Parsa Noroozian

Don’t Only Explain. Embody. writer: Parsa Norozian One of my music teachers steadfastly insisted that I separate the individual lines within a musical texture. Rather than repeatedly playing the entire passage and hoping it would eventually come together, I had to take each line on its own. And I could not merely play the correct […]

My Issue with the Language of the Inner Child writer: Parsa Norozian My Issue with the Language of the Inner Child We Don’t Outgrow Certain Human Needs, and We’re Not Supposed To The Trend That Inspired Me to Write This The term inner child has become deeply embedded in the language of modern therapy, self-help,

Art, Healing, and the Freedom to Simply Be writer: Parsa Norozian Escaping the Prison of “Standards” How to Find Space for Ourselves in a Noisy World We all live inside a strange paradox. On one hand, the world feels chaotic and relentlessly fast  every day a flood of news, messages, and expectations crashing in from

The Creative Release writer: Parsa Norozian The Creative Brake: How Art Therapy Releases Stored Tension from Our Bodies and Our Relationships There is a particular kind of exhaustion that has nothing to do with how many hours you slept. You wake up already tense. By mid-morning, a colleague’s offhand comment lands harder than it should.

Beyond Solitude: Why Our Nervous System Needs “The Other” for Calm writer: Parsa Norozian (A Deep Dive into Co-regulation and Polyvagal Theory) In the modern world and within the psychology of pop culture, there exists a subtle but powerful myth: “The true hero is the one who can weather their internal storms entirely alone.” We

Art is a mind–body pathway to healing. writer: Parsa Norozian   Rhythm: The Hidden Language of the Body   Rhythm isn’t only found in music. It lives in our breathing, walking, sleeping, speaking, and even in the way we connect with others. The human body is naturally rhythmic. When this rhythm becomes disrupted because of

Art is a mind–body pathway to healing. writer: Parsa Norozian Introduction Peter A. Levine, Ph.D., is an American psychotherapist and researcher who developed Somatic Experiencing (SE) — a body-based approach to healing trauma. For over fifty years, he has studied trauma, the nervous system, and recovery, sharing his insights in books like Waking the Tiger

Stephen W. Porges writer: Parsa Norozian Introduction Stephen W. Porges is an American psychologist and researcher who, in the 1990s, proposed the Polyvagal Theory. The word polyvagal refers to the vagus nerve — a long, branching nerve that extends from the brainstem to the heart, lungs, and internal organs. It plays a major role in

Art is a mind–body pathway to healing. writer: Parsa Norozian Introduction Natalie Rogers was a psychotherapist and artist who founded the approach known as Expressive Arts Therapy. She was the daughter of Carl Rogers, the founder of Humanistic Psychotherapy, but she charted her own path by integrating psychotherapy with creativity. Her central idea is simple

Art is a mind–body pathway to healing. writer: Parsa Norozian Introduction Cathy Malchiodi is a psychotherapist, researcher, and one of the most recognized figures in the field of Art Therapy and Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy. For decades, she has worked with children, adults, and trauma survivors, and her books are considered essential resources in this