Stepping Stones Art Therapy by Think Big Art Works
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Art As Therapy
So What's It All About?
Art is a great and versatile therapy option and incredibly beneficial to those who have diculty verbalizing and expressing their feelings. It has been used for communication, expression, and healing purposes for thousands of years but only became formally recognized in the 1940s when Margaret Naumberg and Edith Kramer discovered that using art as a therapy significantly improved the lives of people battling with emotions by increasing their self-awareness and self-worth while also decreasing their stress and anxiety levels.
Stepping Stones - 'Art For Wellness' program was curated to provide fun, rewarding, and afordable support. It can:
- Reduce physical pain
- Decrease levels of stress and anxiety Improver overall quality of life stimulate cognitive abilities
- Increase mental functions
- Boost self-esteem
- Enable self-discovery
- Relieve stress
- Lessen emotional trauma
- Lower tension levels
It is a very versatile program that acts as a Life Coach, facilitating:
- Reflection
- Decision-making with certainty planning for the future
- Ability to take action to create change
- Process and forgive situations
- Express emotions
- What's great is that it keeps you mentally clear and calmer; new creative thinking strategies enhance problem-solving skills, enable unique solutions, and help grow new neurons regardless of age, religion, race, ethnicity, gender, impairment, or social status.
Digging deeper into your inner self and discovering opportunities to face your deepest feelings, thoughts, and creativity enable you to understand more about yourself and express your needs, requirements, and expectations better!
Connect sensory with physical memories and open new pathways for a calmer spirit that enhances your spiritual, emotional, cognitive, and physical being and resolves deep-seated stress reactions.
Stepping Stones' primary goal is to utilize creative processes which include (but are not limited to): painting, drawing, resin casting, doodling, finger painting, clay, textiles, thread, natural products, charcoal, paper, and photography to help you explore self-expression and find new ways and strategies to find new ways to gain personal insight and the ability to develop and deploy new coping skills.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ARTISTIC
or have an exceptional talent to participate in our program
If you can think it I can create it for you ...
Leigh Parker
Founder and Program Curator
"Stepping Stones" by Think Big Art Works
Want to feel calm and happy?
Make your first step towards a happier life with the power of art therapy
Navigate Emotional Challenges
Tap into your creativity as a healing tool, and create art that helps you find meaning, gain insight, and improve emotional regulation
Enjoy A Holistic Experience
Engage your senses with a calming experience that can helps regulate your breathing and heartbeat, as well as providing sensory stimulation through creative expression in a variety of art-making activities such as drawing, painting, collage, and sculpting,