Teens

Trauma and Healing in Color
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
The Nest
Kentucky
“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…
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Domestic Violence
  • LGBTQIA+
Sure Helpline Center
California
This “Vision Seeds” video features Johana Ramirez, of Sure Helpline Center in El Centro, California. A Windows Facilitator since 2024, Johana reflects on her own journey of using art to anchor herself in the midst of trauma and chaos, and how today, she is hon…
  • Domestic Violence
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
Monterey County Rape Crisis Center
California
This “Uplifting Voices” video features Carl Mucha of Monterey County Rape Crisis Center in CA. A Windows Facilitator since 2024, Carl shares about the frame of mind he stepped into the training with, and contrasts it with the spirit, depth and vision he walked…
  • Incarceration
SOTRACE, LLC
California
I come from a large Tongan family, with my parents among the first to arrive in America. As relatives joined us seeking a better future, many struggled with drugs, gangs, language barriers and abuse. I witnessed severe domestic and emotional abuse, and saw man…
  • Incarceration
Nuview Bridge Early College High School
California
This “Innovator Spotlight” video features Carlos Mares, Wellness Therapist at Nuview Bridge Early College High School providing Social Emotional Learning opportunities to students enrolled in grades 9th-12th. As an AWBW Innovator, Carlos is ecstatic to prov…
  • Facilitator Spotlights
DOVES of Big Bear Valley, Inc.
California
Emily, age 15, and her mother experienced physical, emotional, financial, and sexual abuse at the hands of their perpetrator. The effect on Emily has been profound. She shared, “Seeing my mother get thrown around, my brother getting his lip busted, and my sist…
  • Domestic Violence
  • Child Abuse / Neglect
  • Domestic Violence
  • Sexual Assault
Gary Job Corp
Texas
I would like to share the story of a client I will call "T." T is part of the art transforming trauma art group for youth in transition that is held at a Job Corp facility. This program is a job training school where young people stay to earn a certificate and…
  • Homelessness
Stanislaus Family Justice Center
California
A 16-year-old girl was referred to our art session because of prior sexual abuse. We spent a lot of time focusing on anger and how that was expressed. She shared what she saw or how the individual causing harm looked. She used this image to discredit them a…
  • Sexual Assault
Norina Murphy-Verduzco & Associates
California
I work in a private practice setting with a variety of ages all the way from five-year-olds to adults. Currently, I am working with a 16-year-old female who is struggling with anxiety and peer acceptance. Genuine acceptance of a child into the peer group cr…
  • Mental Health
Vistamar School
California
My name is Courtney Avrit and I am a senior at Vistamar School in El Segundo, California. During my final semester of high school for my senior project I was inclined to reach out to AWBW after hearing about it from a family friend. I am passionate about menta…
  • Schools & Universities
Rialto Unified School District
California
This is the activity that I led with our high school students at lunch for the month of October. I created this self-care tag activity and had the students illustrate how they would practice self-care on the back. Self-care is never really practiced within …
  • Schools & Universities
  • Schools & Universities
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
  • Social Justice (anti-oppression, restorative justice, systems change, etc.)
WomenShelter 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 that makes me…
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
  • Community Violence (gang violence, police violence, mass shootings etc.)
  • Domestic Violence
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
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
Forty Carrots Family Center
Florida
My client, a 14-year-old, was referred by a Teen Court program after an incident that occurred at school. She came in with very high levels of anxiety and depression. As an intervention to help depersonalize her anxiety and depression, we completed the worksho…
  • Mental Health
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 (legislation, voter mobilization, etc.)
  • Social Justice (anti-oppression, restorative justice, systems change, etc.)
Trauma and Healing in Color
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
Monterey County Rape Crisis Center
California
This “Vision Seeds” video features Carl Mucha of Monterey County Rape Crisis Center in CA. A Windows Facilitator since 2024, Carl shares what is at the core of his journey as he embarks upon facilitating workshops for individuals living in juvenile detention. …
  • Incarceration
Family Resource Center
Oklahoma
I did the Lotus Flower workshop with a 17-year-old girl who has had a very tough home life over the past four years. Her mother, a domestic violence survivor, referred her because she was concerned for her daughter and the things she has witnessed growing up. …
  • 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 Long Beach
California
WomenShelter 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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