Everyone needs a little healing, especially after the year we have had. This episode is not only the preface to my birthday, it is a refreshing conversation about healing in a time of uncertainty. Renbert G. Mortimer II joins us for a conversation about art therapy.
Art therapy (not to be confused with arts therapy, which includes other creative therapies such as drama therapy and music therapy) is a distinct discipline that incorporates creative methods of expression through visual art media. Art therapy, as a creative arts therapy profession, originated in the fields of art and psychotherapy and may vary in definition.
There are three main ways that art therapy is employed. The first one is called analytic art therapy. Analytic art therapy is based on the theories that come from analytical psychology, and in more cases, psychoanalysis.[1] Analytic art therapy focuses on the client, the therapist, and the ideas that are transferred between the both of them through art.[1] Another way that art therapy is utilized is art psychotherapy. This approach focuses more on the psychotherapist and their analysis of their clients artwork verbally.[1] The last way art therapy is looked at is through the lens of art as therapy. Some art therapists practicing art as therapy believe that analyzing the client’s artwork verbally is not essential, therefore they stress the creation process of the art instead.[1] In all of these different approaches to art therapy, the art therapist’s client goes on the journey to delve into their inner thoughts and emotions by the use of paint, paper and pen, clay, sand, or maybe even fabric.[1]
Art therapy can be used to help people improve cognitive and sensory motor function, self-esteem, self awareness, emotional resilience.[2] It may also aide in resolving conflicts and reduce distress.
Current art therapy includes a vast number of other approaches such as person-centered, cognitive, behavior, Gestalt, narrative, Adlerian, and family. The tenets of art therapy involve humanism, creativity, reconciling emotional conflicts, fostering self-awareness, and personal growth.[3]
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Renbert G. Mortimer II is a graduate of the College of the Bahamas, completing his A.Arts in Sociology (2009) and Bachelors in Psychology with a concentration in Industrial Organisational Psychology(2012).
Renbert Mortimer II is a creative leader, he continues mentoring emerging artist, helping them use their God given talents to elevate other. He has been an inspirational speaker for over 10 years speaking to thousands of young people in The Bahamas and the United States of America, and is an author. With over a decade in artistry, he has illustrated in numerous projects, most noteworthy is his own, publishing his book “How to Tame the Beast” and hosting workshops throughout the Bahamian islands on abstinence and waiting for marriage. He is also noted for continuing volunteering throughout New Providence speaking at P.A.C.E for over 10 years and being involved with an international project and publishing by Dr Eneas, International Ambassador, on the 1″00 Greatest Black Leaders of All Time”.
He is the Chief Graphic Designer for RGMII Waynehead Productions, a marketing, conceptual design, and animation company, recently contracted to Brand the University of The Bahamas Athletic Department MINGOES designed its logo, 3D mascot, and other graphic illustrations. He has completed many illustrations and digital graphic services, but mostly, he is known for WAYNES, his whimsical caricatures completed at weddings, parties, and other celebrations and digital caricatures. He is the only Caribbean and Bahamian registered under the International Society of Caricature artist and continues to compete against artists that are the best in the world in this form of exaggerated feature/caricature, being featured in the society website and publishing as World’s Fastest Artist in 2017.
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Win or Lose (Full Instrumental 00:04:40 money bop playplay youngstrive ft bre radio version 00:05:35 Berzerk (XMiX Remix) 00:03:01 Luv 2 Luv U (XMiX Remix) 00:03:06 Beautiful People vs. One More Chance (XMiX Mashup) 00:02:54 Stressed Out (feat. Faith Evans) 00:03:06 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Runaway love-Luda,Mary(clean) 00:02:39 Flashing Lights (XMiX Remix) (Clean) 00:02:18 New Day (Produced By The RZA, Kanye West, Mike Dean & Ken Lewis) 00:03:21 Make it All Better (Feat.Talib Kweli & Q-Tip) 00:03:10 Cell Therapy(clean) 00:11:09 Relaxation 00:02:53 Electric Relaxation (1994) 00:02:44 The Heart Part 4 (Dirty) Slow Down 00:01:21 Slow Down (Club Killers Dancehall Remix) (Intro - Clean) Slow Down (Clean) 00:05:38 Triggered (Remix) (Clean) 00:05:14 Jerry Sprunger 00:02:07 Off The Books (XMiX Remix) 00:03:19 Mustard feat. Migos - Pure Water (XMiX Remix) 00:03:04 Back To The Streets (XMiX Remix) 00:02:48 Catch Up (feat. Mike WiLL Made-It) 00:03:03 Livin It Up (XMiX Remix) (Party Break) 00:02:51 Sunshine (The Light) (XMiX Remix) 00:02:13 Buss It (XMiX Remix) (Clean) Boasty (XMiX Remix) (No Twerk Version) Pass Code 00:01:36 Drippin in Sauce 00:02:00 Shootin Star 00:01:52 Go Girl - [Clean] 00:01:59 Game Over 00:02:16 Your Night 00:01:22 Bottles 00:00:59 Lipstick - [Clean] 00:00:47 Expensive - [Clean] 00:01:33 Birthday - [Clean] 00:02:18 Dexta Daps ft Tory Lanez & Louie Culture - Call Me If (REMIX)(TTRR Clean Version) 00:02:13 Yuh Nuh Have It - [Clean] 00:01:37 Everybody Out Yah 00:00:59 Upset 00:01:35 Ez Nuh 00:02:37 Bubble Nuh - [Clean] 00:01:58 Tempted to Touch - [Clean] 00:01:28 Kranium feat. Alkaline - Just The Style (Clean)