Session 3 26/01/18 Today we started working on the images to do with the onset of our journey We are all choosing different media to work with, acrylic on canvas, textiles and digital images FEEDBACK FROM SESSION 3 “I thought today was fabulous because it took me out of the […]
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Body Change Session 2
SESSION TWO 19/1/18 We returned to group feeling more empowered this week Continued to relate our individual stories and offer each other support Beginning the process of choosing an image which will symbolise what we were going through at the time of the illness Thinking about materials to use …painting […]
Body Change Session 1
“BODY CHANGE” MAPPING A PSYCHOLOGICAL JOURNEY This group consists of four women who have all had a physical condition that required medical intervention. We are interested in what our bodies went through in terms of anatomy and physiology as well as the emotional side of recovering from illness. We are […]
How Music Therapy can Improve Mental Heath
When award winning actress Brenda Fricker talked openly about her struggles with depression, she recommended the power of listening to classical music as a form of therapy. Talking to the Irish Examiner she said it is something that “I’d recommend anybody to do.” Music therapy is a recognized clinical treatment […]