by Maggi Colwell | Feb 2, 2023 | Anxiety, Art Therapy, Uncategorized
What is Art Therapy? How Does Art Therapy Work? How do you do Art Therapy? These are some of the questions I get in a lot of calls to my practice. Art therapy is pretty broad and very customizable. I spend a lot of time listening to my client’s themes,...
by Maggi Colwell | Aug 18, 2021 | Anxiety, Art Therapy, Depression, trauma
What are the therapeutic benefits of drawing or painting? Recently someone asked me the above question. I thought that it was worth sharing here too. The question seems simple enough, but the answer is extensive. Furthermore, the benefits depend on the treatment...
by Maggi Colwell | Jul 19, 2021 | Anxiety, Therapy, trauma
You are not your Thoughts One of the things I say often is that “You are not your thoughts. Not everything you think is true. Not everything you think is useful.” Just because you think something doesn’t mean you have to listen to it. Likewise,...
by Maggi Colwell | Jun 21, 2021 | Anxiety, Art Therapy, Therapy, trauma
Our bodies tell us stories and offering up wisdom on a daily basis. Symptoms and body sensations are a language of their own. Therefore, the more we connect with our bodies, the we can understand these messages. Self Care First, I’d like to talk about self...
by Maggi Colwell | Oct 26, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, Therapy
What would you say if I said that feelings of anxiety or depression are not your enemy? Both of these symptoms often come together and a lot of times are allies in disguise. Anxiety can be intuition about our lives that we have long been ignoring. That lack of...
by Maggi Colwell | Sep 24, 2020 | Anxiety, Dream Interpretation
Lots of people this year have been asking questions about why they have such vivid dreams this year, or why they are having more nightmares. There’s lots of reason for this. Times of both personal and societal stress are a cause for increased anxiety dreams. ...
