i'm wondering if anyone here has ever done art therapy and what you thought of it. i happened to mention to my new t that i ordered a book on art journaling and it has a therapeutic focus to it. here's the book: art journals and creative healing, which of course is taking forever to arrive because i can't wait to get it. t is so cool and suggested i bring it in and we can work with it in session. it wouldn't have even occurred to me to ask for that. my new t is just so responsive - i love it.

i mentioned to her i had always thought about becoming a therapist when i was younger, but since therapy didn't help me in the past and for other reasons i wasn't sure it really was for me. last week i was looking into an art therapy program locally which just happens to be a leading program in the field and the orientation i like (psychodynamic & family systems) just for the heck of it. i don't know if i'll do this but it would combine my lifelong interests in psychology and art! who knows? my new t is a keeper and seems to be giving me hope that maybe i can really achieve some of these things i've always dreamed of doing.