Create & Grow Healthy

ByShani Bell Counseling, Mental Health, Mindfulness Practice, Self-Awareness, Self-Care Practices, Spirituality, Sticky, Stress Management

Bruce Moon, Art Therapist and educator, describes art therapy as “an effort to detect or discover the meaning of life by exploring the soul of what we invent in our creative work”. I recently had the honor of exploring this use of creativity with fellow clinician, Jennifer Christian. Maybe you’ve only thought of creating art as an enjoyable past-time. If you allow it, art can actually be used as a tool for personal discovery. Listen in to learn more about how making your own artwork can improve the way you live and move through challenges:

https://jenniferchristiancounseling.com/how-art-improves-self-care/

Contributed by Shani Bell, MAAT, LPC, ATR

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