How Art Therapy Helps Heal Male Veterans
To celebrate Military Appreciation Month, we talked with Lindsay Lederman, MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT, ATCS, Clinical Director of The Art Therapy Project, who works with two male veteran groups here at our studios.
1). What is unique about the male vet groups?There is a shared focus of having served in the military. There is something really powerful about their experiences. In the military, there was a camaraderie to have each other’s backs, be there for each other – a ‘no man left behind’ mentality
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Bringing Hope and Resilience to New York’s LGBTQ Community
Among The Art Therapy Project’s newest program partners is Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, a provider of health care and related services targeted to New York City’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. Callen-Lorde’s behavioral health department is comprised of one clinic for short-term therapy and psychiatry and another clinic for more complex and long-term behavioral health needs. Clinicians from both clinics are referring clients to the Art Therapy Project.“In the LGBTQ
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Throw Me Something, Mista!
Strewn with strands of beads everywhere, the Woods Room at Christie’s in Rockefeller Plaza was jumping as 40 employees celebrated Mardi Gras with The Art Therapy Project! To the soundtrack of New Orleans jazz, and a menu of traditional favorites including jambalaya, Voo Doo Chips and King Cake, Clinical Director Lindsay Lederman led guests in two art-making activities to educate new and potential volunteers about our work.Lederman, ATR-BC, LCAT, ATCS led the group through two directives:
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‘Falling for Art’
The Art Therapy Project’s annual fall fundraiser, Falling for Art, brought out hundreds of supporters on November 2 and raised close to $100,000 for art therapy programs for survivors of trauma in our community. Through the incredible generosity of the evening’s guests, auction donors, artists and volunteers, The Art Therapy Project will be able to continue guiding clients to turning negative energy positive and move forward with their lives.As Founder and Chairman David Wasserman reported in his
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The Process in Practice
The Art Therapy Project recently celebrated its 6-year partnership with the Veterans Administration of Manhattan, its very first program partner, in a temporary exhibition of work by veterans of the Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf Wars, and Iraq and Afghanistan who are suffering from anxiety, loneliness, depression, and symptoms of PTSD.In an interview, Pio J. Cabada, LCSW-R, MPA, RDT, of the Outpatient Mental Health Clinic at the Department of Veterans Affairs, talks about the project.
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Interview with TATP Young Professional Suzy Mage
Suzy Mage is a senior research associate in life sciences at Gerson Lerhman Group (GLG), New York. She was introduced to for The Art Therapy Project by college friend Ahn Hee Strain, an art therapist, and has volunteered for the 5-year anniversary and happy hour events.
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the Process Blog
Welcome to the Process, an inside look at how The Art Therapy Project is using the healing power of art to improve the lives of so many in our community. A common misperception about art therapy is that a person must be artistically skilled or experienced to participate; that is not the case. For art therapy, it is the process, not the product, that is paramount; hence, our newsletter title.Since opening our doors six years ago, The Art Therapy Project has provided art therapy at no cost to more than 4500 trauma survivors. Centered around issues of family, violence and health, we work with two dozen program partners to identify clients who will benefit from art therapy. E
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