😷 Please indulge me with the masked-up pic.  It’s a few years old, from my first day of chemo during COVID, but the sentiment seemed appropriate for this post. Especially the “LFG” shirt. “Let’s f—-ing go!” In just a few days, the second year of my PhD program...

🧑🏻‍🏫  At the beginning of each semester, before I ever speak a word, I welcome my students by writing a universal truth on the board. It's a lesson that took me a professional decade to learn — but it forever changed my relationship with evidence and practice.  I...

🚨 The University of Utah College of Fine Arts just published a write-up on the four introductory classes we launched last semester. We had classes for each of the main creative arts therapies — music therapy, dance movement therapy, drama therapy, and art therapy....

Besides being a PhD student, I'm engaged in other efforts.  I run a full-time art therapy practice.  I teach art therapy and MSW courses.I supervise new therapists.   I’m active in my community.   I serve on committees.   I adore my partner and my young-adult...

Right and Wrong Answers Previous training teaches my students to seek the “right” answer to questions. I’d rather they embrace curiosity, imperfection, and the unknown a little tighter. Bless his heart A few years ago, I had a particularly earnest social work student...