Our work and our mission is to redefine therapy and our conversations are about the art and practice of healing. This blog was launched in May 2018 by Dr. Jamie Marich, affiliates, and friends.
Originally published on the Dancing Mindfulness Expressive Arts Therapy Blog, 5/4/2017 If you’ve followed Dancing Mindfulness and other projects connected to my Institute for Creative Mindfulness work, you’ve likely encountered the hashtag #redefinetherapy. What started as a book chapter and a hashtag is quickly turning into a movement that you
I am not your guruI am not your motherI am not your slaveI am not your lover I cannot be the friend you might be looking forI cannot be the perfect ally to everyoneI cannot be your instant fixerI cannot make your problems go away I will not give you
Dr. Jamie Marich explores their journey through addiction recovery and trauma treatment, emphasizing the transformative power of honesty in confronting societal stigmas, challenging clinical norms, and advocating for authenticity and inclusivity in trauma care.
“Girl, I heard you speak for 10 minutes and I knew they couldn’t keep you locked up in the university.” This comment, delivered with enthusiasm by a social worker at a continuing education seminar that I offered on trauma remains the compliment I treasure the most. I entered my first
“Nice to meet you, what’s your name?” “Hi, I’m . . . uh . . . Le . . .I mean Ky . . .uh Tiffany.” Cue the laughter and awkward glances thrown my way. Telling people your name isn’t supposed to be overly difficult to do. Everyone knows their
Date scribed: November 10th 2023 There is a BIG difference between fixing and healing a plural system; and though most well-meaning clinicians use terms and descriptions to define and frame the narrative of plurals as broken, what they really are doing is judging from a place of their perceived privilege
Dear Friends, As the founder and CEO/director of the Institute for Creative Mindfulness (ICM), it pleases me to announce some changes that are coming for 2024 that represent the next phase of our evolution. When I retailored my training company Mindful Ohio into the Institute for Creative Mindfulness in 2015,
An Excerpt from The Portable Supervisor: The Essential Guide for Students and Mental Health Professionals, by Wendy Nathan Creativity in Session I want to go there. ― Tina Fey Everyone, absolutely everyone is creative. Period. Exclamation point! You included. Creativity isn’t limited to art or poetry or the other mainstream
To dance is my rebellion. To move this body through time and space, to move unapologetically, expansively, refusing to shrink, to be silent, to disappear. Take up space. Letting go of what no longer serves me, While acknowledging the history that this body carries. MY body speaking truth. Exposed. Every
Lately, more therapists in my circles who are critical of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) approach to therapy are calling the culture around this method, developed by Dr. Richard Schwartz, a cult, or at very least describing it as cultish. As someone who dislikes most aspects of the approach myself,
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