Re: therapeutic photography/emotional behaviour diffs

Posted by Judy Weiser, Administrator on 4/3/2004, 3:34 pm, in reply to "therapeutic photography/emotional behaviour diffs"

Hello Greg, I am posting this response in answer to BOTH of your recent messages on this Discussion Group page, because my answers to both, greatly "overlap"... First of all thanks for your message and please tell us what Department you are getting your PhD in (and what city), and where you first heard of this PhotoTherapy and Therapeutic Photography work... and how you found this Discussion Group -- search engine? referral from someone else? I asked "what city", because I'll be IN the U.K. teaching PhotoTherapy next Autumn -- so if you want to be on the notification list for events I'll be doing there, please write me BACK CHANNEL (directlly to jweiser@phototherapy-centre.com -- rather than as a message posted to this Discussion Group) to let me know. Next, I need to make sure you have FIRST read all the many pages of my website, "PhotoTherapy Techniques in Counseling and Therapy" (you can find the direct link to the site at the top of the main Discussion Group Page). The reason I'm asking if you've been to the main site this Group is connected to, is because everything you asked for help finding, is THERE, *ON* the various pages of that site!! Perhaps you missed the first paragraph at the top of this Discussion Group Page which says:     "This Discussion Group belongs to the website for "PhotoTherapy Techniques in Counseling and Therapy", and is provided for those who have already fully explored that site to have the additional opportunity to discuss, network and get questions answered. Therefore, BEFORE you post a message below, please first visit all the pages of that site (where you might find answers to questions you are about to post), and then feel free to post below -- or contact me directly." I have a hunch that maybe you didn't do that first(?) For example, after reading the entry page at: http://www.phototherapy-centre.com, and clicking on the tree icon there, you are taken to the site's homepage. On *that* page, in the third Section (titled: PhotoTherapy -- The Bigger Picture"), is a sentence which discusses Therapeutic Photography and there's a "hot link" right there, that will take you directly to the third page of the site titled "Compared with Other Fields" (or you can go there directly by clicking the button on the left, with that name). And when you get to THAT (third) page ("Compared with Other Fields"), you'll see that the entire bottom 2/3 of *THAT* page is PRECISELY *about* Therapeutic Photography, and it includes many recommended readings... There is also a separate site-page of "Recommended Readings" for PhotoTherapy "in general". My book has lots of info about both fields; there's a separate site page for the book too. There are other separate pages of the site that describe what other people are doing with those aspects of photo-based healing practices (see the "who's doing what, where page" and the "related links" page also...). Many of those people/places are in England... There's LOTS of information there... go to: http://www.phototherapy-centre.com and start exploring, and then you'll see why I say, in answer to your comment that "There seems to be a shortage of material" -- WHAT "shortage"???? Greg, there is no shortage of material; only lack of road-map of where to begin finding it... and the first step of that journey is my website... so go there now and check out all the pages and then you're welcome to write again to ask more about what isn't there -- I'll be happy to help. BUT if you are asking these things solely for "one person one dissertation" purposes, then please write me only back-channel, as this Discussion Group is a place for *discussion* of all these fields. I mentor many students privately; this page in not for that kind of intensive one-on-one mentoring dialogue... I note that you are in the U.K. -- please look at some of the other messages posted below yours, written by others who are doing similar investigations and practices there -- perhaps you can all network further together; that's what a group of students in Germany did last year, and one in Israel now also. If you will write to me back-channel (i.e., directly; not via the egroup), perhaps I can connect you with some current students whose thesis/dissertation research might interest you, and perhaps you can all connect better, directy. Write to me back-channel at: jweiser@phototherapy-centre.com And finally, re: your questions about what the PhotoTherapy Centre can and can't do -- please read the page on the site titled "For more Information" as well as the "Training and Education" page -- you'll see that most of the answers to the question in your other posting, are there also. Once you've read all that, please write me directly re: any remaining questions... (All the "information I could send you", is THERE, for the taking!). You can even download (as pdf's), at no cost, ALL my published articles, book chapters, etc... These can be found in the "Publications List" at the bottom half of the "Bio & Publications" page People come here to study with me privately all the time; but such arrangements take time to plan and contract for, and I'm away teaching a lot so please don't just "arrive" without us making plans in advance... and THANKS for your interest in Therapeutic Photography!! I'm glad to hear you're doing a Dissertation on this subject (check out the "Theses and Dissertations" page too!); please keep me informed of its progress and when you're done, please consider donating a copy of the finished document to the Library Archives here at the Centre -- so that other students in the future can learn from what you've done... regards Judy (Weiser)

Link: PhotoTherapy Techniques website

Re: therapeutic photography/emotional behaviour diffs

Posted by Jennifer Loshaw on 4/8/2004, 1:29 pm, in reply to "therapeutic photography/emotional behaviour diffs"
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Greg, I do not know if my work would be of any interest to your PHD research, but feel free to look it up, and let me know how you feel about it. http://jenniferloshaw.com/thesis.html I was burned when I was a baby, and this exhibit expolores my experience, and photography is the medium. All the best, Jennifer Loshaw

Re: therapeutic photography/emotional behaviour diffs

Posted by katya de luisa on 7/29/2004, 10:43 am, in reply to "therapeutic photography/emotional behaviour diffs"

Hi Greg, I have been a collage artist 3o yrs. I lived and worked in Costa Rica 20 yrs with street children and art. I traveled to five countries creating arts programs that would benefit at risk kids. I used many mediums but nothing was as effective and foolproof as collage making with magazine images. I'd ask them to select OMLY WHAT THEY LIKED. Then they would individually explain to the group why they liked these images. It opened the door immediately to know them, created a safe feeling among their peers and they learned to express themselves. This usually led to cooperation in trying new techniques and created a strong group bond. Hope this is useful