“Lullaby Dragon,” An illustrated story video for children recovering from trauma

I hope this little story and music video will help you to find and caretake your own inner dragon! — Heidi         To contact Heidi, to purchase, or hire her talents and skills, email her at:  dog.hotel.hansen@gmail.com.  Or, call her at (360) 213-9479.  Payments can be made at this Cash App link: …

Everything I Know About Good Mental Health, I Learned From My Dog

Keep clam and parry on. Let it go.  Walk on by.  You are too beautiful to carry yesterday’s garbage. Don’t bark at happiness. Patrol your boundaries 4.  If you’ve got wings, use ’em.     5.  Cook and eat only the best. 6. Work your own kind of magic and cast your own kind of…

2 Free Mini Therapy Masterclasses from Heidi and Maile Lei: “What’s Your 5?” and, “What’s Your definition of Self-Esteem?”

Heidi D. Hansen, M.A. is offering a full 7 – Session series of Therapy Masterclasses at http://www.therapymaserclasses.wordpress.com.  Enjoy these two  free mini-masterclasses! Heidi accepts payments via Cash App at this link:  http://www.cash.me/$doghotel2018.  Thanks!  Heidi also has a Go Fund Me campaign to help with the re-start of her private therapy practice in Portland, Oregon.  Visit …

The Nature of Dissociation

  Labels, labels, labels…  Hollywood stereotype, Hollywood hype.  Instead of all that, look and listen to the humanity of dissociation. And, some facts.  Dissociation occurs as means of organizing and coping with chaos, trauma, extreme fear or bizarre, intolerable, painful and frightening experiences.  Dissociation is a means of hiding and self-protecting, and it’s really a…

Food Paired with Art, by Heidi

You’ve heard of food paired with wine, food paired with the occasion, but food paired with art is something unique from Heidi Hansen because, as an artist, she knows that each piece of art has a story behind it, just like every kind of food and culture and geography that creates it, the world over. …

A Sample of Heidi’s Creative Portfolio, and Free Posters When You Make A Donation to A Charity!!! For Real!!

When you make a donation to one of these organizations: The Pongo Fund (dog-cat food bank in Portland, Oregon, http://www.thepongofund.org); The Council For The Homeless (provides emergency shelter for homeless persons, info@councilforthehomeless.org); The Luekemia and Lymphoma Society of Washington (https://www.lls.org/washingtonalaska) You can email me and select 10 — yes, ten ten ten  prints images you…