Beyond Artist's Block

Today's Guests: Tracy Sondern is a therapist and creator of the group Ageism and the Creative Professional. She spent over 30 years working in the world of fashion, celebrity and advertising photography in both New York and Los Angeles. Much of that time was spent as the creative partner to her husband, a successful photographer. Her interest in therapy for creatives stems from supporting her husb...

Today's Guest: Dr. Reji Mathew is an award-winning intermodal artist, thinker, neuroscience-informed psychotherapist, expressive arts therapist, advocate, and educator. Her therapeutic expressive arts philosophy is grounded in the narratology-narrative therapy lens. Her understanding of a person begins in the context of time, place, and culture. This intersects with a commitment to understanding p...

Today's Guest: Dr. Kirsten Ramey, or "Doc," as her clients refer to her, is a board-certified telemental health provider. With a background in entertainment, she used Frank Sinatra's famous line, "If I can make it there, I can make it anywhere," to influence her choice for her grad school internship placement with the department of corrections. Although Dr. Ramey has worked within the community, i...

Today's Guest: Ruby Rose Fox is multi-award-winning musical artist who charted #8 on the Heatseeker Billboard charts, has over 2 million Spotify plays, and has music featured in the game Rock Band. Over the past 4 years, Ruby has become a mental health pioneer, starting with her nervous system state-shifting class for performers, based on cutting-edge research by Dr. Stephen Porges, and then with...

Today's Guest: Eric Tivers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and coach who lives in the northern suburbs of Chicago. He is the Founder and CEO of ADHD reWired. Since 2014, he has produced over 500 podcast episodes. Eric has become known for his innovative online group coaching and community programs, Eric's coaching and accountability groups have received international recognition. In 2021, he...

Today's Guest: Connie Glenn, LMFT, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in Solana Beach, California. She specializes in trauma and EMDR and is an EMDRIA Approved EMDR consultant. She also trains and works with psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, including ketamine and clinical trials for psilocybin and 5-MeO-DMT.   SHOW TOPICS Breaking down the different types of psyched...

Today's Guest: Dr. Kimberly Dwyer, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in suburban Denver, Colorado, and provides telehealth throughout Colorado and other PsyPact states.  She excels at empowering her clients to manage stress and anxiety. Dr. Dwyer works primarily from mindfulness-based cognitive-behavioral perspectives, including MB-CBT and ACT. She also works with mental health providers an...

Today's Guest: Jon Steele, LMFT, specializes in the treatment of anxiety, trauma, and grief for athletes and professionals. He runs and operates his own private practice, Jon Steele Therapy. He considers himself an active sports enthusiast and also enjoys the outdoors. He is an avid learner and is currently focused on practicing meditation and grounding.    SHOW TOPICS How both artists and athlete...

Today's Guest: Blanca Lucia Bergman is the founder of Mental Wellness for Artists (MWA), a community group of San Diego artists, mental health advocates, and arts leaders. She is also the founder of a local arts business, Art Unites, and co-lead vocalist in the band Poised In The Darkness.   SHOW TOPICS Meeting artists where they're at with mental health resources The role that a lack of affordabl...

Today's Guest: Katy MacRae, LCSW, is a psychotherapist based in New Haven, CT.  She has been working in private practice for over a decade, and she also works for the psychiatry department at Yale New Haven Hospital. Katy focuses on using artmaking and creativity to help people learn and remember DBT and CBT skills.     SHOW TOPICS How art-making can help clients remember DBT and CBT skills\ What...

Today's Guest: Rebecca Crawford, LMFT, is a Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Southern California. She has been practicing for over 10 years and specializes in work with children and adolescents. She is experienced with play therapy, sand play and the use of art in treatment. Rebecca is also co-founder of DeTalks, a company created by women to help empower other women to find their voice...

Today's Guest: Reina Lombardi, ATR-BC, ATCS, LMHC-QS, is a Registered Board Certified Art Therapist, Art Therapy Certified Supervisor, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor Qualified Supervisor practicing in Fort Myers, Florida. She is the owner of Florida Art Therapy Services, LLC, where she and her small team of therapists provide in-person and technology-facilitated individual and group art ther...

Today's Guest: Rotem Brayer, M.Ed., LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, certified EMDR therapist, EMDR consultant, and an advanced EMDR trainer. He is the author of "The Art and Science of EMDR—Helping Clinicians Bridge the Path from Protocol to Practice," and the founder of The EMDR Learning Community, which brings EMDR therapists together and provides education on EMDR therapy and its int...

Today's Guest: Jessica Van der Merwe is a licensed therapist in Oregon and Washington state. She owns a private practice and specializes in complex trauma recovery, PTSD, and relational and betrayal trauma. She also specializes in working with adult ADHD and neurodivergence and the intersection between neurodivergence and trauma experiences. Jessica is a certified Brainspotting therapist and is tr...

Today's Guest: Daryl Chow, PhD, is based in Western Australia and works with a vibrant team of practitioners at the Henry Street Centre in the heart of Fremantle. He also returns to his home country, Singapore, to provide consultations and intensive therapy every few months. Meanwhile, he keeps busy with writing and conducting research, trainings, clinical supervision, consultation, and mentoring....

Today's Guest: Christine Tomasello is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a leadership coach for heart-based entrepreneurs, most of whom are therapists or coaches. As a clinician, she specializes in highly sensitive people, grief and loss, as well as therapy for fellow therapists. She earned her Masters in Counseling from CSU Fullerton, and also has a background in organizational developm...

Today's Guest: Dr. Aviva Gaskill received her PhD in Clinical Psychology with Health Emphasis at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology in 2011. She is a licensed Clinical Psychologist in the states of PA and NY. Dr. Gaskill has worked with children, adults, and older adults in various settings, as well as in private practice. She has extensive experience helping individuals cope with acute, te...

Today's Guest: Gina Cardillo (she/her) is a licensed professional counselor, board-certified art therapist, and EMDR therapist in private practice in Philadelphia. She brings her training and experience from her first career in the art and design world into her clinical work, and is a practicing artist and musician outside of her role as a counselor. As an art therapist, Gina bases her work on the...

Today's Guest: Jamie Kohanyi is a licensed psychotherapist practicing in the state of California. She is a graduate of Pacifica Graduate Institute's Counseling Psychology program, with an emphasis in Depth Psychotherapy. Her interest lies in the interplay between the unconscious, the body, and creativity, which began with her experience as a multi-award-winning singer-songwriter and graduate of Be...

Today's guest: Dr. Bobbi Ballard is a clinical psychologist based in Georgia. She has an online therapy practice working with creative professionals in several states. Her clients are dealing with burnout, depression, and anxiety. Dr. Ballard has been a psychologist for over 20 years, and she also has an active creative practice of her own, which includes painting, knitting, and music. SHOW TOPICS...

Today's Guest: Dr. Lee Stone, LCSW, PhD, has amassed over thirty years of experience in human services. Most recently, he served as Program Director and was quickly promoted to Executive Director of Freeport Pride, Inc./H.E.L.P. Services, Inc. He worked there for twelve years. The 501(c)3 organization was presented an award in 2019 by Nassau County, NY, for the exceptional services provided to the...

Today's Guest: Davida Price is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Board Certified Music Therapist, and Certified Yoga Teacher. Davida is also fully trained in EMDR therapy. Davida has worked in both agency and private practice settings with children, teens, adults, and families in a variety of roles from primary therapist to program director. Davida combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Ac...

Today's Guest: Jessica Weikers is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She lives in San Francisco and works with folks across the state of California to know and be themselves more fully. Often that involves exploring messages from the past that have become ingrained beliefs and bring those into awareness. Jessica's passionate about helping people get more self-connected and tap into what mat...

Today's Guest: Nattan Hollander, LMFT, was an artist first and became a psychotherapist along the way. He made art as a child in Israel where he grew up, and later moved to the US to train in art and get his fine arts degree at CalArts in California. He was also living in a Zen Center during that time where he spent many hours meditating and learned to cook great soups for Zen retreats with a woma...

Today's Guest: Brittani Williams is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Social Work Entrepreneur, Educator and Hip-Hop head. She received her Bachelor's in Sociology from The University of Southern California and a Master's in Social Work from The University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Originally from the San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles, she was immersed in the Underground Hip Hop Scene. Through Hip Hop s...