Conversation with Dana Wyss who is a Doctor, Art Therapist and Author of the The Invisible String Workbook

Conversation with Dana Wyss PhD, LMFT, ATR-BC, RPT

Co-author of The Invisible String Workbook

She is all of those things and so much more! I had a pleasure interviewing and finding out what art therapy is, what it takes to be one and among those things we get to peek into her busy life where she has so many projects coming up and hopefully more books and manuals, She talks about the amazing therapy workbook she created along with the writer of the book The Invisible String Workbook by Patrice Karst which is the base for this amazing tool. The workbook is currently available in English, Spanish and will be in Chinese for now.

I will also be reading her dissertation because it sounds very interesting and informative for sure.

Link directly to publisher:

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/patrice-karst/the-invisible-string-workbook/9780316524919/?lens=little-brown-books-for-young-readers

One place someone in the US can buy the Spanish version of the workbook:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/el-hilo-invisible-libro-de-trabajo-joanne-lew-vriethoff/1143667565

Link to Dana’s dissertation:

digitalcommons.lesley.edu

Exploring Self-Injury: An Art-Based Approach to Cultivating Empathy and Understanding in Mental Health Professionals

Self-injury greatly affects individuals, their families, and the mental health professionals who provide their care. This art-based research investigates the impact of clients’ self-injury on mental health professionals. It addresses four research questions and applies a methodology that integrates body art, photography, poetry, and dialogue. Six participants (including the researcher) participated in three meetings wherein they artistically responded with temporary body art to two questions, sorted through their photographs, reviewed poetry created about their work, and discussed the study experience. The researcher navigated being a witness-researcher by personally and creatively engaging in the study. The results present raw, distilled narratives, visual and verbal, as the process of discovery identified six prevailing characteristics.....