By Polly Young-Eisendrath Originally published on March 30, 2020 Republished with permission from the author Living in the time of COVID-19 gives all of us a strong and clear taste of uncertainty. Our welfare is on the line and we are trapped at home with our questions, our vulnerabilities, and the vulnerabilities of others. Even… Continue reading What Uncertainty Teaches
Tag: Psychology
Radical Love: Q&A with Gina Forbes, Director of One Tree Center
Gina Forbes is the Director of One Tree Center in South Portland, ME. The Center includes a preschool that holds the phrase Radical Love at the center of its principles. Radical, in the true meaning of the word, meaning “at the root”. This rooted focus on love informs Gina’s work and manifested itself through her… Continue reading Radical Love: Q&A with Gina Forbes, Director of One Tree Center
Dr. Danielle Gold Gives Hope for Refugees in Greece
In the struggle to provide much needed mental health support to vulnerable refugees, one woman is fearless. Dr. Danielle Gold, Executive Director of Fearless Planet documents her organization’s work in Samos, Greece in a video released by her organization. Dr. Gold is an alum of Goddard’s MA in Psychology program and adjunct professor teaching a… Continue reading Dr. Danielle Gold Gives Hope for Refugees in Greece
“The Human Compass” – An Expressive Arts Practice by Casey Jakubowski
VIDEO: Casey Jakubowski’s Multimodal Expressive Arts Process, “The Human Compass.” Casey created a new Multimodal Expressive Process as a component of her coursework this semester in the Expressive Arts Therapy Concentration at Goddard College that incorporates movement, music, and drawing. The individually designed course is called “Crisis Intervention: Expressive Arts Crisis Intervention With Adolescents.” Her… Continue reading “The Human Compass” – An Expressive Arts Practice by Casey Jakubowski
Human Animal Interaction Studies Concentration in Psychology Program
The Goddard College Psychology Program is proud to announce a new concentration in Human Animal Interaction Studies. Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) and Animal-Assisted Activities (AAA) have grown exponentially in popularity in recent years. Animal-assisted therapists work as professionals and volunteers in a variety of settings, treating issues such as relationship conflict, depression, and trauma, with children,… Continue reading Human Animal Interaction Studies Concentration in Psychology Program
Alum John Eichenberger Uses Boal’s Theater of the Oppressed in Counseling Practice
A young man shook his head in shame and embarrassment. An offhand remark to a client had resulted in a rift in the therapeutic relationship. He wanted with all his being to repair it. Now, among peers, he explored the event. Not a single person said, “Well, this is what you should do.” No need.… Continue reading Alum John Eichenberger Uses Boal’s Theater of the Oppressed in Counseling Practice
June 2018 Community News and Events
Image top left: Devora Neumark with S17 MFAIA-WA Residency Guest Artist Cease Wyss. Image top right: from 2014, Faire bon ménage; independent performance in Basel, Switzerland, in front of the Refugee Reception and Registration Centre. Image below left: from 2011, Home Beautiful – Inviting in the Ancestors, at Matralab, Concordia University, Montreal in collaboration with Rana Alrabi, Rula Odeh, Sonia Zylberberg and… Continue reading June 2018 Community News and Events
The Expressive Arts Are Abundant at the Psychology and Counseling Residency
The Expressive Arts abound during Residency in the Psychology and Counseling Program. There are Expressive Arts workshops, the sharing of students’ Creative Theses and Capstone work at our Poster Session, student led open studio times, and informal jam sessions. Our Expressive Arts Opening is a very important event. In our Haybarn Art Gallery, students present… Continue reading The Expressive Arts Are Abundant at the Psychology and Counseling Residency
Jonathan Katz receives honorary doctorate; 15 earn master’s in psychology and counseling
PLAINFIELD, Vt. — Comedian and actor Jonathan Katz received an honorary doctorate and 15 graduates earned master’s degrees in psychology and clinical mental health counseling at Goddard College’s Sept. 6 commencement ceremony. Goddard President Robert P. Kenny presented Katz with the Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, given to individuals who have distinguished themselves in… Continue reading Jonathan Katz receives honorary doctorate; 15 earn master’s in psychology and counseling
The Mediocre Meditator Turns toward Fear and Includes a Lesson in the History of Psychology
When I was coming up, professionally, in the middle of the 1970s, my colleagues and I at The Women’s Mental Health Collective in Somerville, Massachusetts had this idea (or maybe we didn’t have this idea ourselves but rather there was an idea around, part of the zeitgeist, the cultural atmosphere). The idea was that in… Continue reading The Mediocre Meditator Turns toward Fear and Includes a Lesson in the History of Psychology
The Mediocre Meditator Deconstructs An Early Morning Moment Using Buddhist Psychology and Other Points of View
What can I say? Every morning that I loll in bed past six a.m., which is to say most mornings, I am condemned. By whom? Myself, of course. The judge within. This is how it goes: I’ve slept well. Outside the birds are trilling their light morning tunes. Cotton sheets rub against my skin. It… Continue reading The Mediocre Meditator Deconstructs An Early Morning Moment Using Buddhist Psychology and Other Points of View
Women in Psychology Make History
Others have cleared our path, whether we know it or not and often we don’t. On sexual abuse within the family, a twenty-ish student of mine recently breezed through the history of psychology by noting the following: ” . . . with the dismantling of Freud’s dominance, most American mental health professionals eventually became aware… Continue reading Women in Psychology Make History
Student Reflection on Psychology and Counseling Art Opening #3
From Greta Enriquez (MA PSY) I was very nervous sharing my artwork. For me art is so personal and the interpretative aspects of viewing art compounded my anxiety. That was before I was called on to introduce my product. Stepping up in front of my classmates was immediately calming- the support and acceptance was… Continue reading Student Reflection on Psychology and Counseling Art Opening #3
Students Reflect on the Psychology & Counseling Art Exhibit #2
Being part of the Goddard family has blessed me with the opportunity to express myself in ways that are extremely natural to me. Creating art, and then being able to show it in this year’s Expressive Arts Exhibit, was a way to travel full-circle through my research and learning process. Coming from an art… Continue reading Students Reflect on the Psychology & Counseling Art Exhibit #2
Artwork at the Psychology and Counseling Spring Residency
It’s wonderful to be back on Goddard’s campus in the midst of the mountains as spring insistently pushes its way in. We welcomed new students and presented our Expressive Arts opening in the Haybarn Theatre Gallery for the 6th time. As usual, the container created by the works on the wall, the artists’ presence… Continue reading Artwork at the Psychology and Counseling Spring Residency
Jungian Psychology
If someone asks if I am a Jungian, my answer is “yes.” Perhaps a more specific response would be that I am also a post Jungian and a post-post Jungian, too. I was first drawn to Jung’s work when I attended a gallery talk on Kuba (African) weavings. The docent who led the tour… Continue reading Jungian Psychology
Alumna Lynne Vanderpot on Jung and Expressive Arts in Psychology and Counseling
I assume that many new MA in Psychology & Counseling students at Goddard can relate to the discomfort I experienced at first residency at being initiated into the process of, well, learning how to trust the process. To be perfectly authentic, I showed up on day one looking for much more explicit direction, and much… Continue reading Alumna Lynne Vanderpot on Jung and Expressive Arts in Psychology and Counseling
Creative Final Products in the Psychology and Counseling Program
The last work of the Master of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Goddard College is the “Final Product.” This work represents a culmination and integration of coursework, and may take the form of a thesis or a Capstone Product. Each student makes his or her own decision about which of the… Continue reading Creative Final Products in the Psychology and Counseling Program
Art and Psychology in Goddard’s P&C Program
I begin this blog to create a space for the discussion of the ways we have been integrating art, symbols, and creative expression into our curriculum of psychological theory and counselor training here at Goddard. About three years ago, I began to explore the ways that we could incorporate artistic practices and reflections on these… Continue reading Art and Psychology in Goddard’s P&C Program