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Flying Free

Using Art to Heal from Narcissistic Abuse [176]

Flying Free

Natalie Hoffman

Emotional, Spiritual, Narcissism, Self-improvement, Marriage, Abuse, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Divorce, Christianity, Education

5.0 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

“This was the big whammy… My whole life had been centered around pleasing the abusive person…trying to meet their ever-changing expectations…I really didn’t know who I was anymore.” Art therapist Jennifer Kramer practices what she paints. She’s a survivor of narcissistic abuse and now teaches an art therapy process she developed during her recovery. She discovered that the most powerful part of art-making isn’t what we create — the final drawing or painting. It’s not about making something that looks pretty or gets displayed in an art gallery. It’s about the way art reconnects our minds and bodies and how it rebuilds an abuse survivor’s sense of identity. Because the real masterpiece…is YOU. Put on your listening ears and grab a crayon: - What art therapy is (and isn’t) - The emotions of art media (pencils can be comforting and paint can be overwhelming) - Art-making and responsive writing: the left- and right-brain connection - Why talking to your art is helpful (even if it feels weird) - How art puts you back inside your body and rebuilds your intuition - What the “no-comment rule,” “process over product,” and “scribble drawings” are - Art therapy techniques to try at home (with nobody looking!) Listen or download the transcript at flyingfreenow.com/176 FREE: I'll send you the first chapter of my book, Is It Me? Making Sense of Your Confusing Marriage. Just hop on my mailing list at flyingfreesisterhood.com/free-download. (I will NEVER spam you or sell your information.) Desperate for real help and safe people who understand what you're going through? Find out about my online education and support program for women of faith at joinflyingfree.com And, if you are an already divorced Christian woman who wants to take back her life and get healthy, have amazing relationships, build a business or career, or even find a good man - check out joinflyinghigher.com

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Natalie Hoffman of Flying Free Now, and you're listening to the Flying Free

0:10.2

podcast, a support resource for women of faith, looking for hope and healing from hidden

0:16.6

emotional and spiritual abuse.

0:21.6

Welcome to episode 176 of the Flying Free Podcast. Today I have with us

0:27.4

Jennifer Kramer. She's an artist, a licensed art therapist, and an online coach who helps women overcome the lasting effects of narcissistic abuse.

0:37.0

She's the creator of the redefined process, an approach that uses a combination of spontaneous art making and responsive writing.

0:47.0

Jennifer developed this process while recovering from her own experience with narcissistic abuse, and discovered that the key to growth was to reconnect

0:56.5

with and redefine her own identity. Welcome Jennifer.

1:01.7

Thank you. I'm so excited to be here and have this conversation. So I've

1:05.5

been following you on Instagram and I highly recommend that you go over and follow her.

1:09.9

She's a really it's a really good account to follow.

1:12.7

She's got some great practical things you can do

1:15.8

and I've really enjoyed her Instagram account.

1:19.4

I would like for you to tell our listeners what art therapy is in case people haven't heard of that and how is it different from other forms of treatment that people might be getting?

1:32.0

Yeah, so art therapy is a mental health profession that requires a master's degree and licensure to practice it.

1:41.0

A lot of people think it's maybe a certification or not on the same level as, for example, a licensed marriage and family therapist or a licensed counselor or social worker, but it is the same level of licensure and education required.

1:53.2

I did not know that.

1:54.5

That's fascinating.

1:56.2

Yeah, and so there are a lot of therapists out there

1:58.5

who like to try to incorporate art therapy techniques

2:01.3

and they might say that art therapy is a modality that they use,

2:05.0

but unless they have some specific training,

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