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Volusia Recovery Alliance, Inc.
Florida
  • Substance Abuse Recovery
  • Military & Veterans
  • Substance Abuse Recovery
Identity Masks is a workshop that is all about reflecting on the different aspects of our life and all the roles we play as a friend, husband/wife, brother/sister, mom/dad, and/or our role at work. I have done this workshop with first responders, veterans a…
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…
Women’s & Children’s Crisis Shelter
California
  • Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence
  • Homelessness
I work at a domestic violence shelter that provides safety and support for victims fleeing abusive intimate partner relationships. Currently, we are housing three families with children ranging in age from 1 to 8 years old. Every year, we participate in the Sh…
Unite American Indian Involvement
California
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Community Engagement
  • Community Violence
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Grief & Loss
  • Mental Health
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
  • Social Justice
This “Innovator Spotlight” video features Nicole “Nikki” Crow, an enrolled member of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes, is a Care Coordinator at United American Indian Involvement, Inc. (UAII) in the 7 Generations Prevention and Aftercare program. United American In…
Oregon State University-Cascades
Oregon
  • Schools & Universities
  • Mental Health
  • Schools & Universities
I facilitated Touchstone Journey for Resident Assistants (RAs) who were navigating the aftermath of a significant conflict within their residence hall and team. This group of students came from a variety of backgrounds but shared the challenge of processing th…
Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse
California
  • Incarceration
  • Incarceration
  • Substance Abuse Recovery
The Story Trees workshop was the first Windows workshop I facilitated at my new job. The women were recently released from prison and would not enter the art room without permission. But there was a look of sheer glee on their faces peeking into the room. I gu…
Radiant Futures
California
  • Mental Health
  • Child Abuse / Neglect
  • Domestic Violence
  • Foster Care
  • Mental Health
These drawings were created by a participant who sought services as part of the requirements to reunify with her child who was removed by DCS, as well as to heal from the trauma stemming from her experiences with domestic violence and childhood sexual abuse. …
The Adult Skills Center
California
  • Disability Services
  • Disability Services
I facilitated the Community Agreements art workshop for a group of individuals aged 30–57 with developmental, intellectual, and mental health needs. The participants shared the common experience of overcoming hurdles in order to integrate into their communitie…
Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse
California
  • Substance Abuse Recovery
  • Mental Health
  • Substance Abuse Recovery
I work at a dual diagnosis substance use treatment center and mental health services outpatient facility with adults. Many of our patients are court mandated to treatment and have been previously incarcerated. Most patients have mental health diagnoses along w…
Pathways for Change, Inc.
Massachusettes
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
This month something happened. I let go of all expectations. I went with the wind during this one workshop, and it really paid off! I “got out of my own way.” I think my survivors felt extra in tune with their emotions and abilities; maybe I just was capabl…
Garden Grove Unified School District
California
  • Mental Health
  • Mental Health
  • Schools & Universities
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
At the start of the school year, I facilitated the Journey Markers workshop for a group of mental health specialists as part of a staff development session. I chose this workshop as a way for them to reflect on their paths in the mental health field, especiall…
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 Passage
Massachusetts
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
  • Domestic Violence
  • Mental Health
I facilitated the Personal Needs Flowers art workshop for a group of caregivers who are survivors of domestic violence. This art activity was chosen to create a space where the participants could focus on self-care while honoring and prioritizing their own nee…
YWCA - San Gabriel Valley
California
  • Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence
Abuse had been a part of my life since childhood. There was no place in which I could express myself, no person to whom I could reveal what was happening. My family told me that what happens at home stays at home. At 21 I met my husband, a policeman, and I …
Just Detention International - South Africa
Gauteng Province
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Incarceration
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Sexual Assault
“Therapeutic,” “Educational,” “Healing,” “Phenomenal” and “Spiritual” are some of the words used by participants to describe JDI-SA's three-day trauma-informed art and human sexuality workshop with members of the LGBTIQ+ community, some of whom are survivors o…
United American Indian Involvement (UAII)
California
  • Social Justice
  • Social Justice
In February, UAII hosted the first of 6 workshops in the Women’s Empowerment workshop series. I facilitated a Touchstones workshop during this first session, for over 30 female participants from the UAII L.A. County American Indian/Alaskan Native community. …
Teta's Workshops
Massachusetts
  • Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
This story is from a workshop with survivors of violence who are isolated from family and friends during this pandemic. I chose this workshop to teach the art of journaling and its use as a meditative practice. One participant shared “I wasn't very eager to…
Insight Human Services Women's Recovery Center
North Carolina
  • Substance Abuse Recovery
  • Substance Abuse Recovery
We began our art group late one day because a fight broke out between two participants just before we started. I was really worried we would have to ask one or both of the women to leave our treatment program, and for one of them, leaving the program would hav…
Pathways to Healing
South Carolina
  • Incarceration
  • Incarceration
  • Sexual Assault
This “Vision Seeds” video features Jessica Blizzard of Pathways to Healing in South Carolina. A Windows Facilitator since 2024, Jessica shares what is at the core of her journey as she embarks upon facilitating workshops for individuals living in custody. This…
The Nest
Kentucky
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Domestic Violence
  • LGBTQIA+
“Being a part of AWBW makes me feel supported and connected to this community of healers working to make this world a better place,” shares Patricia, an AWBW facilitator. After being trained by AWBW in early 2017, Patricia and her colleague Katie began offe…
Volusia Recovery Alliance, Inc.
Florida
Volusia Recovery Alliance, Inc.
Florida
I am a former Firefighter and was gifted a scholarship to become an AWBW facilitator. With that I have been able to take AWBW into the Fire Department. Classes always range in size and there is usually someone that will stop in and end up opening up …
Volusia Recovery Alliance, Inc.
Florida
Volusia Recovery Alliance, Inc.
Florida
Identity Masks is a workshop that is all about reflecting on the different aspects of our life and all the roles we play as a friend, husband/wife, brother/sister, mom/dad, and/or our role at work. I have done this workshop with first responders, …
The Artistry Circle
North Carolina
The Artistry Circle
North Carolina
Values Ornaments was a workshop centered on reconnecting with the qualities that guide, ground, and inspire us, especially as we move into a new year. Together, our community explored how personal values shape our choices, our relationships, and our …
The Artistry Circle
North Carolina
The Artistry Circle
North Carolina
Our Healing Hands was a workshop centered on celebrating our sense of touch and bringing awareness to all the creative and connective ways we use our hands. The session incorporated the Japanese healing art of Jin Shin Jyutsu, which aligns each finge…
Radiant Futures
California
Radiant Futures
California
These drawings were created by a participant who sought services as part of the requirements to reunify with her child who was removed by DCS, as well as to heal from the trauma stemming from her experiences with domestic violence and childhood sexua…
Counseling Partners LLC
Indiana
Counseling Partners LLC
Indiana
John* grew up in a single parent home and shared he has experienced some trauma throughout his life. He went to college and onto getting his master’s, then he worked in the physical world of sports and training. He is proud of all of the work he has …
Pinnacle Community Services
New York
Pinnacle Community Services
New York
Our healing art facilitator partnered with a local housing program to deliver an empowerment workshop with an opportunity for a healing art project afterwards.  She chose to walk participants through the “At the Core Community Mural Project.” Toge…
Arts Connection
California
Arts Connection
California
I worked with my mother who is 62 years old on the Heart Stories workshop activity. She wanted to participate in this activity because as a retired nurse she enjoys participating in workshops that highlight mental health awareness.  With this work…
Safe Place for Youth
California
Safe Place for Youth
California
On September 24, 2025 I facilitated the AWBW workshop “I Am Strong Because." Both art workshop participants have had domestic violence experiences that left them dealing with trauma and have experienced housing insecurity. With this workshop the i…
Stepping Forward LA
California
Stepping Forward LA
California
I facilitated a 30-minute virtual workshop for Stepping Forward LA’s paid internship program, which serves young adults ages 18 to 27 who have experienced foster care. Many participants are single parents or navigating housing instability while balan…
Community Health Action of Staten Island
New York
Community Health Action of Staten Island
New York
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, en…
Families Together of Orange County
California
Families Together of Orange County
California
For this story I wanted to capture my work with clients in individual therapy.  I have been meeting with this client for over a year now. She has complex PTSD and is attending therapy for the first time in her  life. I wanted to incorporate art in…
Shelter from the Storm
California
Shelter from the Storm
California
Ksenia fled a domestic violence situation with her spouse and has been on a journey of building herself up and finding herself and her voice again, as in her relationship she was very controlled. She is also doing work to find her place in the U.S. a…
Para Los Niños
California
Para Los Niños
California
As the new school year began, a group of school social workers and case managers gathered together after returning from summer break. These team members provide vital social-emotional support for students in grades TK–8 and spend much of their time h…
Just Detention International
California
Just Detention International
California
This "Uplifting Voices: Facilitator Stories" video features Linda McFarlane, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Executive Director of Just Detention International. In this video, Linda shares about her experience as a Windows Facilitator and the pow…
Richstone Family Center
California
Richstone Family Center
California
This "Uplifting Voices: Facilitator Stories" video features Jaymie Miller, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist at Richstone Family Center in Hawthorne, California. In this video, Jaymie shares about her work as a Windows Facilitator and how she us…
The Artistry Circle
North Carolina
The Artistry Circle
North Carolina
Window to My Soul was a workshop centered on self-reflection through the lens of language, community, and creativity. In the days leading up to the event, participants were encouraged to engage in a gentle self-inquiry: bringing one word that best…
Turningpoint for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Wisconsin
Turningpoint for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Wisconsin
I created an activity called Reclaiming Your Voice Sunbeams, as a durational art activity for my Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault support group. With this project I invite survivor support group attendees to identify words and phrases they never g…
The Adult Skills Center
California
The Adult Skills Center
California
I facilitated the Community Agreements art workshop for a group of individuals aged 30–57 with developmental, intellectual, and mental health needs. The participants shared the common experience of overcoming hurdles in order to integrate into their …
Nora
California
Nora
California
I, like my colleagues, went into this field serving survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault because I have had experiences similar to our clients and have had the opportunity to heal and receive support. So I know from experience that we of…

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