Black Youths Creative Art Therapy
$0.00 CAD
Black Mental Health Connections and Black Healing Centre are offering a free 6-weeks long therapy group for Black adolescents aged 16 -19.
With the guidance of 2 student creative arts therapists, this group will receive support in the process of gaining deeper understanding and insight into their emotional experiences using the creative arts.
As training creative arts therapists at Concordia University, the facilitators are prepared to offer a wide variety of creative tools as outlets for emotional expression such as visual art activities, group art making, creative prompts followed by painting, sculpting (& more), improvisation, role-play, dance, poetry, storytelling and group discussions to meet the needs of group members.
This is intended to be a safe space for group members to connect with one another and experience collective support among fellow young Black peers.
Group will be run in English.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (i.e., masks, hand sanitizer, etc.) will be provided on site to all participants.
Parental consent must be provided for participants under 18 years of age.
Timeline
What: Creative Art Therapy
Who: Black youths (16-19 years old)
Number of participants: 10 participants max.
Fee: Free
Where: BHC parter Frigo Vert 1440 Mackay St, Montreal, QC (Sessions will be held in-person while respecting all distancing measures to ensure the safety of all participants and facilitators. )
When: April 20th to May 25th 2022 / Weekly sessions on Wednesdays from 6.00pm to 8.00pm
Meet the Creative Arts Therapists:
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Katheleen Charles
Kathleen Charles (she/they) - Creative Arts Therapy MA student, Concordia University (drama therapy option).
Kathleen is a Haitian therapist in training and community organiser based in Tio'tia:ke (Montreal).
They are currently completing a Master’s in creative arts therapy at Concordia with a focus on how psychotherapy, supported by the arts, can align with more indigenous practices of healing in community. Their growing ideology as a student therapist is heavily influenced by anti-oppressive practices and an acknowledgement of the systems that support or fail to support an individual. As a drama therapist in training, Kathleen enjoys emphasising imaginative playfulness in sessions, using techniques such as role play, storytelling, improvisation, dance, and creative games. Kathleen believes that imaginative playfulness and involving the body in therapy can facilitate the experience of joy, freedom and emotional release.
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Melissa Veerasammy
Melissa (she/her) - student creative arts therapist, Concordia university (art therapy)
Melissa identifies as a mixed race (Caribbean) art therapist in training currently based in Tio'tia:ke (Montreal).
Melissa is an Afro-Caribbean and Indo-Caribbean art therapist in training residing in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. She works from a trauma informed, person centred approach. She is a firm believer in the creative processes ability to aid in healing and convey what words cannot. When not running art therapy sessions she can be found taking photos or drawing, doing community work and reading in a cafe!
Thank you to our partners!
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BLACK MENTAL HEALTH CONNECTIONS MTL.
Black Mental Health Connections Montreal (BMHC MTL) is an alliance of organizations and individuals focused on the mental health and well-being of the English-speaking Black community in Montreal. We help our community by developing and offering services that spark bottom-up social change.
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FRIGO VERT
They are an anti-capitalist, anti-colonial, anti-oppression community center available to all Concordia students and their wider community. Their focus is affordability and accessibility of food, alternative health, and the intersection of environmental and social justice. We believe this is essential to the foundation of a thriving student body as well as for a just and sustainable future.