Resilience is a prominent word in the world of mental wellness. Resilience is examined on different occasions to understand and facilitate growth and healing for children, youth, and adults alike. The ability to have resilience is seen as a positive and powerful predictor of an individual dealing with adversity and overcoming challenges. You may wonder, what is Resilience? And do I have it? Resilience has different definitions. From the Merriam-webster’s dictionary it says: Resilience noun re·sil·ience | \ ri-ˈzil-yən(t)s \ 1: the capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape after deformation caused especially by compressive stress 2: an ability to recover from or adjust e
Greetings It’s been a while. Our world has been going through a significant process and change in the last few months. My life has been up and down over the last year. A year ago, I never would have imaged where I am today. I had been anticipating change in terms of how I was practicing art therapy and psychotherapy, but the change was not how I was expected it to happen. At first I had imagined my therapy practice going slowly to private practice, and I had implemented several mechanisms to assist in this process. A new website, new contacts with another collective of therapists (The Healing Collective) – those were the focuses. Instead of private practice, I was invited to manage a progra
