Most of the parents I work with as clients absolutely adore their kids! Many, many of them are also trying to break a generational pattern of parenting -- which requires so much self-work!
Obviously, as a therapist, I am a big fan of parents heading to therapy to process whatever baggage they come to parenting with. However, sometimes we don't want to talk about it... or we need a vehicle with which to process. That's where these 5 creative self portraits come in!
Check out my podcast on 5 creative and easy self-portraits parents should make -- each technique is designed for a different type of exploration and processing. I'd LOVE to be tagged in pictures if you make any of them! And as always - if you want to do this kind of work in a guided and supported way, make sure to check out the Play with Purpose Membership Group. Use the code "BecauseILikeYou" for a free month!
Don't forget to check out a few samples of these self portraits in the pictures below!
The Recreative Online Art Group (formerly known as the Play with Purpose Group)
Transcript Coming Soon!
Roya Dedeaux is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a focus on using creative tools like art, writing, and recreation as a way to help teens and their families who don't quite fit the mold.
Roya’s first book, Connect with Courage: practical ways to release fear and find joy in the places your kids take you is the result of her background in Recreation and Leisure Studies and Marriage and Family Therapy and is the base of her Connect with Courage Parenting Course.
She loves running her private practice, creating art prompts for her
two online art groups, and running games and challenges in the
free Recreate Parenting Facebook community! When she's not doing that, she loves to make messes with her three wild & wonderful kids where they live and play hard in Southern California.