Art for Cancer Wellness: Healthcare Workers Group with Em, Spring 2024
Workshop Title: Art Journaling for Healthcare Workers
Facilitator: Em Jones, MA, LGPAT, ATR-P, BFA
Dates: Wednesdays, 6 PM to 7:30 PM ET
- January 31, 2024
- February 14, 2024
- February 28, 2024
- March 13, 2024
- March 27, 2024
- April 10, 2024
In this spring workshop series of six bi-weekly sessions facilitated by art therapist Em Jones, participants will be invited to creatively explore their thoughts, feelings, and current experiences through the practice of arts-based journaling. Through writing and visual artmaking, group members will be guided through a process of accessing emotions, expressing them visually, and releasing this energy from being carried internally. This art therapy group series is designed to give form to one’s inner experience to facilitate self-expression, improve emotional awareness, and reduce stress through creative action.
Workshop Materials: Participants will be provided with a sketchbook, assorted art materials (chalk or oil pastels, crayons, markers, colored pencils, watercolor, tempera paint sticks, etc), and a lined journal for writing.
Week-by-Week Overview: Each workshop will be structured as follows:
- Group feeling check-in;
- Brief body-centered awareness exercise;
- Art making;
- Reflective writing;
- Make a change/Reimagine the image;
- Group discussion; and
- Closing exercise.
Week 1 — January 31: Stress
The focus this week is to explore feelings related to stress. Participants will be guided to process those feelings, explore alternatives/identify needs, and come to new insights through the process of arts-based journaling.
Week 2 — February 14: Hurt
The focus this week is to explore feelings related to being hurt. Participants will be guided to process those feelings, explore alternatives/identify personal needs, and come to new insights through the process of arts-based journaling.
Week 3 — February 28: Alone
The focus this week is to explore feelings related to loneliness. Participants will be
guided to process those feelings, explore alternatives/identify personal needs, and come to new insights through the process of arts-based journaling.
Week 4 — March 13: Anger/Frustration
The focus this week is to explore feelings of anger or frustration. Participants will be
guided to process those feelings, explore alternatives/identify needs, and come to new insights through the process of arts-based journaling.
Week 5 — March 27: Unhappy/Unsatisfied
The focus this week is to explore feelings of unhappiness or dissatisfaction. Participants will be guided to process those feelings, explore alternatives/identify needs, and come to new insights through the process of arts-based journaling.
Week 6 — April 10: Dreams
The focus this week is to explore a powerful dream. Participants will be guided to
process the associated feelings, explore alternatives/identify needs, and come to new insights through the process of arts-based journaling. Time will also be spent reviewing the series of workshops to close the spring cycle.