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Creativity and Your Mental Health
Deborah Bryson Deborah Bryson

Creativity and Your Mental Health

This winter I mentored a student (Y.P.B) who is doing a program in Art  Therapy.  I met with her regularly and as I  listened to her talk about her studies I learned a great deal about how art therapy connects with the cognitive behavioural therapy work (CBT) that I trained in.  It also connects with the Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and mindfulness .  So again, I learned from my student that there are many avenues towards mental health and well being.  There is no straight path or one way of being well.

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