Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author

I am a clinical art therapist and supervisor. I also authored the Color Me hit coloring book series, the Mom and Me art journal, & 2 relaxation albums.

[Coping with Cancer @Coping_Cancer]

Art therapy can help you process your emotions and find inner healing. Art therapist and cancer survivor Lacy Mucklow explains how.

https://t.co/oS6fPEujQc

#artheals #art #arttherapy
@Art_Tx @Lacy_Mucklow

[Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author @Art_Tx]

Happy National Color Day! How are you using color?

[Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author @Art_Tx]

Attention DMV cancer patients and survivors!

I have the honor of co-facilitating a new workshop combining equine-assisted therapy and art therapy with the LETS program. If you would like to experience this novel workshop, please refer to the flyer below and register today!

[Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author @Art_Tx]

Art therapy with military active duty and veterans has been an important part of their healing throughout MTFs, VAs, and even in the community. One such program is Art for Vets that is offered through an art museum in New Hampshire.

https://t.co/55JFHrAyfz

[Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author @Art_Tx]

I have often discussed about how important it is to be able to work at our optimal level. Workplaces will have happier employees and better outcomes in the long run, and our society will be the better for it.

What are your thoughts?

https://t.co/eiIy0QryEx

[Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author @Art_Tx]

I facilitate wellness art groups for cancer patients & survivors with @kitstoheart. If you would like to contribute to help us continue to provide these free art therapy groups for these amazing warriors, please follow the link below. We are grateful!

https://t.co/SoVn5T9Lqo

[Coping with Cancer @Coping_Cancer]

It’s World Art Day! Did you know art therapy can help you process your emotions? Art therapist and thyroid cancer survivor, Lacy Mucklow, shares the art of coping with cancer. @art_tx @lacy_mucklow

https://t.co/oS6fPEtM0E

#cancer #arttherapy #artheals #worldartday

[Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author @Art_Tx]

Are you an active duty service member or veteran who would like to be part of an art therapy study in the National Capital Region? Please see the flyer for more information and inquire if you feel this would be a good opportunity.

[Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author @Art_Tx]

Art Therapy Thursday!

Why doctors are prescribing art: Magsamen & Ross dive into how the arts are just as crucial to our lives and well-being as nutrition & sleep. I read their book, "Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us" and highly recommend it.

https://t.co/7vy6RvOmoI

[Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author @Art_Tx]

Happy Creative Arts Therapies Week, Day 5!

Did you know that art therapy developed simultaneously in America and Britain in the 1940s? Great Britain also acknowledges the creative arts therapies:

https://t.co/ejtAsgoWyO

Thank you for celebrating CATs Week with me!

[Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author @Art_Tx]

Happy CATs Week, Day 3!

Did you know there is an international credential that creative arts therapists can obtain? The REAT® identifies professionals who integrate more than 1 form of the creative arts therapies together in mental health treatment.

https://t.co/agqkKhn3Nz

[Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author @Art_Tx]

Celebrate Creative Arts Therapies Week with my colleague's CATs stickers, from fellow Art Therapist Lauren Nicholson!

https://t.co/lIYrDsRmBD

[Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author @Art_Tx]

Wishing a Happy Creative Arts Therapies Week to everyone!

Celebrating Day 2 with a little bit of research…Here is a systematic review looking at how the Creative Arts Therapies help with stress management and prevention:

https://t.co/ASxIm5yC0w

[Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author @Art_Tx]

Happy Creative Arts Therapies Week!

Creative Arts Therapies Week is always the 3rd week of March, celebrating art therapy, music therapy, dance/movement therapy, drama therapy, and poetry therapy.

https://t.co/TYNLBHBABM

[Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author @Art_Tx]

You may remember moments when you were in flow state, or being "in the zone," when you get involved in a task or are working on something creative. Flow state can help in art therapy for deeper processing. What has your experience been with the flow state?
https://t.co/7f6wL25gNU

[Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author @Art_Tx]

This article notes how spirituality can help both mental & physical health. Improvements have been shown in areas such as longevity, quality of life, cortisol levels, immunity, and levels of anxiety, depression, & substance use. How does faith help you?

https://t.co/3zjoGSVRK1

[Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author @Art_Tx]

I was made aware of this group from the founder, so I thought I would share as a potential resource. This is a peer support group for trauma survivors, providing a sense of community that they often need, but don't know where to turn. It's free to join:

https://t.co/5PnXranhdE

[Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author @Art_Tx]

Speaking of AI and art therapy, one of my former classmates and current GW art therapy professor Dr. Jordan Potash is exploring AI to generate images with clients who have disablities:

https://t.co/DprdhM8Y96

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Art Therapy Thursday!

Using AI in art therapy?

https://t.co/QBUAnTSPcC

[Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author @Art_Tx]

Art Therapy Thursday!

Many service members have found benefit from acupuncture, especially because it is not another pharmaceutical, and research shows it may also improve PTSD symptoms. If you have had acupuncture before, how has it helped you?

https://t.co/uAvORIganI

[Lacy Mucklow - Art Therapist and Author @Art_Tx]

I did a thing!

I published my first article on @Medium! This is an expansion on a topic that I wrote about at work about cultivating a supportive work environment to support mental health wellness for employees. Thanks for reading!

https://t.co/OwHPEEdTgK