Selene Kumin Vega

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More Food Collages

I've been posting my daily food collages on FaceBook, and have received quite a bit of positive response, but have hesitated to put them here. My fear is that I could easily turn this blog into a food-oriented adventure, and much as I...

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Food for the day

I've been documenting my daily food consumption, as an awareness and accountability exercise. Thought I would post them here occasionally, and perhaps that will inspire some blog writing. I generally eat lots of protein and produce, with...

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More on Ceremony

Rituals are transformative, while ceremonies are confirmative (Heinz, 2004), although there is certainly room for overlap. In my work I have tended to focus on rituals, planned sequences in sacred space that are designed to shift...

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Graduation Ceremony

I knew I would participate in my PhD ceremony, though I actually graduated in November 2009. But I forgot until the past few days how important these ceremonies can feel. Our culture doesn't have many ceremonies, and sometimes doesn't...

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The Isolated Therapy Office

Another of my archived columns from the mid-90s. As I reread this, I find myself wondering how much our interconnectedness through the internet has changed things. The Isolated Therapy Office by Selene Vega Santa Cruz CAMFT Newsletter,...

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Finding the Time

Another column from the past. Finding the Time by Selene Vega Santa Cruz CAMFT Newsletter, Sept/Oct 1995, Therapists for Social Responsibility column I know of someone who recently realized that he had saved up enough money from his...

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Community

I've been posting these columns from years ago to get this blog going, and to archive these somewhere - but rereading them, I am struck by how simple they seem, almost naive. Has 16 years really changed my thinking? Not so much changed,...

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The Spiritual Realms of Therapy

Another post from the past: The Spiritual Realms of Therapy Santa Cruz CAMFT Newsletter, Nov/Dec 1995, Therapists for Social Responsibility column The path that led me into my work as a psychotherapist from the movement and dance teaching...

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