Bani Malhotra, Ph.D., ATR-BC
@banimalhotra.bsky.social
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Art therapist-researcher committed to enhancing health & rehabilitation through psychosocial and arts interventions. Data visualization enthusiast 📈🖼️ Postdoc Fellow at Virginia Commonwealth University. https://www.banim.info/
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As part of the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Collaborative, a new guidance on communicating about brain injury was developed for clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and people with lived experience.

Key message: Brain injury doesn't define a person. It's just one part of who they are.
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Work with receptive art engagement, museums, or teach students in close looking? Here's our framework of how seamlessly Visual Thinning Strategies can be integrated in art therapy. Interested to know more?Attend our panel at AATA's virtual art therapy conference www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
ART-UP: Making the case for visual thinking strategies in art therapy pedagogy, practice, and research
Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is an art-education technique commonly used to enhance observation and critical thinking skills. Since the use of vis…
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Right!? I felt the same! I am amazed how much of it has been a missed opportunity for our field especially as artists. Let me know if you're interested in more of such, would be happy to collab!
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Making comic posters used to be my jam as a kid. I was introduced to field of graphic medicine in PhD and can't stop thinkin about its relevance to art therapy. Here's a 2-page comic on making art therapy accessible with adaptations and tools when working with burn patients. doi.org/10.7191/gmr....
Accessibility in Art Therapy: Keeping Embers of Expressions Alive
Psychosocial challenges after a traumatic burn injury are significant, especially during the acute care stage, where patients experience painful procedures and increased physical and emotional impacts...
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Ended the year with a STEAM project. New Year wishes to y'all!
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Lights in spaces have always intrigued me! Before the art therapy gig, my first set design was all light installations on stage because I could sense the connection between Lights -> mood -> characters.
(Image clicked at Denver Botanic Gardens)
Abstract lights on water
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Really interested in this topic. Is it possible to access the recording?!
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Gold!
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Want to make beautiful scientific figures? Easy!

The NIH released a library of 2000+ free scientific illustrations called *BioArt*.

Check it out! bioart.niaid.nih.gov

#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky 🧠🟦 🧪