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Conversation 16 - “Yes, and…” How Improv and Counseling Intersect

April 04, 2024 • Season 2 • Episode 16

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.

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Created by the OCA's Media, Public Relations, and Membership (MPRM) Committee & its Podcast Subcommittee
·Hosted by Marisa Cargill
·Pre-Production & Coordination by Kailey Bradley, Marisa Cargill, & Leah Wood
·Editing by Leah Wood
·Original music selections by Elijah Satoru Wood
·Closing song: Accretion Discotheque by Who AD