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Lisa Richardson – Growth in hard places
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Art boosts long-term mental health – new study
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The Magic of Mandalas
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AFHS-M Presents at Florida Health Care Activity Coordinators’ Association
Arts For Health Sarasota-Manatee Presents at Florida Health Care Activity Coordinators’ Association District VI Meeting on July 21, 2016. It’s difficult to imagine a more ideal audience for an arts and health presentation than the group gathered at the recent Florida Health Care Activity Coordinators’ Association District VI meeting at Kobernick-Anchin-Benderson in Sarasota. Guest speaker, Hedda-Matza-Haughton, LCSW,…
Arts and Health
Researched and Authored by Amanda Tetso: Art therapy initially began in the 1940s as an aide to psychoanalysts studying the Freudian ideology that one’s dreams can reveal much about their pathology. However, the practice has quickly evolved into a crucial method of healing for patients of all variances in recent years. Although art therapy mostly…