Teens

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
  • Mental Health
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
A Window Between Worlds
California
I have facilitated the My Traveling Story workshop many times, but one experience truly stands out. I worked for years with a woman who survived domestic violence. Violence from her partner that tragically took the lives of her unborn twin babies. At the time,…
  • Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence
  • Grief & Loss
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
  • 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
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
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
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Incarceration
  • Mental Health
Proud Mama Bears
California
This "Uplifting Voices: Facilitator Stories" video features Founder of Proud Mama Bears and AWBW Board Chair, Stacia Kato. In this moving video celebrating Pride Month, Stacia shares about using her training as a Windows Facilitator in her journey as the mothe…
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • Advocacy
  • Community Engagement
  • Facilitator Spotlights
  • 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
  • Domestic Violence
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
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
  • Child Abuse / Neglect
  • Foster Care
  • Homelessness
Parent Support Network of RI
Rhode Island
My Permission Canvas represents permission to turn obstacles into avenues.  When we see a stop sign, we stop. When we see a red light, we stop. When we see a “Do not” symbol, we don’t do whatever the symbol indicates that we should not do. When we face barr…
  • Mental Health
  • Mental Health
  • Schools & Universities
A Greater Hope
California
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 …
  • Foster Care
  • Domestic Violence
  • Foster Care
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
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
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+
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
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
  • Domestic Violence
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
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
  • Community Engagement
  • Incarceration
  • Social Justice
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
  • Advocacy
  • Mental Health
  • Schools & Universities
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
Forty Carrots Family Center
Florida
Our two facilitators used Inner Self-Portraits during a group session with pregnant and postpartum teenage parents at a local high school we work with. These students have had difficulty with balancing their identities as students, teenagers, friends, and now …
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
  • Schools & Universities
  • Self-Care & Personal Growth
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
  • Domestic Violence
  • 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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