I firmly believe in the transformative power of peer support. It has saved my life, and given my soul a reason to live.
How I use the mutuality of Intentional Peer Support in my music teaching
When I am In Tune, My Body Knows It: Playing with Multisensory Aphantasia
When I am In Tune, My Body Knows It: Playing with Multisensory Aphantasia
Article on The Strad, about how private music instructors can use the modality of Intentional Peer Support in lessons to support students.
When I am In Tune, My Body Knows It: Playing with Multisensory Aphantasia
When I am In Tune, My Body Knows It: Playing with Multisensory Aphantasia
When I am In Tune, My Body Knows It: Playing with Multisensory Aphantasia
Article on The Strad, about learning challenges I've faced with having a condition that affects how I mentally practice & approach the viola.
A Musician with Sensory Overload Shows There are Ways to Adapt
When I am In Tune, My Body Knows It: Playing with Multisensory Aphantasia
A Musician with Sensory Overload Shows There are Ways to Adapt
Article on Psyche: about feeling overwhelmed with the loudness of orchestral playing, switching to Early Music performance to adapt.
Heroic Artist Battles the Stigma of Mental Illness
I have no mind’s eye: let me try to describe it for you
A Musician with Sensory Overload Shows There are Ways to Adapt
Article on Art Funder, a video interview with Issa Ibrahim, artist and mental health advocate.
I have no mind’s eye: let me try to describe it for you
I have no mind’s eye: let me try to describe it for you
I have no mind’s eye: let me try to describe it for you
Article on Psyche, a description of Aphantasia, a condition I have that renders me with a "blind mind's eye."
Does the NASW Code of Ethics Prohibit Peer Work?
I have no mind’s eye: let me try to describe it for you
I have no mind’s eye: let me try to describe it for you
Article on Mad In America, an analysis of the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics regulations on dual relationships.
Accepting & cultivating autistic talent – insights from a writer with autism
Accepting & cultivating autistic talent – insights from a writer with autism
Accepting & cultivating autistic talent – insights from a writer with autism
Article on The Rosie Report, an article on the need for accepting and integrating autistic folks into the workforce.
Healing with the Power of Art
Accepting & cultivating autistic talent – insights from a writer with autism
Accepting & cultivating autistic talent – insights from a writer with autism
Article on Semi-Colon, a personal recollection of art therapy and its effect on me, followed by a description of the holistic modality of art therapy.
Peer Support Is More Than My Job — It’s Also My Lifeline
Accepting & cultivating autistic talent – insights from a writer with autism
Mental Health Peer Specialists and Their Vision for a Civil Rights Movement
Article on Greatist, a day in my life as a peer specialist during the COVID pandemic in 2020, connecting with clients over the phone.
Mental Health Peer Specialists and Their Vision for a Civil Rights Movement
Mental Health Peer Specialists and Their Vision for a Civil Rights Movement
Mental Health Peer Specialists and Their Vision for a Civil Rights Movement
Academic paper on Invisible Disability Project, how mental health peer specialists desire reform of the psychiatric system.
Meditation Triggered My Psychosis; Reiki Healed It
Mental Health Peer Specialists and Their Vision for a Civil Rights Movement
Meditation Triggered My Psychosis; Reiki Healed It
Article on Mad In America, spiritual meditation under a guru triggered my psychosis, and I used reiki to gently heal from that practice.