art therapy

"This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers, illustrated with photographs, tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a work by Indigenous artist Carey Newman that includes items from every residential school in Canada and stories from the Survivors who donated them."--.

Sixteen-year-old Erica Walker is a webcomic artist who wants to fit in at her affluent new high school. Seventeen-year-old Thomas VanBrackel is an aspiring songwriter and reluctant lacrosse goalie who wants out from under his father's thumb. After their electric first kiss at Saturday's lacrosse match, Erica and Thomas are both elated to see where their new relationship could take them.

"[The author maintains that] in order to practice art therapy, one must have faith in the healing qualities of art processes and products ... [This book] begins and ends with references to love and faith, including characteristic elements of the writing process and clinical art therapy endeavors"--Provided by publisher.

A ton of secrets, one postcard at a time. Warren started inviting people to anonymously mail artful secrets in 2004. Here he shares some that he has received in the last five years, and shares his favorite stories.

Illustrated with 172 works of art from patients and the author. Comprehensive account of this creative therapy.

Presents advice for using art--like music, painting, and dance--in hospitals as therapy, offering information on studies done showing how such art has an effect on the recovery of sick people.

Frank Warren presents some of the thousands of postcards he has received on which strangers confess their darkest secrets.

A collection of postcards in which teens and college students from around the world reveal their deepest secrets.