Warm Greetings, California Moms are invited to join a free, closed, confidential expressive arts support group for 8-10 moms (partnered or single). A closed support group is one that does not add new members once the group has started. We ask participants to make their best effort to attend all sessions for the duration of […]
What is Narrative Therapy?
Our very selves, our agency, our institutions, our law, our order, our very civilization are nothing more than a fictional expression of our language use, our vocabularies, our fictions (Epstein, 1995, p. 2)… In the postmodern narrative all that is known can only be known from a perspective…
The Benefits of Mindful Movement Practice
“As we move we change, and change is thus fundamental.” (LeFeber, 2014, p. 135). I believe that the practice of mindful movement is one of the most beneficial, integrative and informative arts practices I can offer as an expressive arts therapist. I believe this primarily because movement has proven to be an effective modality for […]
The Liberation Institute, those we serve and the challenges we face
The Liberation Institute (affectionately known as “Libi”) is a non-profit community mental health agency providing low-cost, sliding scale psychotherapy services to residents of California and Oregon. Libi uses a fee policy that allows clients of any socio-economic status to have access to services. Before the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, Libi served residents of all walks […]