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art and healing, Art Therapy, art trauma, arts and health, compassion fatigue, creative arts, creative process, creativity, expressive arts, expressive arts therapy, expressive arts training, Internal Family Systems, narrative, professional training, therapist burnout

Celebrating Creative Arts Therapy

Posted on by Sibel Golden
20
Mar

“Art can permeate the very deepest part of us, where no words exist.”     This quote by Eileen Miller illustrates the power of expressive arts to discover latent parts of ourselves and the world around us. When words are not accessible, the creative arts allow us to speak in new ways. In order to […]

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art and healing, Art Therapy, art trauma, arts and health, creative arts, creative process, creativity, drama therapy, expressive arts therapy, inner critic, journal writing, narrative, stress

Meeting Your Inner Critic with Creativity & Curiosity

Posted on by Sibel Golden
30
Sep

  “They’re all going to know I’m incompetent. They’re going to find out I’m a fraud. I’m not good enough to be in this position; I should just give up.” Negative thoughts about yourself and your capabilities flood your mind as you try to remember the important points of the presentation you’ve prepared to give […]

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art and healing, Art Therapy, arts and health, creative arts, expressive arts therapy, expressive arts training, narrative, storytelling

Happy New Year from Sibel Golden

Posted on by Sibel Golden

Happy New Year! from Sibel Golden   The need and desire for the arts to take a vital role in individual and collective wellness throughout all aspects of society is clear. NWCEAI applied this mandate to everything we achieved in 2022, and will continue to do so going forward. All our workshops, training, and outreach […]

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art and healing, creative arts, creative process, creativity, narrative, Seattle Artist, storytelling

Local Artist Spotlight: Rae Akino

Posted on by admin
13
Oct

Local Artist Spotlight: Rae Akino Our intern, Sophia Maggio, recently interviewed local Seattle Artist, Rae Akino, who tells stories through her art, and has found healing along the way.  SM: What brought you to art? RA: As a child I displayed interest as talent in drawing and crafts but was told that could never be […]

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