On Our Mind: Thoughts from Mark & Michelle Dean
by Michelle Dean 19-10-2015 | 6:05PDT | Comments (0)
Printmaking can be a source of fascination and challenge that requires an indirect way of working (Hurwitz & Day, 2001). To create a print is to weave the artist’s experience and perception, insight, and differentiation into one (Neumann, 1974). In order to create a print, something must be done to one substance in order for […]
by Michelle Dean 19-01-2015 | 8:46PST | Comments (0)
Blog post by Mark Dean, MFA, MA, ATR-BC, LPC I recently received an exit interview from a professional art therapy organization that I had stopped participating in. I had not intended to leave, but simply failed to renew my membership. They wanted to know if they had represented me well. I have hesitated to respond, […]
by Michelle Dean 28-04-2014 | 3:30PDT | Comments (0)
In terms of relationships and the ability to bridge at least two terrains, I personally like Hermes as a possible mascot for art therapy. All humor aside, Hermes was most commonly described as a Greek Olympian god of boundaries and travelers who cross them. He was a translator and messenger from the gods (the spiritual […]
by Michelle Dean 20-03-2014 | 5:34PDT | Comments (0)
by Michelle L. Dean I am often asked how I became an art therapist and my best answer is that it was a marriage of passions: Art and working with others. I came to this realization at a young age. I had always been interested in art, drawing, painting, calligraphy, you name it, I was […]
