lkane9Mar 28, 20196 min readAn Unexpected Alliance: An in-depth InterviewBy Maria Hodermarska, LCAT, RDT/BCT In the Spring of 2015, Maria Hodermarska participated in the Moth Radio Hour Community Outreach...
lkane9Mar 26, 20193 min readMike Helps People to Create and Heal Through MusicBy Psychology Arts Mike Kelliher, MS, MT-BC, is a professionally credentialed, board certified music therapist at the Rebecca Center for...
lkane9Feb 26, 20194 min readRelatable Empathy: Teaching Empathy Through Body-Based Movement GroupsBy Cathy Lebeaux, MA, MS, LPC, BC-DMT I used to lead groups for children and was often asked, “can you teach empathy and compassion.” ...
lkane9Feb 19, 20196 min readTheater as Inclusive Community: Peter and the Star Catcher as Imagined HomeBy Maria Hodermarska, LCAT, RDT/BCT This past October, 2018, The NYU Steinhardt Program in Educational Theatre presented a production of...
Psychology ArtsNov 5, 20186 min readThe Problem with Research in the Autism CommunityBy Maria Hodermarska, LCAT, RDT/BCT *In this blog I will use the term “autistic people” rather than “people living with autism” to honor...
Psychology ArtsJul 23, 20186 min readDestabilizing ableism: Sam Gold’s production of The Glass MenagerieBy Maria Hodermarska, LCAT, RDT/BCT In drama therapy we have long created therapeutic theater performances that place illness or...
Psychology ArtsJun 11, 20185 min readDisability and the dramatic implications for well-being: Reflections on "The Rider"By Maria Hodermarska, LCAT, RDT/BCT “. . . we humans are suspended on a web of polarities--the one and the many, eternity and time,...
Psychology ArtsMay 14, 20186 min readAmbiguous Loss: the Performance of Traumatic Brain Injury and DisabilityBy Maria Hodermarska, LCAT, RDT/BCT According to the Centers for Disease Control, traumatic brain injuries account for 30% of all injury...
Psychology ArtsApr 5, 20186 min readDisability and the Challenges of Dramatic RepresentationBy Maria Hodermarska, LCAT, RDT/BCT I am a cis-identified, white female drama therapist, college professor, woman “of a certain age” and...