I have returned to Goddard for fall residency and am immediately inspired. Students have shared their work at our Psychology and Counseling Expressive Arts Opening and the principles of Expressive Arts Therapy are embodied by the works created as well
“Mother Nature wants us to be afraid,” says Rick Hanson, the author of Buddha’s Brain. Survival of the most cheerful is not, after all, what counts over the millennia. Survival of the alertest does. The individual who is sensitive
I created fifteen “Soul Cards” [pictured at left] for the Expressive Arts exhibition at our MA in Psychology & Counseling Residency in April 2013. What started out as something like just a compliance to fulfilling coursework for a course
I have learned a lot from AA, although I am not an alcoholic. When my mind is twittering about what I need to do tomorrow and what so and so said earlier today, whether I canget it all done, and
And she answers: Probably not. Meditation is only one way to find stillness within. My husband sings in two choirs. A good friend walks in the woods. Well, I walk in the woods. I even like walking in the woods.
In life sometimes I get so caught up in all the mundane and necessary things that I forget why I started to do something. Or why I am walking down a specific path. In learning to counsel with people and
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.
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
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
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
Meditation has something to offer I decided after a workshop on meditation surprised me with a gift of extra energy, the kind protein bars promise but don’t deliver. I talked about this in my second post for this series, you
For me, a magical aspect of residency is getting ready: making airline reservations, planning the seminar I will teach, hearing from students about the artwork they will exhibit and present, and looking forward to conversations with students and faculty colleagues
by MA in Psychology student Cherie Crowningshield of Port Kent, N.Y. When I was eleven I was intrigued by the thought of travel. The idea that someone could get on a plane and before long be immersed in a
Last week while in New Orleans for our monthly Jungian training seminar, I found myself with a free day, but in a torrential rain storm. No chance of wandering and making photographs in the French Quarter this visit. I remembered
As a lifelong knitter but only a recent (four years) but dedicated (every day if I can, several seven-day retreats) meditator, here is a short list of similarities between the two activities which I thought might apply to many other
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
An important aspect of Expressive Arts Workshops at Psychology and Counseling residencies is the fact that many are created and led by students. Here, student Tanya Sapula tells the story of her experience leading a workshop at the Fall 2012
Below are brief descriptions of my current three favorite books on meditation. Each one is written by psychologists who have been practicing psychotherapists and meditators for more than 25 years. I use them for reference, inspiration and companionship. I reread
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
I discovered meditation about fifteen years ago. It was not something I expected and it happened like this: I was at a day-long Continuing Education workshop designed for mental health professionals like myself, Counselors, Social Workers and Psychologists. All of