In Part 1 of Lessons from Lyrics, I talked about the power of thoughts, words, and lyrics. Here in Part 2, I’m going to share some examples of how I use lyrics in my songwriting therapy work. Here is an example: Changing the words One activity I use involves taking an existing song and just [...]
There are many sociological and interpersonally weighty issues raised by the whole arena of “social networking” sites such as Facebook. But recently I began to think about how inspiring some of the silly, playful parts of Facebook can be for ways to reach our clients creatively. For those of you that partake of Facebook you [...]
In a previous post, I discussed recognizing the concept that just because a person is displaying craziness does not mean that we should label the person crazy. Since that posting, I have assessed multiple child clients who came into my office with many labels. These labels consist of “I’m stupid”, “I’m no good”, “I’m crazy”, [...]
Why is it that every time I open my mouth and say I am a student in an online university, I immediately have to follow up with a series of reasons, detailed explanations, etc? Am I not a “real” counselor if I attend school online? Is my education not “real”? Are the others (counselors) looking [...]
Today’s at www.ivillage.com, a 9 question quiz appears for readers to fill out to see whether or not they fall into the “Emotional Hoarding” category. Emotional Hoarding is defined as: “Emotional hoarders collect grudges and have trouble letting go of negative emotions. The resulting emotional clutter may not be outwardly visible, but it can also [...]
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