Blog
By Tami Earnhart, LMFT, ATR
I’m a therapist in San Marcos, writing about Child Therapy, Art Therapy, Parenting, Grief Counseling, and Anxiety Therapy for Adults.
San Diego Art Therapy online: The good and the not-so-good.
As a credentialed San Diego Art Therapy professional, I know that for many busy adults, making time for therapy is challenging. Since the explosion of online therapy and telehealth, most therapists provide therapy sessions through a secure video platform. Art Therapy is no different.
However, in my experience, there are pros and cons to meeting for online Art Therapy sessions versus attending in person.
Art Therapy in San Diego: Where to Find an Art Therapist.
Through your search, you may have found many talk therapists who state on their websites or professional profiles that they provide art therapy.
You may have also found some interesting groups in the community facilitated by caring artists with a heart to help others. Is what they are providing truly art therapy?
An Art Therapist’s 5 Favorite Books to Boost Your Child’s Creativity.
At its core, creativity is about looking at things differently. Taking two unrelated things and making connections. It's “out-of-the-box” thinking. In this blog, I give my take on five of my favorite books that help with aspects of creativity.
Helping Professional Series: San Diego Psychologist Shares About Child Testing and Independent Evaluations.
As a Psychologist in San Diego, Dr. Donica has a wealth of information regarding psychological and neuropsychological testing and educational evaluations.
Learn more about Dr. Donica, Psychology 360, Inc., and testing and evaluations for children from our interview.
How creating art with an Art Therapist can help you feel more empowered.
This blog was originally written while the world was amid the pandemic. For several years, the one thing that stood out was the undeniable losses people were experiencing.
Many people are still trying to recover from those years. You may be one of them. You’re not alone.
An Art Therapist in San Diego Shares How to Use Doodling in a Therapeutic Way.
Stress hampers your creativity. Like many adults, you may be spending too much time with your thoughts and with problems. Your mind needs rest. So how do you do that?
8 Things to Say to an Anxious Child.
You can see the wheels turning in their head. The more they think about what could happen, the worse they feel.
They may even plead with you to help in some way. You want to help. And shouldn’t you help?
A Child Learns What They Live.
This Artwork is a collage I created in response to my work as a Marriage & Family Therapist providing Art Therapy in San Diego North County.
How does Art Therapy Help with Anxiety? A Therapist in San Marcos, CA Shares thoughts.
Anxiety is one of the main issues that people come to therapy to deal with.
Maybe you have never gone to therapy and the thought of talking about anxiety feels hard. Perhaps you have tried to “talk” to a therapist before about your anxiety. And it didn’t go as you hoped.
Some therapies rely much less on talking, Art Therapy is one of them.
An Art Therapist shares 3 helpful ways to talk to your kids about their artwork.
I’m going to start with the trap. “Do you like it?” This is the common question that children ask adults, especially parents, as they excitedly show you their latest drawing or painting. As parents, we often automatically answer, “Yes, of course, I like it”. “That’s so beautiful!”.
An Art Therapist’s top 5 Favorite Art Supplies for a Child’s Anxiety.
As a Therapist in San Marcos, CA I often use Art Therapy with kids who struggle with anxiety. Through my work as a credentialed Art Therapist in San Diego I offer a variety of materials when my clients are creating art in a therapy session. Here are some of my favorite art supplies that I find helpful for a child’s anxiety.
San Diego Child Therapist shares how to create healthier habits around devices for your kids.
I see the influence of “devices” every day on kids. I base this on my observations over the years of working with parents and children. As a therapist in San Marcos working with elementary school-aged children, I see three ways children are negatively impacted.
A Therapist in San Marcos shares 5 Tips to Manage the Stress of Summer with Kids at Home.
As I write this many San Marcos kids have been out of school for a while. For some parents, Back-to-school can’t come quickly enough. When your kids are at camp you try to get as much work done as possible, and when they’re home it feels chaotic.
Three Common Questions about Kids’ Therapy in San Marcos.
San Marcos is a great place to live. It has this easy-going feeling, with sunshine and access to beaches and hiking trails, but there are also a lot of pressures that go with living in Southern California. Raising kids and the whole parenting thing gets complicated. Lately, you have been considering child therapy in San Marcos for your child.
Helping Professionals Series: Art Therapist Helping San Diego Military.
In this edition of my Helping Professionals blog series, I want to introduce you to Megan Toth, one of my San Diego Art Therapy colleagues. Megan has a heart for helping our military men and women, and their families.
Megan co-founded Draw Near Art Studio & Workshops, an Art Psychoeducational Business where she leads “Draw Near” workshops with her colleague and co-founder.
Helping Professionals Series: San Diego Play Therapy Expert shares about Child-Centered Play Therapy.
For this Helping Professionals Series Interview, I contacted San Diego Play Therapy expert, Belinda Lee. She is the owner of Brave Heart Child and Family Counseling in the Carmel Valley/Sorrento Valley area. I’m excited to share this interview.
7 Things to Remember as a Parent When You’re Stressed.
My list below includes 7 things to remember, contained in the acronym, “RESPOND”. How you purposely choose to respond to your children amid grief, loss, and other stressful events is incredibly important.
Helping Professionals Series: Functional Nutritionist in Encinitas Helping Women.
In my journey, when I was a younger mom, I experienced health issues. At the time, nothing seemed to help. Then I began working with a nutritionist in Encinitas and it changed so many things.
Helping Professionals Series: Integrity Counseling and Teen Center for San Diego Teens.
In my latest Helping Professionals Series blog, I interviewed Cory Anderson, the founder and director of Integrity Counseling Group. I am happy to share about the work of this group practice helping teens in San Diego County.
6 Tips to Calmly Parent an Anxious Child, when you Struggle with Anxiety too.
I recently had the privilege of writing a Guest blog for another therapist in San Marcos, Diana Trevino of Trevino Counseling and Wellness.
The blog shares 6 tips on calmly parenting an anxious child, when you also struggle with anxiety.
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