Rachelle Ottesen

Dialectical Behavioral Painting

Painting is therapy. Trust me. I used to be a therapist. Three years ago, I taught Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in a state-run facility working with severely and persistently ill individuals. Dialectics is essentially holding on to self-acceptance while changing who you are. Contradictory I know. It is like believing two things at the same time. Actually, that is exactly what I used to tell people when I was trying to sum it up.