Becky Leonard's Page

My interest is in

Touch Drawing Personal Use, SoulCards Personal Use, Facilitating Touch Drawing, Facilitating SoulCards

What brings you to an interest in Touch Drawing or SoulCards?

I was first drawn to Touch Drawing through my use of the Soul Cards in the hospital, which I was introduced to as an intern, and have used for many years now. After having taken a Touch Drawing workshop with Deborah a few years back at an IEATA conference, I knew I needed to add this to my life and my practice. This led me to this year's Gathering, and an amazing experience!

My experience applies to:

Therapy, Art, Creativity, Education, Aging, Health, Hospice, Grief, Hospital, Family, Cancer, Expressive Arts, Creative Art Therapy, Organizational

Other areas of interest & experience

Pain Management

Have you done Touch Drawing?

Yes

Have you facilitated Touch Drawing?

Yes

In what setting have you facilitated?

In the hospital, in my private practice, in private homes, and as a guest at Deborah's most recent class at CIIS.

I attended the Annual Touch Drawing Gathering on Whidbey Island, Washington

2007

Share a special experience with Touch Drawing or SoulCards.

I have had so many incredible experiences using the Soul Cards in the hospital setting that I am not sure I can begin to pick one at the moment, and after a week at the Touch Drawing Gathering on Whidbey, I am so full with special moments, I cannot choose just one at this time.

Do you facilitate SoulCards with others?

Yes

If so, with whom and how?

I often use the Soul Cards with patients (in the hospital) bedside or in groups in a number of different ways. I might have someone choose a card to represent the past, one the present, and one the hoped-for future, related to their pain, their illness/injury and recovery, or their life in general. Or I simply might have someone choose a card to represent their feelings or to get a conversation going. I have also used them at meetings with a mixture of staff members from many disciplines as a way to represent feelings about a present issue or hopes for the future of the hospital or initiative in general. I co-authored an article about the use of the Soul Cards in the hospital for Deborah's newsletter in 2005. Here's the link: https://www.whidbey.net/touchdrawing/Newsletter/InTouch3-p2.html

Is there anything else you would like us to know about you?

I am an Expressive Arts Therapist (licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of CA, MFC 44553), and in addition to my work at the California Pacific Medical Center, I have a private expressive arts therapy practice, and facilitate touch drawing privately and in groups, both in conjunction with therapy and as a process in and of itself.

City, state, zip and/or region and country

San Francisco, CA