Tag: creativity

  • A Man for All Seasons: An Interview with James W. Williams

    A Man for All Seasons: An Interview with James W. Williams

    Archive: In February 17, 2023, Numa, Inc. was celebrating Black creativity by Q&A with our Vice-President James W. Williams! James shared with us some stories from his life in music and in theatre. He talked about his work and encounters with Scott Brothers, James Brown, Earth Wind and Fire, Al Green, the Chi-Lites, B.B. King, Theodore…

  • Poetry and Mental Health

    Poetry and Mental Health

    The more I think about psychotherapy, the more I see room for poetry in it. In a world of literalism (and literalism is always based on an individual judgement–), in the world where we communicate with short text and images “to the point” (when the more precise we are, the more insecure we are becoming…

  • What Feeds Your Soul?

    What Feeds Your Soul?

    Boredom is a disease of the soul. We see it in psychotherapy all the time. Though boredom alone can’t kill anyone, boredom and depression go hand in hand, and depression is a formidable foe. Boredom has many sources, fear and anxiety being the major one. Being “set in one’s ways,” that feeds off of anxiety,…