TELE-MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

Interested in Teletherapy? Text “teletherapy” to (651) 318-0109 or email to hello@artofcounseling.sprucecare.com Teletherapy/Tele-Mental Health, or virtual counseling as it’s otherwise known, is the online delivery of therapy services via two-way video conferencing. Sessions are nearly identical to traditional therapy sessions with one major exception. Instead of sitting together in the same room, clients and therapists interact via […]

ZagZum – Visual art by artists who have a lived experience with a mental or physical disability.

ZagZum Visual Art Exhibition | Conference | Reception | Sale Visual art by artists who have a lived experience with a mental or physical disability. EXHIBITION Saturday | September 10, 10:00 AM until 9:00 PM. Admission is Free RECEPTION Saturday |September 10, 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM, Must RSVP at Eventbrite CONFERENCE Visual art by artists who have a lived experience […]

Start by Believing: A Community Dialogue

Ramsey County Hosts –  Start by Believing: A Community Dialogue Start by believing is a public awareness campaign uniquely focused on the public response to sexual assault.  Because a friend or family member is typically the first person a victim confides in after an assault, each individual’s personal reaction is the first step in a […]

Creative Art Therapies Week, 2016!

In honor of Creative Art Therapies Week, March 13-19, 2016, I would like to spotlight Art of Counseling, pllc, whose mission is to create a unique specialty using Creative Art Therapies to foster emotional healing, encourage internal resiliency, enhance personal relationships and give a unique perspective to human storytelling and expression. Art of Counseling is […]

Art Therapy: What is it?

Art Therapy: It’s Not Just an Art Project Art therapy, in all cases, is a purposeful, relational intervention. Cathy Malchiodi PhD, LPCC, LPAT Source: © 2015 Photograph by Cathy Malchiodi, PhD In “Art Therapy’s Achilles Heel” [April 2014], I explained that it is not surprising that uses of art making for self-help, self-regulation and self-exploration are […]

World Suicide Prevention Day 9/10

It’s World Suicide Prevention Day, Take 5 to Save Lives. Join the movement by visiting www.take5tosavelives.org and updating your status with this message. Join the virtual Facebook event as your Pledge to Take 5 to Save Lives on World Suicide Prevention Day. Invite others to join!

NAMI | Advance Directives

Advance Directives by Ronald S. Honberg National Director for Policy and Legal Affairs Jane, a 36-year-old woman suffering from schizoaffective disorder, is very frightened. In the past, her experiences in public psychiatric hospitals have been very traumatic. The last time she was hospitalized, the psychiatrist responsible for her treatment could hardly speak English. When she […]