Researched and Authored by Amanda Tetso: Art therapy initially began in the 1940s as an aide to psychoanalysts studying the Freudian ideology that one’s dreams can reveal much about their pathology. However, the practice has quickly evolved into a crucial method of healing for patients of all variances in recent years. Although art therapy mostly…
Singing during or after cancer treatment may be very beneficial. BY TAMERA ANDERSON-HANNA I love music and personally feel that playing an instrument or singing is an intimate and personal expression of the heart. Listening to music can be a way to connect with oneself, but it also can help calm or stimulate the brain and…
In recent years, the popularity of adult coloring books has skyrocketed. Walk into most bookstores and you’ll find a rack of them, including perhaps the recently published Garden Life and Animal Life by Tim Phelps, professor and medical illustrator in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of…
Several years ago now, Dance Therapist Sharon Mulcahy, R-DMT was featured on Rhee Gold’s DanceLifeTV. Watch her beautiful session at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
Donna Papenhausen. I was excited to see one of our AFHS-M Professional Members pictured next to her paintings. Then, I became more excited thrilled when I realized the photo was of Donna at her art opening. I recall the first time I met Donna, it was at the Expressive Arts Florida, Pat B. Allen workshop,…
Article from: http://www.curetoday.com/ Complementary therapies can make a difference in the cancer journey, and now we have to get oncologists to accept them It has long been recognized that a number of complementary therapies, such as yoga, acupuncture, exercise and other modalities, can have a dramatic impact during and after treatment. Unfortunately, with few exceptions,…
The Light at the End of the Journey By William Hamilton, JD, PhD, and Penny R. Hamilton, PhD (aka William Penn) The white frame represents the time when we, as a married couple, were innocent of the disease, and what was about to happen to us. The black stands for the despair that accompanies a…
Humor can be a valuable healing strategy for patients with cancer and their doctors. Many people consider caring for patients with cancer to be serious and sad work. However, I have experienced great joy, pride and satisfaction over the past 25-plus years in my work as a radiation oncologist. I have interacted with thousands of…
ART THERAPY – FEBRUARY 17, 2017 By Amy Oestreicher Westport, CT As a survivor and “thriver” of 27 surgeries, organ failure, a coma, and a decade of medical trauma, my mission is to share a message of strength, faith, hope, and compassion with the world through my creativity. I found art accidentally on my way…