Pictured above “FRESH START” FLOWERS
(GROUP PROCESS INSPIRED BY GEORGIA O’KEEFFE)
MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH! The City of Newton hosts events and notes that this month was established in 1949 to spread awareness of the importance of mental health and wellbeing, destigmatize mental illness, and advocate for more resources and support.” You can turn to The Massachusetts Department of Mental Health for local resources and support.
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN NEWTON
Art Therapy supports mental health! From The American Art Therapy Association – WHAT IS ART THERAPY?
DID YOU KNOW? The New Art Center provides sliding-scale Art as Therapy groups for grades 4-9 led by a registered art therapist, as well as Expressive Arts for those impacted by domestic violence led by a licensed mental health counselor.
CHECK OUT A NEW ART CENTER TEEN ART AS THERAPY PROCESS!
Our therapeutic goal: Choosing to experiment with a variety of chalk and oil pastels, watercolor, and paint markers, teen participants express their individuality and discharge anxiety to create vivid flower petals and centers. Then, teens combine them into a whole flower – a symbol of “new life” and connectedness (belonging) to the group. Photo credit: Erin Palazzolo Loparo, MS-ATR
