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Art Therapist

Becoming Water: a support group for Black, Indigenous, and WOC (womxn/women/femmes) FALL Cycle

August 5, 2022 by Camara Rajabari

Becoming Water is a 7-week arts-based support group for Black, Indigenous, and POC women/womxn/femmes experiencing anxiety and depression. This group is facilitated by Camara Meri Rajabari, LMFT. The exact date TBD.

Water has long been associated with flow and emotions. Water can often mirror feelings of peace, calm or overwhelm, and chaos. Many earth-based communities relate to water as spiritual energy essential to our lives. They advocate for water, knowing without it, we are in danger. With our bodies consisting of approximately 60% water— we are “life.” The questions arise: “How do we advocate for our life?” “What waters within us are worthy of our protection?” “What memories are carried and preserved by our waters?” This group is an invitation to re-connect to the element and spirit of water and its ability to nourish us—to help us ground, find inner peace with our divine rhythms.

Becoming water is an arts-based, ancestral, collective support group for womxn/women/femmes who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. This group offers tools to decrease symptoms of anxiety and depression through creative processes. We will build community by slowly re-imagining self-worth, care of the self, and transforming our sense of self as women/womxn/femmes navigating systems rooted in oppression. The group will tap into intuition, dreams, and synchronicities as valuable and powerful resources for personal growth and wellness.

No Arts Experience needed.

Is This For Me? Yes, if…

  • You often feel anxious.

  • Your anxiety is so overwhelming that you sometimes feel hopeless.

  • You are curious about your feelings and emotions.

  • You are open to art processes even if you are not an “artist.”

  • You are open to processing in community and have space to be present with the stories and experiences of others.

  • You are available to attend all group sessions–consistently and on time. *You will be charged regardless of attendance.

  • You are willing to help create, support, and follow the group’s community ground rules.

  • You are committed to the confidentiality of the group members and the group process.

What will we do?

  • You’re invited to engage in various body & breath processes to ground in your body in your unique way.

  • You’re invited to sing, hum, tone, and offer sound as a way of communicating.

  • You’re invited to use art materials wildly and boldly –to break rules of what is perceived as “art” and drop into expression.

  • You’re invited to exit the mind–what is rational and logical to embrace the mystery, the nonverbal, the seemingly imperfect parts of yourself as authentically necessary.

  • You’re invited to capture your dreams and share them with the group for further insights.

  • You’re invited to remain heart-centered while breathing fire (anger), laughing sunshine (belly laughs), or weeping water (sadness).

  • You’re invited to BE…being present, let go, release, invoke as needed.

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Kamaria Wells

February 11, 2021 by Kamaria Wells

Hello, I’m Kamaria, a third year art therapy graduate student, at Notre Dame de Namur University. I am looking for adults of Color who have experienced racialized trauma in their educational experiences to be part of a therapeutic arts healing group and study for 4 weeks (90 min on zoom).

My path to Art Therapy encompassed growth and discovery in the fields of education, social services, mental health, community organizing, vocational rehabilitation, political, and legal fields. During these varied experiences she was introduced to art making and discovered the therapeutic nature of art through personal process. The universality of Art Therapy is beautiful, every individual ranging from nonverbal with physical limitations to extremely able cognitively and physically, can benefit from it. With a BA in International Studies from UNC-Charlotte, Kamaria’s multi-cultural knowledge will enhance her ability to work with various communities and accommodate traditional healing needs. Kamaria looks forward to continuing to work in underserved communities and helping destigmatize therapy, as Art Therapy is the bridge that allows traditional talk therapy to be more accessible and less intimidating, especially for those often forgotten and omitted from history. 

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LGBTQ+ Youth Art Therapy Group

September 10, 2020 by Rory Diller

The Creative Spirit has always thrived fierce and free within the colorful hearts of the LGBTQ+ community!  This inclusive, Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed, 8-week group  empowers participants to connect with self-discovery, and celebrate the healing power of Creativity.  This is a safe space to grow, heal and share your vibrant, inner world with other LGBTQ+ youth from our community.  All mediums welcome including creative writing, slam-poetry, painting, collage, dance, comedy, drag performance, photography, culinary arts, music, etc.

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