S2E26 - The Objects That Hold Us: Creating Reflective Spaces for Students with Brenda Cowan

📘 Episodic Synopsis:

In this deeply reflective episode, Dr. Joey Weisler is joined by Professor Brenda Cowan—author, theorist, and educator at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York city—to explore how everyday objects in classrooms, museums, and memory-laden spaces carry the power to heal.

Through her groundbreaking framework Psychotherapeutic Object Dynamics, Cowan breaks down the seven ways people interact with objects in times of joy, trauma, and recovery—from associating and synergizing to releasing and composing. Together, they unpack how educators can build intentional, emotionally resonant environments that support both student and teacher well-bein...