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...
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 ArtsAug 28, 20185 min readOn Drama Therapy and Finding BeautyBy Maria Hodermarska, LCAT, RDT/BCT Life is unpredictable. That can be frightening. When we face disrupting events, we often don’t know...
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...
