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23 images Created 28 Jan 2020

How Can I Help?- An Artful Dialogue

In the spirit of compassion, good citizenship, and being a concerned artist, I am re-launching my popular Pop-Up Office project, “How Can I Help?- An Artful Dialogue,” and offering phone and video chat sessions for the first time. Wishing to help those in need during this incredibly stressful Coronavirus (Covid-19) global pandemic, I am now providing free and confidential, 20-minute sessions to anyone interested.

In hundreds of previous sessions around the world, “How Can I Help?- An Artful Dialogue” has counseled visitors from all walks of life about everything personal and interpersonal, including: finances, relationships and family dynamics, health care and aging parents, young children and fertility struggles, depression, anxiety, creativity, education, work and workplace issues, death and dying, and more.

Please note:
* While motivated by serious intentions I am not a trained therapist. I have extensive experience helping hundreds of students and Pop-Up Office visitors as an educator and concerned artist.
* Sessions are free and in complete confidence.
* Sessions are 20 minutes in length and limited to 2 calls.
* Sessions are not intended to replace working with a licensed and professionally trained psychotherapist.
* Resources for free and low cost services available upon request.
* Sessions are booked ONLY by email: saul@saulrobbins.com
Subject line: How Can I Help? – Coronavirus
About the project: “How Can I Help? - An Artful Dialogue” presents an artistic rendition of a psychotherapy office environment in a pop-up exhibition space decorated with images from my series “Initial Intake.” This unique installation hosts either a select group of artists or myself holding “office hours,” offering sincere responses to visitors in creative therapeutic consultation. Visitors and passersby are encouraged to drop-in or schedule one free, 20-minute “initial intake” session, during which time they may discuss any topic they wish in complete confidence.

As an artist and educator, my practice incorporates an earnest interest in and sensitivity to intimate personal subject matter. This project relies on those qualities and the desire to help others advance their personal, visual, and professional goals from new perspectives and increased introspection.

“How Can I Help? - An Artful Dialogue” first launched as a ChaShaMa Windows Grant in Midtown Manhattan (2012). That initial success fueled interest and support for future installations at Photoville (2014) and KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO (2015). In 2014, I was commissioned by Pelican Bomb, to document some of the diverse sites of clinical and spiritual health and wellness throughout New Orleans, LA. Overall, “How Can I Help? - An Artful Dialogue” has resulted in over 200 unique consulting visits and expressly positive outcomes about all variety of intimate personal and psychodynamic subjects and concerns.

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  • Ashé Cultural Arts Center’s mission is to use art and culture to support human, community, and economic development. An initiative of Efforts of Grace, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit, Ashé creates and supports programs, activities, and creative works emphasizing the contributions of people of African descent. Located in Central City, the Center provides opportunities for art presentations, community development, artist support, and the creation of partnerships that amplify outreach and support efforts. Ashé hosts a number of regular health and wellness programs including Sistahs Making a Change, Weekly Men's Barbershop Meeting, and Workplace Wellness Luncheon.
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  • Bricolage Academy advances educational equity by preparing students of diverse backgrounds to be innovators who change the world. Bricolage Academy envisions a time when public schools serve the needs of all students—when New Orleans is the world’s premier location for public education and is widely recognized as a world-class city for its creative, cultural, and economic leadership. Bricolage believes that education should be fair and impartial—all children deserve the same educational opportunities and expectations—and that innovation and creative problem solving are central to education. Bricolage actively attracts, recruits, and maintains a diverse student body under the belief that everyone should learn from experiences and perspectives that differ from their own.
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  • The Broadmoor Improvement Association drives individual and community growth through innovative programs, resources, space, services, and advocacy for people throughout the fabric of Broadmoor. The former St. Matthias School has been repurposed to serve neighborhood residents in a new, holistic way. Located on the second floor of the newly renovated building, the Arts & Wellness Center is designed to enrich the community at every life stage by bringing together creative programs and holistic wellness services—including counseling, early childhood and family programs, social services, and movement and arts classes—in one vibrant collaborative space.
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  • For close to three hundred years, Black Americans have congregated in Congo Square, to dance, drum, trade, socialize, and console each other. This singing, dancing and playing started as a byproduct of the original market during the French reign, when the enslaved could freely buy and sell goods in the square in order to raise money to purchase their freedom or escape slavery. During the United States reign, harsher practices of slavery replaced the more lenient French colonial style and gatherings of enslaved Africans de- clined. Although no recorded date of the last dances exists, the practice seems to have stopped more than a decade before the abolition of slavery with the American Civil War. To this day, Congo Square continues to be an important venue for community and musical gatherings, brass band parades, protest marches, and drum circles.
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  • Founded by NO/AIDS Task Force, CrescentCare Health Centers provide quality care to individuals, couples, and families that seek a “medical home” where they can consistently go for care. CrescentCare is particularly focused on Greater New Orleans residents who come from underserved communities: the service industry, the LGBT community, and slowly developing neighborhoods. From primary care and pediatrics to behavioral health and preventive services, affordable healthcare resources are always available.<br />
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CrescentCare is a multi-community Federally Qualified Health Center. This qualification means that the Center meets strict standards and serves everyone according to need, regardless of income or insurance status.
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  • Dance/movement Therapy (DMT) is defined as the psychotherapeutic use of movement to promote emotional, social, cognitive, and physical integration and health of the individual. DMT emerged in the 1940’s when early pioneers began to realize the benefits of using dance and movement as a form of psychotherapy. Holistic in approach, DMT is based on the empirical assertion that mind, body, and spirit are inseparable and interconnected; changes in the body reflect changes in the mind; and vice versa. Using body movement as the primary inroad to their psychotherapeutic work, dance/movement therapists approach individual, couple, family, and group sessions by observing and assessing their clients and their own movements, using verbal and nonverbal communication to create and implement interventions to address the emotional, social, physical, and cognitive integration of each individual.
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  • Dancing Grounds is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that brings high-quality, inclusive, and accessible dance education programs to New Orleans residents of all ages and backgrounds. The organization uses dance as a vehicle for developing youth change agents, inspiring health and wellness, and promoting social justice. Dancing Grounds was founded in March 2012 by Laura Stein and Jessi Donley, who shared a common vision for bringing the local dance community together and providing more high-quality, accessible dance programming for the city of New Orleans.
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  • Founded by a coalition of music advocates in 1998, the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic (NOMC) became the first comprehensive medical clinic for musicians, performing artists, and cultural workers in the United States. The Clinic offers occupational and comprehensive health services for musicians, performers, cultural workers, and tradition bearers of New Orleans (Mardi Gras Indians, Social Aid & Pleasure Club Members). The New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic serves any patient over the age of 19 and their family, regardless of insurance status or ability to pay. The NOMC also accepts private insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid.
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  • NAMI New Orleans offers hope, help, and healing to people with mental illness—and to those who share their lives—through family support, education and advocacy, and quality psychosocial services. NAMI’s work helps individuals live with dignity and independence within the community, enriching all of our lives. NAMI’s education, support services, and advocacy efforts help families cope with the effects of mental illness and increase public understanding. Their psychosocial rehabilitation services for people with mental illness include housing, job training and placement, and social skills development.
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  • Every Tuesday advocates provide outreach and support services to some of the many homeless men and women outside the main branch of The New Orleans Public Library. Coffee, tea, snacks, information, resources, and counseling are available to anyone interested for free and in an atmosphere of trust and complete confidence.
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  • Since its inception, STAR (Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response) has served thousands of survivors and families by offering a non-judgmental, confidential source of support to help them move past the trauma of sexual assault. Today, STAR’s services continue to expand as community need grows. STAR now provides confidential advocacy, counseling, and legal services to individuals and families affected by sexual trauma at no cost. STAR is also engaging in institutional and social change work to build their community’s capacity to prevent and respond responsibly to sexual violence.
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  • The Moore Library at Trinity Church hosts various in-house groups and community meetings, including NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and Alcoholics Anonymous, several nights a week. This small and intimate space lends room for parishioners and community members to share their joys and struggles alike.
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