As part of the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Collaborative, a new guidance on communicating about brain injury was developed for clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and people with lived experience.

Key message: Brain injury doesn't define a person. It's just one part of who they are.

Sadly, data shows that suicidality continues to remain highly prevalent among veterans and service members even 5 years after traumatic brain injury. Here we identify who might be at a higher risk www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Work with receptive art engagement, museums, or teach students in close looking? Here's our framework of how seamlessly Visual Thinning Strategies can be integrated in art therapy. Interested to know more?Attend our panel at AATA's virtual art therapy conference www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Making comic posters used to be my jam as a kid. I was introduced to field of graphic medicine in PhD and can't stop thinkin about its relevance to art therapy. Here's a 2-page comic on making art therapy accessible with adaptations and tools when working with burn patients. doi.org/10.7191/gmr....

My review for the Frenzied Dance of Art and Violence, it's worth the read! urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Excellent synposium for those interested. Loved session 5 and 6 on AI and Cerebral life and Creative life
www.media.mit.edu/events/aha-s...

Want to know procedures and processes for 4-session art therapy intervention at the bedside? We included a set of 15 image stimulus (famous paintings) as a choice for receptive session in art therapy and report other details using TIDieR template
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZUGBX...

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Ended the year with a STEAM project. New Year wishes to y'all!

Lights in spaces have always intrigued me! Before the art therapy gig, my first set design was all light installations on stage because I could sense the connection between Lights -> mood -> characters.
(Image clicked at Denver Botanic Gardens)

Gold!