RESOURCES
Wellness – Arts Medicine
Web resources for arts medicine, breast cancer, other cancers, other life-threatening illnesses and wellness.
Healing With the Arts
Art projects for healing – including visual arts, dance, writing, and music – along with spiritual practices and guided imagery.
American Dance Therapy Association
Resources for dance therapists
Disarming the Playground
A blog by Rena Kornblum, MCAT, DTRL, BC-DMT, about Violence Prevention Through Movement, a curriculum based on the theories of Dance/Movement Therapy
Apsara Counseling Services
Ms. Brett Debney, LPC and Dance/Movement Therapy intern. Counseling services with a body-mind approach for families, couples, children, adolescents, groups, and individuals in Greensboro, NC
Arts and Healing Network
Marion Weber’s international forum for those interested in the healing potential of art, especially environmentalists, social activists, artists, health care practitioners, and those challenged by illness
Creative Alternatives of New York
Provides therapeutic theater workshops for disabled and disadvantaged persons
Society for the Arts in Healthcare
A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the incorporation of the arts as an integral component of healthcare
The Centre of Excellence in Movement, Dance and Dementia
Aims to equip health professionals and others working in dementia care with the knowledge and skills necessary to explore and develop the use of movement and dance.
Wellness – Breast Cancer
The Breast Cancer Site
Click to fund free mammograms
Stanford Cancer Center Breast Cancer page
Information about breast cancer diagnosis and treatment
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Information for breast cancer patients, survivors and co-survivors
Yahoo Health Directory listings for breast cancer
Site listings and other resouces for breast cancer patients
Wellness – Other Cancers
American Cancer Society
Resources for cancer patients
American Childhood Cancer Society
Helps children battle and overcome cancer
American Society of Clinical Oncology
An interactive resource for professionals involved in the care of patients with cancer
Cancer News on the Net
Cancer information and support links
The Cancer Project
Information on the benefits of a healthy diet for cancer prevention and survival
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
An authoritative source of information to help patients and health professionals make informed decisions about cancer care
The Open Directory Project: Cancer
Comprehensive listing of internet resources on cancer
Stanford Hospital Cancer Center
Health information for cancer patients, families and the public, for health professionals, and for medical students, residents and fellows. Also contains a physician directory.
The Virtual Wellness Community
Free online support services for people with cancer and their loved ones
Wellness – Other
Elemy
Applied behavior analysis for children on the autism spectrum.
Stanford Hospital Patient Education Center
Self-management programs for people with chronic health problems.
Welltopia
Information on nutrition, physical activity, smoking cessation, alcohol- and drug-abuse prevention, stress management, health insurance, residency, social services, etc.
en*theos
On-line classes by subscription and a blog on the subject of optimal living
Real Psychology Solutions
Practical self-help for mental health and living well
Therapeutic Treatment Solutions
Specializing in making connections between treatment resources and people who need them
The Worry Solution
Dr. Marty Rossman’s blog on how to utilize the powerful imagination that is behind worry to facilitate positive growth and change
Watch Me Bounce
Inspiring resiliency through story
Your Tango
Website and digital newsletter about love and relationships
Airy Melody
Guided relaxation CDs and MP3s to help listeners relax, sleep and heal
Norman Molesko, LA’s Young Oldie
Los Angeles Poet Society’s article and video on “Normie” Molesko, senior-advocate
Defining Moments For Therapists
Edited by Serge Prengel & Lynn Somerstein
First-person accounts by eleven therapists, of some “Aha!” moments when they got to understand themselves better, and to understand better why they do what they do.
For more information about the book, see lifesherpa.com.
Affiliates
• American Dance Therapy Association
• American Psychological Organization (APA)
• APA Humanistic Psychology
• APA Practice Organization
• APA Psychologists in Independent Practice
• APA Society for the Psychology of Women
• California Psychological Association
• Marin County Psychological Association
• Redwood Psychological Association
• San Francisco Psychological Association
