I had the good fortune to meet a great group of folks up at University of Toronto when I was there in March. One of those was Aynsley Moorhouse, trained as an actor and with a MA in Theatre from UT. She’s currently an artist in residence at Toronto’s own Baycrest, facilitating a theatre group among the residents. You can read along as the project evolves on her blog. And she’s off!
Dear Dr. Basting,
Your book Forget Memory was recommended to me by one of my professors from Stockton State College in NJ. I am currently attending grad school full time to attain my masters in social work. I happened to read and finish your book on a trip to California this march to be trained by Sam Heinly on Memories in the Making.Sam said she knew you and she though both MIM and Timeslips were the best thing out there in terms of working successfully with people with dementia.
I currently intern with hospice and I am using MIM and timeslips techniques with much success. I am also studying Jungian analysis and my gut tells me that there is something else there going on with these stories told with picture prompts. Especially when the technique is used with a family unit with one person with dementia. I just had a eureka moment yesterday doing just that. It was one of those cool sideroads of potential discovery that led me to contact you. Yesterdays session sparked some great symbolic discusion which could be used as useful family therapy information. Great stuff youve done!! A potential gold mine in terms of helping others!!
Anne – thank you so much for your support and shout out! It was such a pleasure to meet you and to hear your presentation. I look forward to seeing you again soon. All best! Aynsley