FEATURED GUESTS: Stefan Oliva
Stefan is the co-founder of FrameShare, a digital art therapy platform designed to expand access to creative mental health care. With a background in mission-driven tech entrepreneurship, Stefan helped launch Yale University’s first student-led impact investment fund and was an early team member at Gro Intelligence, a global agriculture and climate platform founded in Nairobi, Kenya. His work sits at the intersection of technology and equity—shaped by his lifelong relationship to art, community care, and systems change.
Dr. Stephan Meyer zum Alten Borgloh
Stephan is FrameShare’s Chief Technology Officer. He holds a PhD in neuroscience from the Max Planck Institute and completed his postdoctoral research at Rockefeller University, where he transitioned from laboratory work to developing research and clinical applications. After his postdoc, Stephan helped multiple startups shape their data strategies and build innovative products, with experience spanning clinical technologies and climate tech.
LISTEN & LEARN:

• What is Frameshare?
• How accessible is Frameshare?
• What features does Frameshare currently offer that meet the needs of art therapists? 
• What are the plans for the future of Frameshare?

RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

• Website Before October 2025 https://www.frame-share.org After October 2025
  https://www.frameshare.org
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/frame-share/about/
• Email Stefan Oliva at [email protected] 
• Email Dr. Stephan Meyer zum Alten Borgloh at [email protected]

FEATURED GUESTS: Reina Lombardi, ATR-BC, ATCS, LMHC-QS is a Registered Board Certified Art Therapist, Art Therapy Certified Supervisor, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor Qualified Supervisor. She owns Florida Art Therapy Services, LLC , a full-fee group practice, where she and a team of therapists provide in-person and technology facilitated individual and group art therapy and counseling services, contracted art therapy groups at various community agencies, supervision and continuing education programming for counselors and art therapists. She has contributed to several academic texts on the topics of art therapy and clinical supervision, and is a frequent presenter/speaker at local and national professional conferences. 
She also owns Creative Clinician’s Corner, LLC where she provides practice building resources and consultation services for creative arts therapists with a desire to build and scale their own private practice. She is the host of The Creative Psychotherapist Podcast where she interviews successful creative therapists about the tools and strategies they used to grow their dream practices, as well as how they have hustled to create additional streams of income using their knowledge and creativity by developing products and services that enhance their therapy practices.
LISTEN & LEARN:

• This Ethics in Private Practice Podcast recording, CEBroker Tracking # 20-1302891, is eligible for 1 CE credit with purchase and passing a short quiz after listening. Click on the following link to purchase        https://floridaarttherapyservices.groovepages.com/ce/ethics-ondemand
• What is a Business Will?
• What needs to be included in the Will?
• Minimum disclosures included in an informed consent. 
• Minimum disclosures included in a telehealth informed consent. 
• Ethical rationales for termination. 
• Why it is unethical to solicit testimonials from clients and what to do instead. 

RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

• Get your Bluetooth EMDR Tabs from Dharma Dr. at dharmadr.com/Creative10 and use CREATIVE10 at checkout for a $10.00 off discount
• Need support in creating your practice email me for a consult: [email protected]

FEATURED GUESTS: Dr. Mimi Savage is an associate professor and core faculty member in the Master's of Counseling Psychology with Expressive Arts program at CIIS in SF. She has an extensive background in acute milieus and has researched adopted young women and boys from foster care using narrative inquiry, arts based and participatory research on the topic of intersectionality and self identity. She is a founding faculty member of UCLArts and Healing in Los Angeles--now called Integrative Arts and Healing Initiative.

She is a registered drama therapist and board certified trainer and mentors an international student body for professionals interested in drama therapy certification at her own school--So Cal Drama Therapy Center. She is now also core faculty for a new program she is helping to launch at CIIS which is Expressive Arts Coaching and Community Building. She is in the process of editing her book for Taylor & Francis/Routledge due next year called The Future of Black Creative Art Therapists: Practice, Pedagogy and Preservation.
LISTEN & LEARN:

• What is narrative inquiry?
• What is the Personal Public Services Announcement™ (PPSA) method? 
• The importance of identity work when engaging with adolescents. 
• The value of contributing to the field through the use of writing. 
• How to use the PPSA as a tool in participatory arts-based research. 
• Mimi's upcoming book, "The Future of Black Creative Arts Therapists: Pedagogy and Preservation," due in 2026 by Taylor & Francis/Routledge. 

RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

• Mimi's Session at the Midwest Expressive Therapies Summit - Re-Storying Self-Identity Through Drama, Writing & Masks: Creating Personal Public Service Announcements ™ on May 3, 2025 from 10:00 AM-5:30 PMCT

In this day-long three-part master class, participants will have the opportunity to learn the Personal Public Service Announcement™ (PPSA) method, an arts-based approach that was originally developed to generate narrative data using drama therapy techniques with adopted young women in foster care. To introduce this novel format, past peer-reviewed research will be discussed from the empirical-based inquiry. For the majority of our time together, however, participants will be invited to work collaboratively and in embodied ways to create their own PPSAs using a number of expressive arts tools, including creative writing, digital apps, and mask-making. In particular, participants will discover the theory, processes, and outcome of this restorative way of doing participatory research within narrative inquiry. Synthesizing personal explorations to enhance emotional or clinical development — then creatively reconstructing that information and affect into PPSAs with the intent to re-story and restore self-identity while being witnessed — can be very effective in treatment, as well.
PLEASE NOTE: Participants' knowledge of qualitative research tenets and methods will be beneficial. The ability to access your narratives without concern about retraumatization will be key to maintaining safety in this session. 

• The Future of Black Creative Art Therapists: Practice, Pedagogy and Preservation will be available for preorder on https://www.routledge.com/ April 2026. 
• Mimi Savage, PhD, RDT, BCT contact [email protected]
• Mimi's SoCaldramatherapycenter http://www.socaldramatherapycenter.com/
• Mimi's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mimi-savage-phd-rdt-bct-b0179931/

• Need support in creating your practice Email me for a consult: [email protected]

FEATURED GUESTS: Christine Brooks, PhD is a Professor and the Chair of the Expressive Arts Coaching and Community Building program at California Institute of Integral Studies. Her research interests include adult development, intentional childlessness, qualitative research methods, and transformative processes in coaching. She is a consultant and coach with expertise in social and emotional intelligence, identity development tools such as the enneagram, and leadership and executive presence. When not traveling the roads of the United States to experience the profound variety of people, creativity, landscapes, and regional food ways, she lives in Florida. 
Shoshana Simons, PhD, RDT is Professor and former Program Chair of CIIS’s MA in Counseling Psychology, Expressive Arts Concentration. She is a drama therapist, voice actor and arts-based coach & consultant. She is also adjunct faculty at the Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute, Seattle, WA, offering a Certificate in NarrARTive Expressive Arts in Coaching. Shoshana has 35+ years of experience in community-building in many settings including with children and adults in the fields of play, education, antiracism, counseling psychology, organizational development, and community work. 
Dr. Mimi Savage is an associate professor and core faculty member in the Master's of Counseling Psychology with Expressive Arts program at CIIS in SF. She has an extensive background in acute milieus and has researched adopted young women and boys from foster care using narrative inquiry, arts based and participatory research on the topic of intersectionality and self identity. She is a founding faculty member of UCLArts and Healing in Los Angeles--now called Integrative Arts and Healing Initiative. She is a registered drama therapist and board certified trainer and mentors an international student body for professionals interested in drama therapy certification at her own school--So Cal Drama Therapy Center. She is now also core faculty for a new program she is helping to launch at CIIS which is Expressive Arts Coaching and Community Building. She is in the process of editing her book for Taylor & Francis/Routledge due next year called The Future of Black Creative Art Therapists: Practice, Pedagogy and Preservation.
LISTEN & LEARN:

• What does a Master's in Expressive Arts Coaching & Community Building consist of?
• What is Coaching & Community Building?
• What is the Scholar-Artist-Practitioner model of pedagogy used in this program?
• The integration of theory and neuroscience that grounds the program. 
• Brook's definition of loneliness as the perception of social isolation and why community is an integral aspect of healing work. 
• The stipend discount offered for the inaugural cohort in the program. 

RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

• https://www.ciis.edu/academics/department-expressive-arts-coaching-community-building
• The CIIS Expressive Arts Coaching & Community Building Launch Party April 23rd @ 11:30AM PT https://www.ciis.edu/events/launch-party-new-ma-expressive-arts-coaching-community-building
• Christine Brooks, PhD LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/sofchristinebrooks 
• Shoshana Simons, PhD, RDT CIIS contact https://www.ciis.edu/profiles/shoshana-simons
• Shoshana's Narrative Expressive Arts Coaching certificate program https://seattlearttherapy.org/narrartive-expressive-arts-coaching-certificate/ 
• Shoshana's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/shoshana-simons-b029a34/
• Mimi Savage, PhD, RDT, BCT contact [email protected]
• Mimi's SoCaldramatherapycenter http://www.socaldramatherapycenter.com/
• Mimi's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mimi-savage-phd-rdt-bct-b0179931/
• Need support in creating your practice email me for a consult: [email protected]

FEATURED GUESTS:  Reina Lombardi, ATR-BC, ATCS, LMHC-QS is a Registered Board Certified Art Therapist, Art Therapy Certified Supervisor, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor Qualified Supervisor. She owns Florida Art Therapy Services, LLC , a full-fee group practice, where she and a team of therapists provide in-person and technology facilitated individual and group art therapy and counseling services, contracted art therapy groups at various community agencies, supervision and continuing education programming for counselors and art therapists. She has contributed to several academic texts on the topics of art therapy and clinical supervision, and is a frequent presenter/speaker at local and national professional conferences. 
She also owns Creative Clinician’s Corner, LLC where she provides practice building resources and consultation services for creative arts therapists with a desire to build and scale their own private practice. She is the host of The Creative Psychotherapist Podcast where she interviews successful creative therapists about the tools and strategies they used to grow their dream practices, as well as how they have hustled to create additional streams of income using their knowledge and creativity by developing products and services that enhance their therapy practices.
LISTEN & LEARN:

• Why collaborating with other agencies or partnerships can provide alternative fee models to access care in your practice. 
• The benefits of offering one-time wellness and creative-based workshops in your practice. 
• Why community-focused engagements can increase awareness and knowledge of your practice. 
• The importance of keeping your SEO relevant and 5 places to enter keywords on your website. 
• How using an AI chatbot can be beneficial to converting clients. 

RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

• Get your Bluetooth EMDR Tabs from Dharma Dr. at dharmadr.com/Creative10 and use CREATIVE10 at checkout for a $10.00 off discount
• Need support in creating your practice email me for a consult: [email protected]

FEATURED GUESTS: Richard Sims MSME, MSMT, CTP
Richard Sims is a Master Somatic Movement Educator/Movement Therapist, Mindfulness, Embodiment and Body Awareness Educator, Certified Trauma Professional, Aikido Instructor, and Somatic Specialist in the areas of stress, fear, anxiety, pain and trauma. He is currently the Board President for ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association) where he tirelessly works growing the Somatic Movement Profession and its place in the integrative whole person health field. He also sits on the Board of Aiki Extensions.
He teaches adults, children and teens empowering somatic approaches and tools to improve their emotional and physical wellbeing. His trauma informed somatic approach combines the BodyMind connection, as well as our emotions and distress responses with many somatic and mindful methods including Being In Movement® mindbody education, Body Awareness, Breathing, Meditation, Somatic Education, Feldenkrais, Alexander, Trauma Informed Mindfulness, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and the principles of the the martial art of Aikido (The Art of Peace).
He teaches in person and online globally with individuals and groups. Additionally he runs workshops with allied professionals on how they can incorporate somatic approaches into their practice in a complimentary integrative whole person approach to healing. 
Richard also works with organizations, schools, non-profits, first responders and companies, helping with their member's challenges that affect their relationships and performance personally, professionally and academically.
Some of these groups include: MenHealing (a prominent organization for male sexual abuse survivors and their loved ones) along with thought leaders from the psychotherapeutic field, The Cancer Wellness Center, Illinois Schools, Urban Gateways (curriculum through the arts), the State of Illinois (First responder professional and personal connection, de-escalation, stress and trauma), FORGE (Trans Survivors) and the H.O.M.E. Project, supplying electronic and video based resources and information to over a million incarcerated men and women in 47 states.
LISTEN & LEARN: 

• Rich's definition of Somatic Movement approaches to therapy.
• Legal considerations regarding touch as a somatic movement practitioner and why he has elected to practice as an educator. 
• An experiential game designed to highlight the mind and body working together to construct core beliefs and narratives that may keep us stuck. 
• The benefits of training and seeking out consultation or supervision with an experienced mentor if you want to integrate somatic approaches into your practice. 




RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

• Web: richardesims.com
• Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/richard.sims.5667
• Instagram:richsims_breathing
• LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-sims-ab02337/
• International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association
• Men Healing
• The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate
• Sign up for Richard's list https://richard-e-sims.kit.com/b79e217651




SESSIONS AT THE SUMMIT:

• May 3rd 2:30-6:30 pm CT he will be teaching on A Somatic Movement Approach for Healing the Effects of Sexual Abuse & Trauma at the Expressive Therapies Summit MIDWEST 2025 at Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Chicago.

OTHER WORKSHOPS:

• https://menhealing.org/somatic-healing-101-2025/

FEATURED GUESTS: Ericha Scott, PhD, ATR-BC, REAT, LPCC917
Dr. Scott is a healer who walks the fine line between mysticism and evidenced-based psychotherapy. She is a licensed psychotherapist (LPCC917) with additional certifications as a registered and board-certified art therapist (ATR-BC), registered expressive arts therapist (REAT), internationally certified advanced alcohol and drug counselor (ICAADC), and as a certified interfaith spiritual director. In addition, she is an Amazon number one best selling author in six countries, artist, photographer, and poet. 
For 40 years, she has worked with those who struggle with substance and behavioral use disorders, survivors of trauma, complex trauma, torture, dissociation, victims of sex trafficking, and ritual crime. She is an Honorary Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, the oldest trauma organization in the world, and she was given the Alumni Recognition Award by Sierra Tucson for her work as a trauma and addiction therapist. For ISSTD she was nominated for her research on the topic of profound self-mutilation by those with dissociative identity disorders, and her advocacy for disempowered populations.

This research, which included life-sized silhouette drawings and poetry, was published in a peer review journal by UCLA in 1999. Her commitment to health, wellness, and "art as medicine" includes art-based experiential teaching for the medical doctors in Andrew Weil’s University of Arizona Center for Complementary Medicine (8 years), professional clinicians, the public, and her own personal health journey.
Her investment in social change via the arts across the world includes travel, presentations, collaboration, and cultural exchange in 4 continents. Her worldwide creative and spiritual workshops bring hope and healing to diverse populations. Several of her peer-reviewed academic publications and lectures have been translated into Prussian, Arabic, Spanish, and Czechoslovakian. Last year, Dr. Scott was the keynote speaker in Cairo for the first international scientific art therapy conference in Egypt. 
"I give the credit for my success to the power of art to heal and transform even the most challenging problems.”
LISTEN & LEARN: 

RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

SESSIONS AT THE SUMMIT:

FEATURED GUESTS: Reina Lombardi, ATR-BC, ATCS, LMHC-QS is a Registered Board Certified Art Therapist, Art Therapy Certified Supervisor, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor Qualified Supervisor. She owns Florida Art Therapy Services, LLC , a full-fee group practice, where she and a team of therapists provide in-person and technology facilitated individual and group art therapy and counseling services, contracted art therapy groups at various community agencies, supervision and continuing education programming for counselors and art therapists. She has contributed to several academic texts on the topics of art therapy and clinical supervision, and is a frequent presenter/speaker at local and national professional conferences. 
She also owns Creative Clinician’s Corner, LLC where she provides practice building resources and consultation services for creative arts therapists with a desire to build and scale their own private practice. She is the host of The Creative Psychotherapist Podcast where she interviews successful creative therapists about the tools and strategies they used to grow their dream practices, as well as how they have hustled to create additional streams of income using their knowledge and creativity by developing products and services that enhance their therapy practices.
LISTEN & LEARN:
- What goes into taking an intentional pause
- What Reina hopes to learn from taking an intentional pause
- Why intentional reflection is important as we grow our businesses

RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

Need support in creating your practice email me for a consult: [email protected]

FEATURED GUESTS: Jasmine Parker is a Registered Art Therapist and holds a dual master’s degree in both Mental Health Counseling and Art Therapy. Her clinical experience covers a wide range of settings to include: Residential Treatment, Public Schools, Community Agencies, Psychiatric Hospitals, Medical Hospitals, Juvenile Correctional Centers, and private practice. Jasmine’s vision is to empower young people by providing them with a safe space to express themselves creatively and openly, free from judgment; giving them the opportunity to explore their inner workings and learn how to successfully navigate life's daily challenges. Jasmine is the owner of Listen to Your Art Therapy & Empowerment Services LLC, a company focused on the needs of the clients. Her practice is an art based, group focused and caters to teens and young adults Jasmine’s life goal is to help teens and young adults build resiliency and hope.
LISTEN & LEARN:
- What goes into operating a mobile art therapy practice.
- What Jasmine learned since taking her practice on the road.
- Community collaboration as part of a practice business model. 

RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

FEATURED GUESTS: Reina Lombardi, ATR-BC, ATCS, LMHC-QS is a Registered Board Certified Art Therapist, Art Therapy Certified Supervisor, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor Qualified Supervisor. She owns Florida Art Therapy Services, LLC , a full-fee group practice, where she and a team of therapists provide in-person and technology facilitated individual and group art therapy and counseling services, contracted art therapy groups at various community agencies, supervision and continuing education programming for counselors and art therapists. She has contributed to several academic texts on the topics of art therapy and clinical supervision, and is a frequent presenter/speaker at local and national professional conferences. 
She also owns Creative Clinician’s Corner, LLC where she provides practice building resources and consultation services for creative arts therapists with a desire to build and scale their own private practice. She is the host of The Creative Psychotherapist Podcast where she interviews successful creative therapists about the tools and strategies they used to grow their dream practices, as well as how they have hustled to create additional streams of income using their knowledge and creativity by developing products and services that enhance their therapy practices.
LISTEN & LEARN: 

RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW: