Antioch University Creative Arts Therapy

06/05/2019

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02/07/2019

Art therapy is not new to the Middle East, but in recent years it has taken new directions in an effort to meet the huge need for psychiatric and psychology professionals. One of the centers was recently opened in the city of Duhok, in the Kurdish region of Iraq. The center’s director is Deldar Murad, who is not a psychologist. He's a family physician who has been using art therapy to treat 14 women from Iraq's Yazidi religious minority who have suffered physical, sexual and psychological trauma. According to Murad, the goal of the treatment is to give these women a channel through which they can get an outside perspective on their suffering rather than keeping it bottled up.

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01/27/2019

Miriam El-Abbassi | Arts Editor Featured Image: Geehan El-Abbassi is a second-year kinesiology student at York, as well as a visual artist. | Ashkan Bayat Geehan El-Abbassi is a second-year kinesiology student at York, as well as a visual artist.

01/24/2019

Creativity — making art — is another way to find that aliveness and spiritual connection often sought through drugs and alcohol. The creative process can be transformative for people with addiction.

01/21/2019

When it comes to treating patients with Alzheimers disease or another form of dementia, should caregivers be doing more to treat the person and not just

01/09/2019

Carriageworks is a special place for plenty of Sydney artists, but the performing and visual arts venue has a very specific connection to Thom Roberts’ work.

01/07/2019

The experience of expressing one’s self through art has widely been practiced as a form of therapy, as it’s no surprise that art brings a sense of calmness and serenity. This type of therapy is known as ‘art therapy,’ and it is a treatment widely used by therapists in meeting the challenges ...

11/09/2018

With Veterans Day approaching, it's a good time to take a moment and appreciate the sacrifices many people make — and have made over the course of history — in service to the United States. As we all know, veterans of military service can face…

10/19/2018

Paulina Nieto, who grew up in Columbus, Indiana, was only 2 months old when she started to have heart problems due to a narrow artery. “When I was about 6

09/21/2018

The PRIDE Art therapy program is the first of its kind in Australia, and seeks to improve the mental health and well being of LGBTIQ+ young people aged 12 to 24 through the implementation of creative arts.

The young people from Fortitude Valley-based Open Doors Youth Service are hosting an art exhibition to celebrate Pride Month in Brisbane. The organisation’s Odyssey Art Exhibition and Fundraiser will be held at Betty’s Espresso and Bar in South Brisbane on Thursday (September 20) to raise money ...

09/15/2018

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Drawing pictures of friendly spiders can help people overcome arachnophobia, a Harley Street hypnotherapist has said.