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Sustaining the Heart of Health

Shifting the healthcare paradigm from an interventional model to a preventive one.

Phoenix, ArizonaField BulletinAugust 2021

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Published writing about clown therapy and community psychiatry, with the publication each piece appeared in.

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The Healing Corps

What is Clown Therapy?

The clown is an archetype, a human characteristic that is biologically embedded in the mind, universally present in the human psyche.

Clinical Psychiatry News, November 2013

Global outreach project is not your ordinary mental health clinic

We are in the midst of enormous changes in health care delivery, ushering in a cultural shift from a prohibitively expensive interventional health care model to one based on prevention.

Field report from the Belén Festival, Iquitos, Peru

Clown therapy in Peru: Maria returns

A community health project that educates people, promotes wellness, and brings joy, hope and healing to this impoverished community in Iquitos, Peru.

Frontline Medical News, October 14, 2016

Clown therapy is community psychiatry in disguise

By Carl A. Hammerschlag, MD. Ever had a patient who not only got better, but used the insights she gained from talking with you to help others in distress?