by admin | Apr 12, 2023 | Past Events
Greetings my friends, Temple Grandin, diagnosed with autism as a child, talks about how her mind works — sharing her ability to “think in pictures,” which helps her solve problems that neurotypical brains might miss. She makes the case that the world needs people on...
by admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Past Events
You can help make the Heartsong Songs of the Heart Gala a great success in many ways: Purchase tickets and attend, make a donation, submit a journal ad and/or become a sponsor of the event! Purchase Tickets/Attend! We hope that you, your family and friends can all...
by admin | Jun 30, 2020 | Blog
During the past decade, we have just started to learn about the effects that the expressive arts (music, movement, dance, visual art, drama, and performance) have on the brain. Some of those effects come directly from the arts’ influence on the reward circuitry in the...
by admin | Jun 8, 2020 | Blog
Like many of my colleagues who traveled around the US and internationally to lecture pre-pandemic, I am finding myself preparing for online webinars. Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy is one of the frameworks that forms a foundation for these educational...
by admin | Apr 30, 2020 | Blog
Children in detention at the U.S. border continue to be the focus of concerns about long-term consequences including chronic and complex traumatic stress. While the outcomes for these children are of critical importance, there are many more children who are detained...
