DENITA BENYSHEK, PHD MA MFA LMHC
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creative expression and spirituality

1/9/2013

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Expressive arts therapist Loral Lee Portenier  is researching the integration and bidirectional influence of creativity and spirituality in women. In Portenier's (2012) recent essay, Creative Expression and Spirituality, she wrote:

"Both spirituality and creativity are often regarded as significant parts of human existence and have the potential to enhance one’s sense of wellbeing. One form of creativity is the expressive arts, which include dance, music, writing, and painting, and are utilized therapeutically to foster physical and psychological healing and enhance insight and wellbeing. This essay looks specifically at the expressive modalities of ritual, labyrinth, mandala, dance, and writing as having the potential to facilitate exploration of one’s spirituality, specifically that of rural midlife women."

The inspiring essay may be read online or downloaded at:
http://www.academia.edu/2344357/Creative_Expression_One_Approach_to_Spirituality


Reference:

Portenier, L. L. (2012). Creative Expression: One Approach to Spirituality. Saybrook University.
San Francisco, CA. Retrieved from http://www.academia.edu/2344357
/Creative_Expression_One_Approach_to_Spirituality.
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    Dr. Benyshek is a devoted psychotherapist and marriage counselor, a professional artist, and an internationally renowned researcher on contemporary artists as shamans.

    Dr. Benyshek  provides mental health counseling and coaching services for intellectually gifted and artistically talented individuals (preteens, adolescents, adults), couples, families, and highly creative individuals.

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