Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 47 — Upside Down

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.

And with this last spread... this journal is finished!

Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 46 — Hand

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.

Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 45 — Deeper

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.

Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 44 — Sticks and Stones

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.

Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 43 — Snowing

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.

Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 42 — Walking barefoot in the grass

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.

Today was the last group for an intern that I have been working closely with. There was a running inside joke in the group "walking barefoot in the grass" and that is how I will always remember the group and the intern. For our "termination" group we did an intervention that I learned from a great mentor—Carol Lark. We painted watercolor paper and then tore off the four corners to make and envelope. We then ripped each of the torn corners in half (which made 8, or into more pieces—enough for each person in the group including the self). We then wrote a message to each person in the group—a message of hope, wishes or anything positive. The end of group was a ritual where each person was able to read their message to all the other group members and give it to them for their envelope. It was a great way for everyone to communicate how much the intern had meant to them, as well as for the intern to give back to the group (a transitional object of sorts). I glued my envelope in my journal to remember this group, the intern, and in many ways Carol.

Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 41 — Art Surprises

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.

Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 40 — These Eyes

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.

I had a hard time photographing this page.

Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 39 — Beauty

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.

Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 38 — Healing

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.

Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 37 — Wishes

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.

Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 36 — Elephant

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.

Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 35 — Change

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.

Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 34 — Coffee Beans

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.

Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 33 — Missing

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.

Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 32 — Knitting

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.

Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 31 — Pull Home

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.

Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 30 — Feeling Small

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.

Art Journal Vol IV: Spread 29 — Numbers

Self-care is something that is deeply important to me, and I continue a practice I started in graduate school, which is to keep an art journal specifically for my self-care as a therapist. You can read more about that here and here.