• Using Instagram to Promote Recreation Therapy

    Using Instagram to Promote Recreation Therapy

    Hello Fellow Recreation Therapists!  I wanted to take a moment to discuss social media and what you can do to offer education and insight, not just to other recreation therapists, but multiple disciplines.   As many of you know, I offer a webpage with a few free resources.  I recently released a t-shirt that sparked a…

  • Walking Meditation and Gratitude

    Walking Meditation and Gratitude

    This will change your life. I mean it! We all know what we need to do to improve both our physical well being and mental health. What if we could combine different techniques into a solid everyday routine? Let’s Talk! Yesterday I posted a little bit on motivation and we touched a little bit on…

  • Motivational Interviewing in Recreational Therapy

    Motivational Interviewing in Recreational Therapy

    Early on in my career I was introduced to the technique referred to as motivational interviewing.  It was developed by clinical psychologists William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick in the 1980’s.   The idea behind motivational interviewing is very basic.  In general, people do not like to be told what to do.  I certainly don’t.…