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Los Angeles Unified School District
California
  • Schools & Universities
  • Immigration
  • Schools & Universities
I was invited to do a parent workshop at Cardenas Elementary School. We chose the Journey Footprints workshop and translated it into Spanish. The footprint seemed timely for the close of the workshop series. The parents created wonderful art, but when they sto…
Safe Parking LA
California
  • Homelessness
  • Homelessness
Tina is a 26 year old woman who never thought she would find herself experiencing homelessness and living in her vehicle. A falling out with her family and lack of community support left her fending for herself. Tina had big dreams of finishing her degree and …
Children's Institute, Inc.
California
  • Community Engagement
  • Community Engagement
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
  • Staff & Organizational Development
The Community Health Programs at Children’s Institute support care coordination, system navigation, and a full range of support for health services to improve day-to-day living and wellbeing. These programs include Enhanced Care Management, United Mental Healt…
Community Health Action of Staten Island
New York
  • Social Justice
  • Social Justice
On September 20th, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 35 graduate students pursuing their Master’s in Mental Health Counseling participated in a Touchstone art workshop. These students, many of whom are preparing to become frontline mental health professionals, engaged deep…
Connecticut Alliance for Victims of Violence & Their Families
Connecticut
  • Domestic Violence
  • Advocacy
  • Domestic Violence
  • Sexual Assault
The opportunity to create a Permission Canvas, as an AWBW facilitator, was very timely for me. I realized there are so many things I don’t give myself permission to do. I picked feeling safe and warm because during the training I realized that I had a big conn…
Private Practice
Mexico
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Community Engagement
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
In this "Uplifting Voices: Facilitator Stories" video, Eva Latapi-Silva, a clinical psychologist with a private practice in Mexico tells the story of 130 women participating in AWBW's "Messages of the Heart" workshop. Through this experience, they found empowe…
Indigenous Strategies for HONOR Collective
Arizona
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
  • Staff & Organizational Development
In this video, Melodie Lopez shares how art serves as a powerful tool for healing, connection, and cultural resilience. Through creative workshops, she helps individuals and communities navigate trauma, express their experiences, and build stronger connections…
Los Angeles Unified School District
California
  • Schools & Universities
  • Schools & Universities
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
I facilitated a monthly staff self-care workshop which consisted of the "Heart and Soul Self-Care Coupons" art workshop. This year has been so stressful at my school because we have many students at our school with severe behavior problems. Several teachers…
Little Tokoyo Service Center
California
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Domestic Violence
  • Facilitator Spotlights
This "Uplifting Voices: Facilitator Stories" video features Vivian Lee, the Director of Counseling Programs at Little Tokyo Service Center. A Windows Facilitator since 2009, Vivian shares the story of how a woman used creativity to process surviving domestic v…
Safe Passage, Inc.
Indiana
  • Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence
Until recently our agency has been using AWBW curriculum primarily in one-on-one settings with clients. Recently, I was able to get an adult art workshop group (with daycare provided) off the ground. Our first group had three female participants whose ages are…
Safe Place for Youth
California
  • Homelessness
  • Homelessness
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
Just before the end of the year, I facilitated a version of the AWBW Absorb and Release workshop with two young adults at Safe Place for Youth. S.P.Y. supports young people experiencing homelessness through healing art programming and other services. Both of t…
Fresno Pacific University
California
  • Schools & Universities
  • Schools & Universities
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
Participants of this workshop were university students exploring personal growth. The goals of the workshop were to explore negative messages from their childhood and become aware of what negative messages are still with them they need to let go of. Student…
A Greater Hope
California
  • Foster Care
  • Domestic Violence
  • Foster Care
The structure of the AWBW training (online and interactive), coupled with the detailed curriculum that provides easy to follow step by step instructions any paraprofessional can follow, combined with the universally engaging nature of the workshops makes AWBW …
Su Casa
California
  • Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence
Through my work at a domestic violence emergency shelter, I had the pleasure of incorporating the AWBW framework via monthly Art of Healing workshops with participants who were actively fleeing the person who caused them harm. One of the workshops that I condu…
Jewish Family Service
California
  • Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence
  • Immigration
This client is a single mother of two children. She is from Mexico, came to this country seven years ago, and is undocumented. She experienced verbal, physical, and emotional abuse with her boyfriend of two years.   She is a hard-working woman who, regardle…
Sarah King Creates LLC
Florida
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
  • Advocacy
  • Mental Health
As a Healing Art Practitioner and former multi-hat-wearing nonprofit leader, I am honored to host monthly virtual gatherings where I guide those who serve others in their work and life responsibilities through a healing arts membership program I call “Hats Off…
San Diego State University
California
  • Schools & Universities
  • Schools & Universities
I facilitated an art activity called Touchstone Journey with undergraduate college students who attend my Comprehensive Stress Management and Life Planning course at San Diego State University. Students ranged in age from 19 to 34 years old. Many of them repor…
Between Friends
Illinois
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
  • Foster Care
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
I started working with this participant three months ago, and much of our work together has centered on her experience of missing/grieving her child who is currently in DCFS as well as processing her own experience of being in the system. The "Growing Resil…
The AMAAD Institute
California
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Incarceration
  • LGBTQIA+
I work for an organization that provides services with a focus among LGBTQ+ people of color. The participants in this workshop were part of a re-entry population, looking to gain facilitating skills as part of their personal and professional development journe…
Compton Unified School District
California
Compton Unified School District
California
The Wellness Center at Compton Unified School District hosts daily activities during Mental Health Awareness Month in May. One day, we hosted an activity for staff to come during lunch and create a set of dice they could roll and see ideas for self c…
Los Angeles Unified School District
California
Los Angeles Unified School District
California
I worked with a 28-year-old Latino male who describes himself as deeply family-oriented and someone who has historically prioritized the needs of others over his own. The activity selected was Absorb and Release. Although the participant is currently…
Benefits Assistance Clients’ Urban Project
California
Benefits Assistance Clients’ Urban Project
California
I recently facilitated a Heart Stories workshop with a group of young adults ages 21–30 at BACUP. The Benefits Assistance Clients’ Urban Project is a program that provides benefits assistance and peer support for people living with mental illness. …
San Diego State University
California
San Diego State University
California
I facilitated an art activity called Touchstone Journey with undergraduate college students who attend my Comprehensive Stress Management and Life Planning course at San Diego State University. Students ranged in age from 19 to 34 years old. Many of …
Radiant Futures
California
Radiant Futures
California
These drawings were created by a participant who sought services due to a history of family violence. For this participant, I used inspiration from the Touchstone Journey and The Monster in Me workshops. For this piece, a single pencil became a tool …
Radiant Futures
California
Radiant Futures
California
This artwork, titled “La Sabiduría de Amar,” or “The Wisdom of Love,” was created by a 57-year-old woman with a physical disability who sought support to process the recent loss of her dog who was her support animal. Noticing that she struggled to ex…
Safe Parking LA
California
Safe Parking LA
California
At the Safe Parking LA Women’s Lot, we serve female-identifying individuals and families experiencing vehicular homelessness. During this co-led AWBW session, we served two female-led households with daughters ages 10 and 7, along with six single wom…
YWCA Greater Los Angeles
California
YWCA Greater Los Angeles
California
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), and in honor of standing in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault, we facilitate "Teal Tuesday" workshops. We invited survivors to join us in creating "Butterflies of Healing.” One of the butterfl…
UCLA Health
California
UCLA Health
California
For our Spring project, I wanted to incorporate the idea of blossoming and hope. Initially, a colleague of mine brought up the idea of planting flowers/plants, which then sprung on the idea for this project.  Personally, I spent the last year doin…
Safe Parking LA
California
Safe Parking LA
California
Tina is a 26 year old woman who never thought she would find herself experiencing homelessness and living in her vehicle. A falling out with her family and lack of community support left her fending for herself. Tina had big dreams of finishing her d…
Adapt Integrated Health Care
Oregon
Adapt Integrated Health Care
Oregon
The room was quiet in that familiar, almost sacred way it often became during group—somewhere between nervous energy and honest reflection. The sign on the whiteboard read: Getting Back in the Zone. Markers, pastels, and blank paper were spread ac…
Native Connections
South Dakota
Native Connections
South Dakota
We did a women's wellness event for the tribal community that was open to all women. Since our entire community has the shared intergenerational trauma of being survivors of genocide, the assumption is that we can all benefit from creating shared hea…
Safe Place for Youth
California
Safe Place for Youth
California
This past Christmas Eve, I facilitated a “Who’s With Me?” workshop with three members from Safe Place for Youth, all in their early twenties. Participants were invited to create artwork representing a higher power, guardian angel, guiding light, or s…
Arts Connection
California
Arts Connection
California
For this workshop I had my partner do the “Cup of Gratitude” activity. I chose this activity for my partner because he typically works in a stressful environment at work and I wanted to bring a sense of calmness to his mind and space by doing this wo…
Yoga & Art for Recovery and Healing
California
Yoga & Art for Recovery and Healing
California
It had been a long time since my girlfriends and I had all been able to gather together. We are each in different seasons of life, with some raising kids, some caring for pets, and all of us, including me, balancing busy schedules and responsibilitie…
Families Together of Orange County
California
Families Together of Orange County
California
This quarter, I wanted to facilitate a workshop for my local women’s group, Ladies Mingle. This group was created to help women in Orange County and nearby cities find joy. I found the group while on maternity leave and seeking connection with other …
Adapt Integrated Health Care
Oregon
Adapt Integrated Health Care
Oregon
Entering recovery from substance use can feel overwhelming, especially in the earliest days, when emotions resurface and the future feels uncertain or undeserved. The Celebrating Firsts workshop allowed participants to create space and reflect on som…
Su Casa
California
Su Casa
California
Through my work at a domestic violence emergency shelter, I had the pleasure of incorporating the AWBW framework via monthly Art of Healing workshops with participants who were actively fleeing the person who caused them harm. One of the workshops th…

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