In this episode we talk with Diana DePasquale, a current Clinical Mental Health Counseling master’s student and counselor trainee here in Ohio. Diana talks with host Dr. Marisa Cargill about how her path to counseling has been about connecting the dots between different passions in her life, including improv and advocacy. She speaks to how the literature and her own experiences reveal how improv can be utilized to enhance therapeutic settings and approaches. Tune in to hear Diana’s wisdom on the potential of improv in counseling as well as the conversations she believes counselors in Ohio should be having.
Resources from the Episode:
https://www.dianadepasquale.com/
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk
Play with Fire Improv - https://www.playwithfireimprov.com/
Comedy is Therapy - https://www.comedyistherapy.com/enroll
Legislative Advocacy Day - https://www.ohiocounseling.org/legislative-advocacy
Governor DeWine’s August 2023 Announcement - https://governor.ohio.gov/media/news-and-media/governor-dewine-announces-90-million-investment-to-strengthen-local-behavioral-health-crisis-repsonse-services
Cleveland Clinic Expands Psychedelic Research - https://newsroom.clevelandclinic.org/2024/03/06/cleveland-clinic-expands-psychedelic-research-and-launches-first-psilocybin-trial-in-northeast-ohio/#:~:text=Cleveland%20Clinic%20is%20now%20part,200%20types%20of%20fungi%20species.