The Creative Psychotherapist

VFTS 2023 3 | Charlotte Reznick | Imagination to Transformation

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FEATURED GUESTS: Charlotte Reznick, PhD has dedicated her life to helping children, adolescents, parents, and professionals. She is a foremost authority on how to engage with and develop mindfulness, meditation, and imagination in children and teens. Dr. Reznick is author of the Los Angeles Times bestselling book, The Power of Your Child's Imagination: How to Transform Stress and Anxiety into Joy and Success (TarcherPerigee) and contributing author of the chapter "Imagery As a Therapeutic Tool with Children" in Transformative Imagery: Cultivating Imagination for Healing, Change and Growth (Jessica Kingsley).

Dr. Reznick is a child educational psychologist (LEP 1475), received her PhD from USC, is a former UCLA Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology, and was named Imagery International's Person of the Year in 2012 for the global impact of her work with children. Known as a pioneer in therapeutic interventions with children, Dr. Reznick is the creator of Imagery For Kids: Breakthrough for Learning, Creativity, and Empowerment, a mindful, positive coping skills program. In addition to her private practice in Los Angeles, California, she creates therapeutic mediations (CDs/MP3s) for children, teens, and parents, blogs for Psychology Today and Huffington Post, is a frequent media consultant, and teaches workshops internationally on the healing power of children's imagination.

LISTEN & LEARN: 

  • Guided Imagery as a doorway to a child's heart. 
  • Dr. Reznick's visualization using climbing to the top of a mountain as a metaphor for reaching goals. 
  • The value of helpers in the visualizations with children as a tool to develop inner resourcing. 
  • The value & benefits of honoring a child's inner wisdom and imagery. 
  • Creative tools for teaching deep breathing with children who think breathing "doesn't work."
  • The benefits of Future Focused Visualizations to develop mastery in different situations. 
  • Dr. Reznick's Heart Message Cards as a transitional object between appointments. 
  • The value of teaching children to connect with their body wisdom. 
  • The value of working with individuals. 

    • RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

    • Dr. Reznick's practice www.ImageryForKids.com 
    • Join her mailing list https://www.imageryforkids.com/contact/newsletter-mailing-list/
    • The Power of Your Child's Imagination: How to Transform Stress and Anxiety into Joy and Success
    • Discovering Your Special Place

      • TRAIN WITH DR. REZNICK AT THE EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES SUMMIT:
      April 22nd, 2023 10:00AM - 1:00PM Imagination and Healing in Children & Teens: Visualizing Transformation from Contemporary Trauma 



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