Aug 25, 2023
Today’s Guest: Dr. Reji Mathew is an award-winning intermodal artist, thinker, neuroscience-informed psychotherapist, expressive arts therapist, advocate, and educator. Her therapeutic expressive arts philosophy is grounded in the narratology-narrative therapy lens. Her understanding of a person begins in the context of time, place, and culture. This intersects with a commitment to understanding people's complex identities, including class, culture, location, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and accessibility. She is an arts reporter for Disastershock.com, a humanitarian psychological first aid organization. In this activism series, she interviews global innovative expressive arts advocates on the power of the arts in healing and restoring communities in the aftermath of trauma. She is also an arts accessibility advocate and partners with Anti-Racist Art Teachers (ARAT) and the Rockland Conservatory of Music (RCM).
SHOW TOPICS
Finding a lifelong allyship with the arts integration for physical and mental health & resilience
Breaking down what thinking and living intermodally is to help clients better cultivate their expressive range and process complex emotions
Using the power of therapeutic play to bring clients into the here-and-now
SHOW LINKS
Dr.Reji Mathew
https://www.rejimathewphd-writer.com/
Disastershock
https://www.disastershock.com/
Anti Racist Art Teachers
https://sites.google.com/view/antiracistartteachers/home
The Creative Growth Arts Center
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Beyond Artist's Block represents the opinions of its host and guests and is not meant as a substitute for therapy. It is for informational and educational purposes only. Please reach out to your healthcare provider with any specific questions you may have.