What can I say? Every morning that I loll in bed past six a.m., which is to say most mornings, I am condemned. By whom? Myself, of course. The judge within. This is how it goes: I’ve slept well. Outside the birds are trilling their light morning tunes. Cotton sheets rub against my skin. It […]
Others have cleared our path, whether we know it or not and often we don’t. On sexual abuse within the family, a twenty-ish student of mine recently breezed through the history of psychology by noting the following: ” . . . with the dismantling of Freud’s dominance, most American mental health professionals eventually became aware […]
From Greta Enriquez (MA PSY) I was very nervous sharing my artwork. For me art is so personal and the interpretative aspects of viewing art compounded my anxiety. That was before I was called on to introduce my product. Stepping up in front of my classmates was immediately calming- the support and acceptance was […]
Being part of the Goddard family has blessed me with the opportunity to express myself in ways that are extremely natural to me. Creating art, and then being able to show it in this year’s Expressive Arts Exhibit, was a way to travel full-circle through my research and learning process. Coming from an art […]
It’s wonderful to be back on Goddard’s campus in the midst of the mountains as spring insistently pushes its way in. We welcomed new students and presented our Expressive Arts opening in the Haybarn Theatre Gallery for the 6th time. As usual, the container created by the works on the wall, the artists’ presence […]
If someone asks if I am a Jungian, my answer is “yes.” Perhaps a more specific response would be that I am also a post Jungian and a post-post Jungian, too. I was first drawn to Jung’s work when I attended a gallery talk on Kuba (African) weavings. The docent who led the tour […]
I assume that many new MA in Psychology & Counseling students at Goddard can relate to the discomfort I experienced at first residency at being initiated into the process of, well, learning how to trust the process. To be perfectly authentic, I showed up on day one looking for much more explicit direction, and much […]
The last work of the Master of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Goddard College is the “Final Product.” This work represents a culmination and integration of coursework, and may take the form of a thesis or a Capstone Product. Each student makes his or her own decision about which of the […]
I begin this blog to create a space for the discussion of the ways we have been integrating art, symbols, and creative expression into our curriculum of psychological theory and counselor training here at Goddard. About three years ago, I began to explore the ways that we could incorporate artistic practices and reflections on these […]
