears. Find a quote you like about worth, self-worth, self-esteem etc. I…

Part 19 daily journal workshop. CANCER #arttherapy

Today simply draw about your relationship with cancer. Literally, metaphorically, personally, generally. Be quick and simple. It’s been on my mind a lot lately for SO MANY REASONS. In memoriam: Unspoken Truths, Christopher Hitchens Daily Journal Workshop: Part 1 JUST WRITE Part 2 DRAW OUT THE WORDS Part 3 HEART Part 4 SPILL OUT COLLAGE…

Part 18 daily journal workshop. SURVIVOR #arttherapy @Kris_Carr

A survivor is a triumphant person who lives with, after, or in spite of a diagnosis or traumatic event. Survivors refuse to assume the identity of their adversity. They are not imprisoned by the constructs of a label. Instead, survivors use their brush with mortality as a catalyst for creating a better self. We transform…

Part 17 daily journal workshop. ALTER: to make different without changing into something else #arttherapy

Daily Journal Workshop: Part 1 JUST WRITE Part 2 DRAW OUT THE WORDS Part 3 HEART Part 4 SPILL OUT COLLAGE Part 5 NAKED SCREAM Part 6 INVITE ALTER STRETCH EXTEND Part 7 ARISE AROSE IN 3’S Part 8 SELF-PORTRAIT. HUMAN Part 9 WORD CRAZY QUILT Part 10 VINTAGE WORKOUT Part 11 GESTURE DRAWING Part…

Part 16 daily journal workshop. COMICS! Shameless copying. #artschool #arttherapy #LyndaBarry

Part 15 daily journal workshop. GUEST SPEAKER. #arttherapy

Part 14 daily journal workshop. BE THE MAP. #arttherapy

Part 13 daily journal workshop. NEGATIVE – POSITIVE. #arttherapy

Part 12 daily journal workshop. Dear World. Secrets.

Part 11 daily journal workshop. Gesture drawing. Abstractions! #arttherapy

Part 10 daily journal workshop. Vintage workout. People watching. #arttherapy

Recall: Part 1 JUST WRITE Part 2 DRAW OUT THE WORDS Part 3 HEART Part 4 SPILL OUT COLLAGE Part 5 NAKED SCREAM Part 6 INVITE ALTER STRETCH EXTEND Part 7 ARISE AROSE IN 3’S Part 8 SELF-PORTRAIT. HUMAN Part 9 WORD CRAZY QUILT OK, let’s change things up a bit. Today we will utilize…

Part 9 daily journal workshop. WORD CRAZY QUILT . #arttherapy

Recall: Part 1 JUST WRITE Part 2 DRAW OUT THE WORDS Part 3 HEART Part 4 SPILL OUT COLLAGE Part 5 NAKED SCREAM Part 6 INVITE ALTER STRETCH EXTEND Part 7 ARISE AROSE IN 3’S Part 8 SELF-PORTRAIT. HUMAN — Yesterday, you spent a few minutes writing at the end of the self-portrait exercise. Now…

Part 8 daily journal workshop. SELF-PORTRAIT. HUMAN . #arttherapy

Recall: Part 1 JUST WRITE Part 2 DRAW OUT THE WORDS Part 3 HEART Part 4 SPILL OUT COLLAGE Part 5 NAKED SCREAM Part 6 INVITE ALTER STRETCH EXTEND Part 7 ARISE AROSE IN 3’S — We’ve done a lot of good work in the past week, and through our exercises have addressed our pain…

Part 7 daily journal workshop. ARISE A ROSE IN 3’S . #arttherapy

Recall: Part 1 JUST WRITE Part 2 DRAW OUT THE WORDS Part 3 HEART Part 4 SPILL OUT COLLAGE Part 5 NAKED SCREAM Part 6 INVITE ALTER STRETCH EXTEND Recall in Part 6, we spent some minutes at the end writing. Stream of consciousness, filling the page. Now circle every 3rd word. No matter what…

Part 6 daily journal workshop. INVITE ALTER STRETCH EXTEND. #arttherapy

Recall: Part 1 JUST WRITE Part 2 DRAW OUT THE WORDS Part 3 HEART Part 4 SPILL OUT COLLAGE Part 5 NAKED SCREAM Our journals are our private places to process. But allowing the world in can be very liberating. Today I encourage you to invite a friend, a relative, someone in your life to…

Part 5 daily journal workshop. NAKED SCREAM. #arttherapy

Recall: Part 1 JUST WRITE Part 2 DRAW OUT THE WORDS Part 3 HEART Part 4 SPILL OUT COLLAGE Now that we have connected with ourselves in parts 1-3 and let it all out in part 4, it’s time to focus inward to the painful part, sit with it, then scream it out nakedly. Close…

Part 4 daily journal workshop. SPILL OUT COLLAGE. #arttherapy

Recall: Part 1 JUST WRITE Part 2 DRAW OUT THE WORDS Part 3 HEART Now it’s time for practicing collage work in your journal. We’ll take a break from what we did in parts 1-3 and start on a new page. Gather some resources- images, pages from magazines, books etc. Scissors, glue, felts. Open your…

Part 3 daily journal workshop. HEART. #arttherapy

Recall: Part 1 JUST WRITE Part 2 DRAW OUT THE WORDS In part 2, we “drew out words” from by circling positive and negatives. Where do we feel our anxiety? I feel mine right in the heart. Recall my post on anxiety and depression where I illustrate that feeling. Now, sketch a human heart. You don’t…

Part 2 daily journal workshop. DRAW OUT THE WORDS. #arttherapy

Recall: Part 1 JUST WRITE Choose two different colored pens (or felts or pencil crayons)- one color representing positive, the other negative. I am picking red for negative (fear), green for positive (serene). There is no right or wrong. Just choose and go with your choice. Reading the words you wrote in part 1, circle…

Part 1 daily journal workshop. JUST WRITE. #arttherapy

Spend 15 minutes writing. Writing anything. ANYTHING. Even writing “I’m writing…” Keep the pen going. Make marks on the paper. Let your thoughts flow. Don’t worry about neatness or wit or good grammar or sense. Just move the pen over the paper. Open up. Unpeel some layers. Be ugly. Let your arthritic fingers cramp up….

Dih-presh-uhn. #arttherapy #tools #honesty

Confess: The first light of the mornings are often hellish for many of us. Once the sounds of the day and the resonance of hope quiets the pain, we can meet the day with renewed enthusiasm [hopefully but unfortunately for some, the days and the nights are too painful]. Toolkit. Toolkit. Recall my post on…

Evolution of a drawing by Roar Thorsen. The old man knows what he’s doing! #arttherapy

My father amazes me. Despite being wheelchair bound and dependent on care aides for daily needs, he is empowered by art. Today he even called to say he didn’t have time for a visit as he had to finish a sketch! Amazing! His process is fascinating. I have learned to trust he has a vision…

6 art therapists! 6 degrees of creativity! All in 1 fabulous package from @arttxalliance!

6 Degrees of Creativity is a 6 month on-line workshop opening October 10, 2011 and running until March 1, 2012 that will include 6 different workshops, offered by a group of 6 inspiring instructors from the art therapy community to explore hands-on concepts, techniques, and ideas related to themes about transformation, social change, collaboration, and using art for good. REGISTER: Click…

Done! The Sketchbook Project 2012 @arthouse featuring #arttherapy students

The Sketchbook Project 2012 Art therapy sessions (with Katarina, Miko, Alicia, Pent, Ryan, Emily, Maryellen and Sabrina) spilled onto the pages of the sketchbook. Recall I participated in The Sketchbook Project 2011 and chose the theme And Then There Was None. You can view that sketchbook online.

Possessing the secret of joy: Roar Thorsen #strokerecovery #arttherapy

On September 21 it will be SIX YEARS since my dad’s devastating stroke. We have gone through SO MUCH since then. Ups and downs of life. The blood and guts that makes it all so spectacular. I continue to be amazed at the vibrancy and assertiveness and joy that my dad is experiencing…