EMDR has eight stages: history and treatment planning, preparation, assessment, desensitization, installation, body scan, ...

After decades in tech, Charlie Serotoff took to tufting, using the medium to turn personal stories into colorful, textured ...

Content warning:This article discusses mental health. Art, commonly known for its poignancy and sentimentality, is often said to be healing when used to reflect trauma or melancholy. However, art in ...

Trauma finds its voices in many mediums and transforms invisible pain and agony into something tangible. In visual art forms, ...

Art therapy allows patients to figure out how to use art to access emotions and experiences and to externalize them, one expert said. Art therapy is a type of treatment that uses art as a medium to ...

Sometimes when words are not enough, art finds a way to speak for us. For Aswathy Krishnakumar, a clinical psychologist and ...

restART studio empowers youth to navigate emotions, discover their potential, and heal through art. Many of our clients face challenges in expressing their feelings or understanding their behaviors.

Heidi Manfred works on an untitled piece in her Hollidaysburg basement studio. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Many people don’t examine their feelings, but artist and behaviorist Heidi Manfred of ...

Art is a powerful tool for mental health wellness, offering a creative outlet that can reduce stress, enhance emotional expression and promote healing — qualities that are especially important for ...

Ka'enye Vidart patiently sketched out five jars and painted them with watercolors while she unpacked her emotions from the day. The 13-year-old said she was frustrated and angry by interactions she ...

On the back of a pale blue shirt displayed at an art institute in Baghdad, a crude painting shows a man walking hand in hand ...

Through the use of state-of-the-art play therapy, art therapy, and talk therapy, I create a safe and nurturing space for children to express themselves. At times we all struggle to find the words to ...