Lessons from Mister Rogers Neighborhood
by Judith Aron Rubin
This documentary highlights the psychological and educational lessons that Fred Rogers taught through music, puppetry and metaphor – in a powerful way that was both authentic and direct.
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A trained composer and minister, as well as a sophisticated student of child development and psychology, Rogers consulted with senior mental health professionals about every element of the program, all of which he created himself. The structure and tone of the show provided a friendly “neighborhood” – a virtual “holding environment” – within which even disturbing themes (like the fears stimulated by divorce or the imagined danger of angry impulses) could be safely explored. This film is about Rogers’ contribution to the well-being of our national psyche, helping us to manage both daily challenges and life’s difficult passages. Although children were his primary audience, the truth is that Mister Rogers’ lessons have always been relevant for people of all ages.

What therapists are saying…

“Powerful content — organized in a musical way — illustrates how Rogers communicated important psychological concepts through playful, heart-centered songs.”
— Louise Montello, Ph.D., LP, MT-BC, international authority on Music Wellness
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A trained composer and minister, as well as a sophisticated student of child development and psychology, Rogers consulted with senior mental health professionals about every element of the program, all of which he created himself. The structure and tone of the show provided a friendly “neighborhood” – a virtual “holding environment” – within which even disturbing themes (like the fears stimulated by divorce or the imagined danger of angry impulses) could be safely explored. This film is about Rogers’ contribution to the well-being of our national psyche, helping us to manage both daily challenges and life’s difficult passages. Although children were his primary audience, the truth is that Mister Rogers’ lessons have always been relevant for people of all ages.

This video was formerly included in the Expressive Media Arts Therapies Films Collection distributed by Expressive Media Inc.

Length of video: 1:01:00

English subtitles available

Group ISBN-10 #: 1-60124-651-X

Group ISBN-13 #: 978-1-60124-651-6

Judith Rubin, a pioneer in the field of art therapy, is on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. She is a Registered, Board-Certified Art Therapist and a Licensed Psychologist. Dr. Rubin is the author of five books, including: Child Art Therapy, The Art of Art Therapy, and Art Therapy: An Introduction. She was the "Art Lady" on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in the 1960s.

A past President and Honorary Life Member of the American Art Therapy Association, Dr. Rubin is retired from full-time clinical practice, and is devoting her energies to creating and disseminating films on the arts in therapy through a nonprofit organization, Expressive Media, Inc. Her other films include Beyond Words: Art Therapy with Older Adults (2004), We'll Show You What We're Gonna Do! (art with blind children, 1971), Children & the Arts (all of the arts with children, 1973), and The Green Creature Within (group art-drama therapy with adolescents, 1984). More about Judith Rubin's films and the organization can be found at http://www.expressivemedia.org.

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