5 SIMPLE WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR MENTAL HEALTH USING ART
Hello!
My name is Lesley and I'd like to tell you about my FREE digital resource called ART HEALS
Art Heals is an e-book all about how to improve mental health using art, whether you are looking to improve your mood, feel less anxious and more confident or simply find some different to express yourself then this is for you.
Click on the button below to access the booklet or read on to find out more about how it can help you..
This E-Book serves to support you (or someone you work with or are close to) to use art to boost mood, explore, and regulate emotions as well as to empower you to express yourself authentically.
It is for anyone wanting to improve their mental health. whether you are experiencing stress, anxiety, low mood low self esteem or any other emotional difficulty. This is not a replacement for professional support however is a great starting point and way to make back control of your own emotions.
Not everyone is able to access art therapy nor do they need to and this booklet can allow you to take steps to improve your mental health generally as well to develop additional coping strategies to use to help you feel better when not at your best
The 5 pillars of Art Healing otherwise known as my FOCUS 5 gives a structure and helps you to understand the different benefits of art and when certain activities can be helpful.
The 5 pillars of art healing! .
1) Activate
Increase your understanding of 'behavioural activation' and how art can be used as a way to change your mental state purely through the commitment to action and the feeling of enjoyment and achievement.
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2) Express
I encourage you to express yourself using creative means. It can be difficult to express ourselves sometimes and so making art can be a way to authentically express a thought feeling or experience without worrying how words might be received by others.
3)Regulate
Emotional ups and downs are inevitable in life but sometimes it can feel too much. Art can be used to create a feeling of calm or to energise depending on your emotional state simply by choosing different art materials and different types of activities.
4)Explore
Being able to explore different aspects of ourselves and the world is essential in life and especially important when in pivotal times of development and experiencing life transitions. The use of images, symbols and metaphors can allow different insights to be revealed with new meanings.
5)Empower
Feeling empowered using art isn't about making high quality images and artefacts but more about making connections to ones self and recognising the stages along the journey. Creatively recognising achievements can feel less awkward for people sometimes and having an embodied sense of where heading can be significantly more powerful than just talking or writing about achievements and goals.
My name is Lesley and I'm an art therapist. It is my mission to share the therapeutic benefits of art and creativity to as many people as possible, especially the profound effects that art can have on someone's mental health and overall wellbeing.
I won't need to remind you about how important it is to look after your mental health and that of your loved ones. Mental health is spoken about a lot more in society these days yet it can still be very tricky as there is still a lot of stigma surrounding it.
The majority of treatments for mental health conditions use verbal methods and although talking therapies can be helpful they are not for everyone.
It includes accessible information and creative activities within 5 categories so that you can feel empowered to take action as it feels helpful in the moment. Not everyone is able to access art therapy nor do they need to and this booklet can allow you to take steps to keep your mental health on track as well as to feel better when not feeling your best
I trust that using this book can be a great starting point for you and if you wish to access more I have an online course called 'Therapeutic Expressive Art' and 1-1 art therapy interventions available.
