WHO IS RENEE?

Over the twelve years I taught visual arts, theater, and poetry, I watched something devastating change in my students:

They became more anxious, rigid, and less willing to experiment and have fun. Well-meaning parents were either allowing WAY too much technology at home or were overscheduling too many activities for their children - all of it was leading to play deprivation across the generation.

The same thing was happening to myself and adults around me for the exact same reasons.

Years of psychoanalysis and personal creative practices taught me that the parts of me I'd lost access to — the impulsive, creative, genuinely alive parts — had been sitting underneath a mountain of perfectionism, overstimulation from consuming too much media, and burn out from an overly packed schedule.

So I became obsessed with becoming a teacher that used curiosity, play, and wonder to lead people naturally into a creative flow state within themselves to overcome the matrix of our culture.

My work is heavily influenced by existential and depth psychology, drama/play therapy, IFS, Authentic Relating, and wisdom practices. I do not claim or advertise to be therapy, but desire to recognize the influence and philosophy of the work. I provide the arena, you show up to do your personal journey work.