Comments on: Why I Am Grateful to You https://mindfulartstudio.com/gratitude/ Art journaling, watercolor tutorials, and adult art classes Thu, 28 May 2015 01:25:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Amy Johnson Maricle https://mindfulartstudio.com/gratitude/#comment-3442 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 10:43:58 +0000 http://foxboroarttherapy.com/?p=1550#comment-3442 In reply to Rachel.

HI Rachel:

Welcome to the Maricle Counseling blog! I am so pleased to hear that my letter touched you, especially given that you are a therapist in training. I found my connections with therapists who really loved what they were doing fed me so much in grad school. (And still do!) I see that you are using trauma sensitive yoga and trained with Dave at the Trauma Center? They do great work.

All the best to you!

Amy

]]> By: Rachel https://mindfulartstudio.com/gratitude/#comment-3433 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:44:13 +0000 http://foxboroarttherapy.com/?p=1550#comment-3433 I’m a therapist-in-training, and was deeply touched by this. I’ve written a similar letter to my own clients on my blog, crediting you, and hope that’s ok! If not, please let me know and I’ll take it down.

]]> By: Amy Johnson Maricle https://mindfulartstudio.com/gratitude/#comment-2250 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 17:22:43 +0000 http://foxboroarttherapy.com/?p=1550#comment-2250 In reply to Shazia.

HI Shazia:

It’s great to have your voice here again. Having been on both sides of the room at various points, it’s interesting for me to reflect on my experiences as a client too. In the end, we are all human, and it is a job about feeling, isn’t it? As you know, and I talked about in my post on finding a therapist, a good match means everything for success.

]]> By: Shazia https://mindfulartstudio.com/gratitude/#comment-2244 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 14:58:42 +0000 http://foxboroarttherapy.com/?p=1550#comment-2244 Amy, thank you so much for this post! As someone who worked with a therapist for years, I felt your post gave me a glimpse into what it might have been like for my therapist for all those years! How heartening to hear, feel your gratitude through your letter. Your clients are very lucky to have your attention, as it is clearly a loving, warm place you have created.

]]> By: Amy Johnson Maricle https://mindfulartstudio.com/gratitude/#comment-2151 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 02:01:35 +0000 http://foxboroarttherapy.com/?p=1550#comment-2151 In reply to Marina Strauss.

HI Marina:

It’s great how you frame saying no as a way of saying yes! I really connected with your writing about the importance of pausing as well. The pause for making art together is so important! Thank you!

]]> By: Marina Strauss https://mindfulartstudio.com/gratitude/#comment-2150 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:32:38 +0000 http://foxboroarttherapy.com/?p=1550#comment-2150 Amy: It so true that this work of being an art therapist is something to be grateful for. I get up and know I can make a difference in someone else’s life: by listening intently, by offering art as a way of processing our emotions and even as a distraction when pain is so much. I am also grateful for the reminders and learnings I receive from my patients. Right now I am learning about how boundaries can be empowering: When I say NO to something (or someone) I am saying YES to something ( or someone ) else; about the depth of small gestures within a therapeutic relationship and outside of therapy; about the simple act of pausing and how it can make a tremendous change: to learn that pause, which can be a creative one or not, pause before we talk and respond from a reactive place, pause to check in with ourselves what parts of ourselves are active and how to activate the parts that we want: the compassionate and creative ability that we all have.
Thanks for this invitation to pause and be grateful for the learnings I am receiving in my practice.
Loved our time making art !!! Hoping for more soon!
Marina

]]> By: Amy Johnson Maricle https://mindfulartstudio.com/gratitude/#comment-2146 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:18:56 +0000 http://foxboroarttherapy.com/?p=1550#comment-2146 In reply to claudia trevithick.

HI Claudia:

Welcome to the Maricle Counseling blog! Thanks for stopping by. Tamara Suttle is wonderful, isn’t she? I’m so heartened to know that you connected with what I said. I noticed that you do some work with vision boards and did a post on it. I wondered if you do that every year and if you find that works really well?
Best,
Amy

]]> By: claudia trevithick https://mindfulartstudio.com/gratitude/#comment-2143 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 01:53:18 +0000 http://foxboroarttherapy.com/?p=1550#comment-2143 Hi Amy, I just wrote a comment on Tamara’s google, thinking your post was hers, and that it was only the art, no writing. Now that I found this, I love what you have said.

You made it about them, not about you.

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