--- title: "Articles" url: https://thehealingcorps.com/media/ description: "The complete archive of Healing Corps articles and field reports about clowning and clown therapy." published: 2021-04-25 updated: 2021-04-25 --- # Articles Published 2021-04-25 Media A collection of articles about clowning and clown therapy. ## Every article 9 records ### [What is Clown Therapy?](https://thehealingcorps.com/articles/what-is-clown-therapy/) The Clown/Fool/Jester is a recognizable figure in every culture in recorded history. The clown is an archetype, a human characteristic that’s biologically embedded in the mind, universally… ### [Using clown therapy to deliver mental health care](https://thehealingcorps.com/articles/using-clown-therapy-to-deliver-mental-health-care/) From Clinical Psychiatry News, October 2014 The clown/fool/jester is a recognizable figure in every culture. The clown is an archetype, a universal image that’s embedded in the brain. These images dwell in the unconscious mind. They… ### [Clown therapy in Peru: Maria returns](https://thehealingcorps.com/articles/clown-therapy-in-peru-maria-returns/) For the last 7 years, I have been traveling with Dr. Patch Adams, the world’s most recognized humanitarian clown, and 100 other clowns from around the world, to participate in the Belén… ### [Clown therapy helps people find answers within](https://thehealingcorps.com/articles/clown-therapy-helps-people-find-answers-within/) The inaugural Clown Town Healing Fest, a visionary health care festival, proved to be a practical demonstration of the future of health care. One of its many innovative aspects is the… ### [Clown therapy is community psychiatry in disguise](https://thehealingcorps.com/articles/clown-therapy-is-community-psychiatry-in-disguise-2/) Ever had a patient who not only got better but used the insights she gained from talking with you to help others in distress? I have just such a patient in the Peruvian Amazon. ### [Clown therapy is community psychiatry in disguise](https://thehealingcorps.com/articles/clown-therapy-is-community-psychiatry-in-disguise/) Frontline Medical News, October 14, 2016, by Carl A. Hammerschlag, MD To provide a brief overview … we go to a neighborhood, set up our space, and walk the streets with a bull horn. We announce our presence – “we are mental health professionals, and we’re… ### [The Art of Self-Disclosure](https://thehealingcorps.com/articles/the-art-of-self-disclosure/) Portrait of a Psychiatrist — Series Editor, H. Steven Moffic, MD The question of whether to self-disclose in my work as a community psychiatrist is a non-issue—it must be done. No matter how well-intentioned and well-trained you are, the community wants… ### [Hammerschlag teaches Emergency Medicine how to heal](https://thehealingcorps.com/articles/hammerschlag-teaches-emergency-medicine-how-to-heal/) The word for health in the Navajo language is “hozho.” Hozho is also the word for truth, beauty, harmony, balance, and the great spirit. ### [Humor is Life](https://thehealingcorps.com/articles/humor-is-life/) In addition to being a psychiatrist, I’m also a humanitarian clown. For the last 30 years, I have traveled the world with my friend and holy brother, Patch Adams MD, perhaps the world’s…