29. Embodying your values in your relationship with Dr. Amy Backos

I'm honored to share this interview with my friend and mastermind colleague, Dr. Amy Backos. Amy Backos, PhD, ATR-BC is the Founder and CEO of the Art Therapy Center of San Francisco. Her online personal development program, The Modern Creative Woman, empowers women to create a powerful personal presence, strong mindset and live out their purpose and values. Dr. Backos is published in the areas of domestic violence, sexual assault, and PTSD; and has authored several books including: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Art Therapy, Emerging Perspectives in Art Therapy, as well as her latest book ACT Art Therapy, which just came our last month. Her 25+ years of clinical work includes Chair of the Graduate Art Therapy Psychology Department at Notre Dame de Namur University and Dominican University of California, Clinical Director and Art Therapist at the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Intern and Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Cleveland Veteran’s Affairs Medical Hospital providing evidence-based treatments and Art Therapy for veterans with PTSD, substance abuse, and poly-trauma. She also worked as a PTSD Research Associate at the San Francisco Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center. Internationally she has worked the last decade with works with Viva Nicaragua to bring Art Therapy services and trainings to adults and children living in extreme poverty in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. She created art based cross cultural assessments in India. Dr. Backos is a fiber artist, and lives in San Francisco with her husband of 28 years and their teenage son.Go check her out on Instagram and at https://arttherapycentersf.comWant 4 weeks of on-demand coaching with me?  I have a couple of spots left for my special Voxer Coaching offer!  Get the info and save your seat at allisonandersoncoaching.com/voxer.- Join my 1 month group coaching course all about DATING! If you're single and ready to mingle, you don't want to miss it. Dating Without Drama is for you if you are a single woman who wants to uplevel her dating experience. Click HERE to get all the info and save your seat! You are definitely going to want to check this program out, even if you've never had any coaching before. 💋- Get your fave newsletter HERE! Free articles here and there or for only $7/month you can get allll the juiciest stories from my life that have taught me about love, relationships and+myself. This is the BEST way to really get to know me + learn from my epic fails, crazy wins and everything in between! Get signed up >HERE<- Come hang out with me on IG, FB, threads and LinkedIn!- Super juicy free stuff HERE!xo, Allison______________________ Come hang out on Instagram and Facebook with me! Get my signature journal HERE! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit allisonandersonmd.substack.com/subscribe