When I first got this deck, I thought, "Oh no, therapy art--it will be dark and bleak!" Then I looked--and WOW! Cat's vibrant spirit comes through all of it! A picture truly is worth a thousand words. There's merit here, especially for the therapeutic community--nurses, doctors, social workers, and anyone working with eating disorders. I especially adore the image of the plant watering itself!

   —Christiane Northrup, M.D.
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Shadow and Light
Images of Change and Transformation for Women in Recovery: How to Use These Images

This section is a work in progress, because the service project related to this deck is in its early stages of growth (see "The Story Behind the Drawings").

As more people experiment with the images in personal and professional settings, their experiences will be gathered and shared here to stimulate other people's thinking about how to use the images in additional ways.

For now, free to use my "Images for Women" in whatever way your heart desires, including printing them out for personal or professional use, as long as you respect the following copyright guidelines:

    (1) Be sure to always include the copyright with any of the images you print in hard copy or reproduce digitally, whether for personal use or to share with friends, clients, or colleagues. Please contact Cat for permission if you want to share printed or digitally reproduced versions of the images with more than 25 people.

    (2) Contact Cat for permission if you'd like to reprint or reproduce any of her images online, in print, or in any form that goes beyond their use in personal healing work as described above in section (1).

   Please note that when permission has been granted for reproduction of the images in print (beyond that for personal use), I can provide the original, high-resolution digital files. The low resolution files used on this Web site allow faster downloading but sacrifice detail.

   (3) Never exchange money or any other form of compensation when using, sharing, or reprinting any of my copyrighted images in accordance with the guidelines above.

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If you'd like to tell others about this service project, feel free to send a direct link for Images for Women to any of your contacts, whether personal or professional. I truly appreciate your help in spreading the word about these images, so they can become more readily available to support people's healing work.

Last but not least, If you'd like to share anything about your personal or professional experiences with the images, please contact me. I will respond personally if I'd like permission to use your comments in the "Personal Responses" page of this section.

Thanks much for your interest in this project!    

Cat
June 10, 2007