THE JOURNAL

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The Journal is a collection of practical insights, personal experiences, and relevant research on the expressive arts and faith-based trauma care from our team.

Here you’ll find resources to help you better understand the expressive arts in practice, trauma, and ways that communities can engage survivors of trauma around us.

Rebecca Shults Rebecca Shults

CREATIVITY IS CALLING

Creativity is calling; and I answer whenever I can. But that has not always been my story. My creativity has not always had a place. Growing up in my church, I did not encounter much creative representation, and in my personal life I had felt like my creative gifts were not “useful” enough. So, for most of my life, creativity was reserved for the background.

However, when I attended the Healing Arts Method online training, this changed for me.

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