Teens

WomenShelter of Long Beach
California
This participant, a 16-year-old female who I have met for one-on-one sessions, always had difficulty discussing the violence she witnessed at home. After a few sessions, I wanted a project that would allow her to focus on herself. I have seen times where she d…
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
  • Domestic Violence
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
Forty Carrots Family Center
Florida
This workshop was completed in a small group setting made up of teen parents who are continuing to attend high school. Most of these young women have experienced trauma throughout their childhoods and are now learning how to break the cycle in their own parent…
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
  • Mental Health
  • Schools & Universities
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
Prototypes HealthRIGHT 360
California
My coworker and I facilitated an art workshop at our program, Prototypes Youth Prevention, a youth substance use prevention program in Pomona, CA. The youth we serve are considered at-risk due to challenges in their environment and circumstances such as povert…
  • Immigration
  • Immigration
Safe Harbor
Wisconsin
I was invited to facilitate an activity for a group of middle schoolers as part of a school-wide Service Day before going on Spring Break in March. I thought this would be an excellent opportunity to combine what I do with prevention education with an AWBW wor…
  • Sexual Assault
  • Community Engagement
  • Schools & Universities
  • Sexual Assault
YWCA Glendale and Pasadena
California
As part of our prevention work at YWCA Glendale and Pasadena, we provide afterschool programs for girls in grades 5–9 across Los Angeles County. Our curriculum includes a variety of enrichment activities designed to empower youth, build confidence, and create …
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
Garden Grove Unified School District
California
I facilitated an art workshop with a group of seventh-grade girls who were struggling with the transition into middle school. Many of the girls shared feelings of self-doubt, social anxiety, and pressure to fit in. Several were navigating shifting friendships,…
  • Schools & Universities
  • Mental Health
  • Schools & Universities
Adapt Integrated Health Care
Oregon
For a long time, a young man carried words that were never meant to become his identity. Growing up, he often heard things like, “You’re a bad kid,” “You’re a mistake,” “You’ll always do drugs,” “You don’t love your family,” and “You never listen.” He heard t…
  • Substance Abuse Recovery
  • Substance Abuse Recovery
South Whittier Elementary School District
California
For this workshop, I facilitated Getting Back in the Zone with middle school students who are part of a self-care club. Students explored what it feels like when they are stressed or overwhelmed and identified strategies that help them feel calm, grounded, and…
  • Schools & Universities
  • Schools & Universities
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
Nuview Bridge Early College High School
California
This "Uplifting Voices: Facilitator Stories" video features Carlos Mares, licensed therapist and mental health counselor at Nuview Bridge Early College High School. Carlos shares how the Windows Facilitator Training gave him the tools to be able to empower the…
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Schools & Universities
IVA Schools
California
The "Monster in Me" workshop took place with a student in a counseling session. We used the Monster in Me worksheet and I added a handheld mirror ($1) and colored acrylic markers, washable markers, and gem stickers. This particular student has been struggli…
  • Schools & Universities
  • Incarceration
  • Schools & Universities
SalusCare
Florida
I would like to highlight a recent art workshop that I did on Inner Self with adolescents diagnosed with substance use and mental health disorders in a substance use inpatient facility in Fort Myers, FL. Whether it was physical and/or sexual abuse, having Depa…
  • Substance Abuse Recovery
  • Mental Health
  • Substance Abuse Recovery
Wichita Children's Home
Kansas
I work in a group home for teens that have been involved in human trafficking or are at high risk due to sexualized behaviors. Many of the youth have been sexually abused and are in foster care. Although the youth started out not wanting to do this, they al…
  • Foster Care
  • Foster Care
  • Human Trafficking
  • Sexual Assault
Light Machine Arts
California
We were traveling on a bus to DC with the Youth From Standing Rock, and we created touchstones to hold onto during the actions that would help ground them before they had to speak. Then we created some after to remember something that they learned that gave th…
  • Social Justice
  • Advocacy
  • Social Justice
Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services
Washington
I am a strong believer that art can support healing, especially when trauma can make expression and communication hard to do. I work a lot with children that have anxiety, depression, anger and have gone through a lot of traumas. Going to school and not being …
  • Mental Health
  • Community Engagement
  • Mental Health
Center For Family Services of Palm Beach County
Florida
During our recent Youth Summit, I had the opportunity to facilitate my second art workshop with a group of middle and high school-aged youth from the community. The workshop, titled “Claiming Who I Am,” focused on helping adolescents explore the impact that ne…
  • Mental Health
  • Mental Health
Trauma and Healing in Colour
California
This “Uplifting Voices: Facilitator Stories” video features La Shonda Coleman, LCSW, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs at Pepperdine University and Founder of Trauma and Healing in Colour, a program that fuses art, somatic based healing modalities, …
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
YWCA Glendale and Pasadena
California
At YWCA Glendale and Pasadena, our prevention programs include afterschool opportunities for girls in grades 5-9 across Los Angeles County. Through engaging enrichment activities, we strive to uplift youth, nurture their confidence, and create a safe, welcomin…
  • Schools & Universities
  • Schools & Universities
Yoga & Art for Recovery and Healing
California
I was invited to co-facilitate "Sketch, Stretch, and Sound: Creating Tools for Grounding and Rest" as part of the youth track at the Native Harm Reduction Summit, a gathering for Indigenous communities. The workshop welcomed youth ages 13 to 25, many of whom m…
  • Community Engagement
  • Community Engagement
  • Mental Health
  • Substance Abuse Recovery
Wichita Artworx, Inc.
Kansas
My Permission Canvas represents “Permission to Succeed.” I started having hearing trouble when I was a teen, and I was always made fun of because of it. I was “the deaf girl.” I went totally deaf about 8 years ago and it was devastating. Fortunately, I was …
  • Mental Health
  • Community Engagement
  • Domestic Violence
  • Mental Health
  • Physical & Terminal Illness
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
Trauma and Healing in Colour
California
This “Uplifting Voices: Facilitator Stories” video features La Shonda Coleman, LCSW, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs at Pepperdine University and Founder of Trauma and Healing in Colour, a program that fuses art, somatic based healing modalities, …
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
Wichita Children's Home
Kansas
Wichita Children's Home
Kansas
I work in a group home for teens that have been involved in human trafficking or are at high risk due to sexualized behaviors. Many of the youth have been sexually abused and are in foster care. Although the youth started out not wanting to do thi…
Light Machine Arts
California
Light Machine Arts
California
We were traveling on a bus to DC with the Youth From Standing Rock, and we created touchstones to hold onto during the actions that would help ground them before they had to speak. Then we created some after to remember something that they learned th…
WomenShelter of Long Beach
California
WomenShelter of Long Beach
California
Windows Facilitator Eydie recently shared with us, “Art is a wonderful medium for compassionate intervention because it gives our clients the opportunity for self-expression … They walk out of the room seemingly lighter, and with a certain stride tha…

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