Session 353: Art Therapy 101
Therapy for Black Girls
iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.
4.8 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Playing with markers, clay, and stencils is something we may recall fondly from our youth, but today dismiss as childish. Art Therapy, however, is a very legitimate and relaxing form of therapy for all ages that challenges us to think through our emotions by putting pen to paper. To tell us more, today we're joined by Chicago based artist and registered art therapist, Pierra D. Brown. Since graduating with her Master’s from the School of the Art Institute, she’s worked both in communities, schools, and hospitals to provide clinical services to people of all ages.
During our conversation, Pierra and I discuss the training needed to become an art therapist, how art therapy can be used as an alternative or in supplement with traditional talk therapy, and what art therapy can teach us about shedding our perfectionist habits.
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The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed Psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions of ourselves.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, a weekly conversation about |
| 0:15.4 | mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to |
| 0:20.6 | become the best possible versions of ourselves. |
| 0:23.0 | I'm your host, Dr Joy Hardin Bradford, |
| 0:26.0 | a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 0:30.0 | For more information or to find a therapist in your area, |
| 0:34.1 | visit our website at therapy for black girls.com. |
| 0:38.0 | While I hope you love listening to |
| 0:40.5 | and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a substitute for a relationship |
| 0:46.0 | with a licensed mental health professional. Hey y'all, |
| 0:55.0 | y'all, thanks so much for joining me for session 353 of the Therapy for |
| 1:00.2 | Black Girls podcast. |
| 1:01.8 | We'll get right into our conversation after word from our sponsors. |
| 1:05.0 | Hi, I'm Pierre D. Brown and I'm on the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast. |
| 1:10.0 | I'm in session today unpacking my work as an art therapist. |
| 1:13.6 | Playing with markers, |
| 1:16.6 | playing with markers, clay and stencils is something we may recall fondly from our |
| 1:27.3 | youth. |
| 1:28.3 | But today dismiss as childish. |
| 1:31.0 | Art therapy, however, is a very legitimate and relaxing form of therapy for all ages that |
| 1:36.4 | challenges us to think through our emotions by putting pen to paper. |
| 1:40.6 | To tell us more, today I'm joined by Chicago-based artist and registered art therapist, |
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