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An internationally award winning therapeutic art program was established as part of collaboration between Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin (CHW) and RMHC of Eastern Wisconsin (RMHC), with the unified goal around family support.
Art therapy is an innovative and young profession that involves more than simply having a child or family sitting down and coloring a picture or completing a craft project. Though all art making is considered to be therapeutic on some level, a skilled and experienced art therapist uses the creative process to guide families towards a place of healing, reconciliation, and hope. The art therapist provides support and a safe place to examine the intense feelings surrounding a child’s illness, accident, or catastrophe, and the way it affects the child as well as the family, using creativity as the primary method of communication. Art making is a universal language in which children of all ages, including adults, can participate, understand, and even enjoy. The results have been inspiring: our families have opened up their hearts, explored their fears and sadness, and allowed their emotional needs to be heard while rebuilding a sense of well-being and hope.
Meet our Art Therapist
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