Art Therapy

LWBHS recognizes that there is no better time than the present to offer an outlet of mental health resources for our youth and provide therapeutic engagement. 

Due to Mental Health resources remaining limited, it’s consequence: The emerging incidences of child suicide gestures and attempts sharply increases, such as the experiences of bullying, inter-personal violence, and negative effects of mental health stigma. All often leave a long-term mark on our youth that follows them into adulthood. 

• The vulnerability of children and adolescents is significantly exacerbated by growing up in environments of chronic stress, such as armed conflict, violence, and extreme poverty. 
• LWBHS utilizes Art Therapy to maximize the potential of children and adolescents and provides them with the opportunity to develop into healthy and successful young adults.
• Art Therapy is individualized based on the developmental stage of child. LWBHS nurtures, encourages resilience to meet their natural desire for acceptance, belonging, respect and admiration for life. 
• Among many goals of Art Therapy LWBHS offers adaptive methods express emotions, feelings, thoughts through art, these newly developed abilities to reason are engaged in the context of reward-seeking to facilitate positive outcomes and reduce maladaptive, risk-taking behaviors that undermine survival.

Art Therapy offers mindfulness training that is highly advantageous to the growth and sculpting of the child or adolescent’s  brain development and general well-being, showing positive effects on attention, self-regulation, articulation of emotion, immune function and a reduction in stress.