Author: karin.jervert
Artwork (9) Events (3) Interview (9) Memoir (1) Nonfiction Essay (11) Podcast (2) Poetry (4) Published Work (12) Short Story (1) Something Wonderful (1) Sound and Psychiatry (4) Talks (7) Uncategorized (3)
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Co-Arting | Individual & Group
Making art with someone who understands the power of the visual journey to transform stuck feelings, energies, beliefs, and to move blocks towards more…
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Walk With Me
I have felt, throughout my recovery of my gifts, that connection with nature is of the utmost importance. The grounding in the moment, the…
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Conversation
Sometimes our life experiences are best served by sharing in an environment of acceptance and understanding that can be hard to find when trying…
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Lost Poetry: Psychiatry and Creativity
I lost a poem once, and I mourned it for many years. But, one day my grief became a map, and with it I…
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Webinar: Art-Making as an Alternative Philosophy of Care During Emotional Crisis
In this webinar, hosted by the National Empowerment Center, we will explore several conditions and intentions in art-making practice which can create spaces that support…
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For My Friend & Those With Chronic Illness
When the years of life are piling up and the suffering has found no end, yet. What god-forsaken thing inside of us keeps us…
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What We Have Always Known but Psychiatry Forgot
When I came off my last medication, my psychiatrist said to me, “You will get sick again.” Psychiatry has always been sure of one…
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Talk: Creativity and COVID: A Lived Experience Perspective
Creativity and COVID: A Lived Experience Perspective” at the Alternatives 2021 Conference. July 10, 2021 at 12PM EST. The Alternatives conference continues on the…
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Radical Acts of Community Healing and Self-Love
One thing has remained true for me as I’ve reflected on my journey into and out of the psychiatric system. My society—the education system,…
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Sound After Psychiatry
When Kim Wichera asked me to be on a panel co-sponsored by SoundsAbout Gallery and CTM Festival on the theme of sound and psychiatry, I immediately understood the potential of…
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Burning Down the House of Psychiatry During COVID
If there was ever a time to re-evaluate how we as a society deal with human suffering, I assure you, it is now. The…
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A Sigh of Survival…So Far
Midnight, And a sigh of survival…so far. At least, through this, And then, a sigh of bracing.