Ono has spent decades as a peace activist (see “WAR IS OVER! If you want it,” “Peace Is Power” and “ Imagine Peace ”). She ...
One of my first jobs as an art therapist and expressive arts therapist was with children in shelters for survivors of domestic violence. That work set me on the life-long path of developing and ...
The catastrophic Camp Fire roared through Northern California’s Butte County in 2018, charring the landscape, taking 86 lives and destroying countless homes and habitats in the town of Paradise. The ...
Engaging in artistic creation and passively enjoying art both provide mental health benefits for trauma survivors.
In the mid-2010s, before it was as common as it is now, I was going to therapy. I guess you could say I was ahead of the curve. While my peers went to sports or band practice after school, I pretzeled ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Vaillaun Gentry finds herself spending hours healing inside Shawnee's Sacred Earth Community Garden. It's a safe place to help those get through trauma. "If you don't have the right ...
When her grandfather gifted her an old camera years ago, Jiayi Liang started taking pictures as a way to feel closer to him. After he died, photography became her passion. Hoping to create a better ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Trauma survivors shared their stories through a special exhibit at the Speed Art Museum on Wednesday. UofL Hospital and the J. David Richardson Trauma Center recognized survivors of ...
Yecenia Caban Jimenez struggled to speak her story, so she set out to tell it a different way. The Air Force staff sergeant suffered leg and back injuries during an attack while she was deployed in ...
ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) - A newer kind of martial arts program in Anderson Township is helping people overcome some of the toughest times in their lives. It’s called trauma-informed martial ...
Upvalley residents affected by wildfires are healing by transforming their trauma into art. Earlier this year, the art therapist Leticia Rosado Russell worked with 43 people whose lives were altered ...
We are proud to announce the opening of The Curtain Behind Resilience,” says The Gallery 45 in Limassol, “an exhibition that explores the profound themes of resilience and trauma through the lens of ...