From Brownstone Therapeutics
And Eve Brownstone, MA, LCPC
773-859-1276
brownstonetherapeutics@gmail.com
Happy Spring! A lot has been happening with Brownstone Therapeutics and me Eve Brownstone. I’ve been doing a lot of writing lately, networking and getting the word out about Expressive Arts Therapies through presentations. Enjoy the Sun!
"When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?" -- Eleanor Roosevelt
Bullying
By Eve Brownstone, MA, LCPC
My seventh grade teacher’s advice to me, “Eve if you don’t react they will stop teasing.”
I was a sensitive twelve year old. I would cry. A bully would say something to me and I would start crying right in my seat. Looking back I wished I could have used humor or have had the strength to give it right back to them. It would have been more fun to be the “class clown” than the “class victim” read more here
http://www.brownstonetherapeutics.com/?p=blogs
Working with Performers and Artists?
By Eve Brownstone, MA, LCPC
Sometimes people express themselves first through the arts then through verbal language. As an Expressive Arts Therapist, I have found this very true in the performing/artistic communities. A dancer is more like to express hurt feelings towards her boyfriend with her stomping feet. The stomping feet come first then she may verbalizes, “ He is ___DDDGshdjdjfhshsd”. Everything is stored in the body. I like to listen to what my clients are saying and not saying. I pay attention to body posture, pace of movement, eye contact, and tone of voice and level of energy.
My clients want to know that they aren’t freaks. They aren’t alone. The strong emotions and the creative visions are part of being creative. They may not be considered always “appropriate” in mainstream, but what a boring world it would be without us artists, “weirdos” and magicians. Read more here
http://brownstonetherapeutics.blogspot.com/2010/03/working-with-performers-and-artists.html
For Women with Cancer at Heartwood
Assembling the Allies
By Eve Brownstone, MA, LCPC
In every life there are choices. For women with cancer there are still many choices to consider: treatment options, foods, friends when to fight and how to find the strength to keep living. That internal spark that tells us life is good is hard to feel when chemo is kicking your butt.
I will help you assemble a team of internal and external allies to fight cancer. You’ll know you won’t be alone. Through the arts we can find ways to create these allies. It could be a warrior, a wise crone, a medicine woman, a teacher, a good caring parent that comes from within you to care for you. Also clients are encouraged to create or engage with their support system. Friends and loved ones are important for healing. It takes a village to fight cancer. Read more here http://brownstonetherapeutics.blogspot.com/2010/03/assembling-allies.html
Conversations with Eve
"Ordinary people do extraordinary things." Studs Terkel
Hello, my name is Eve Brownstone, MA, LCPC I have had the great pleasure and honor to interview and record 200+ oral history stories through video, audio and written media for twelve years through out the Chicago-land area. Please check out some interviews on my website http://www.brownstonetherapeutics.com/.
Most recently, I partnered with CJE Senior Life to interview 100+ residents in one of their Assisted Living buildings over a 22-month period. As their Creative Arts Coordinator, I was reminded again of the importance of being able to tell your story through the creative arts.
The experience was documented in “Alive With the Arts”, published in The Urban Coaster. See Attached article. Pioneer Press also highlighted my work with Brownstone Therapeutics in ”Oral History Speaks
Volumes”. See attached article. Read more here.
http://brownstonetherapeutics.blogspot.com/2010/04/conversations-with-eve-revised.htm
Upcoming Events
April 16
Creating Your Life at the Regina Dominican High School
701 Locust Road Wilmette, IL
April 28
Rogers Park Business Alliance FUNraiser
http://www.rogers-park.com/2010/03/save-the-date.html
May 16
Mitiziut Art Show Opening at the North Lakeside Cultural Center
6219 North Sheridan Road
June 3
Creating Your Life at Gilda’s Club in Chicago
537 North Wells
June 3
Creating Your Life at Robineau CJE
June 19 Creating Your LIfe for
Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago (ICNC)
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