"In a sense, River is instinctively doing for himself what art therapists do for trauma survivors. “You don’t have to strain to say the right thing; the medium can speak for you and act as a support for your experience,” writes Douglas Mitchell, MFTI, in a July-2012 article on the website GoodTherapy.org. “Some emotions may be better expressed through art than through verbal language anyway. While you may not be able to put what you feel into words, viewing your work in front of you is something else entirely – something that can lead to your healing.”
"Art therapy has been a recognized modality since 1970. Over the past decade, an increasing body of research supports its efficacy in treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in everyone from children to combat veterans. Formal art therapy is one piece of HealingNewtown’s programming; the American Arts Therapy Connecticut Task Force is educating parents and teachers in the method...."
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