Healing Emotionally from Cancer
Have you ever had the experience of talking about one life event, only to have it trigger all sorts of thoughts, feelings and memories that initially would have seem unrelated? I see this happen all …
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This week I had the opportunity to do an in-service for the Dempsey Center staff about Expressive Arts Therapy. It gave me the opportunity to share again the healing power of art through the example …
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In a couple of weeks, I will be packing up my boobs and mailing them off to Illinois. That is, the casts of my breasts, that I have used as the canvas to process my experience of having cancer. They …
As a therapist, I often hear from my clients about an intense moment that they had in between sessions, in which they wished that they had been with someone supportive. I think we all can relate to …
This morning I found myself with some extra time, and it allowed me to spend some time at my art table working on the breast cast that represents the conclusion of treatment. A few weeks ago, my …
Last summer, I followed Joan Lunden's #stillsurviving campaign, and I remember the reaction I had when I saw her beautiful photo from her final day of chemo. As a fellow TNBC survivor, I could see …
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