“Do Your Thing”: A New Art Therapist’s Journey Through Founding an Art Therapy Program at a Men’s Mental Health Shelter (N/NY-PP6260)
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Kathryn Harmon, MA, ATR-P
Art Therapist at HELP-USA in New York City. Spent my childhood in Senegal and now live in New York. Still transitioning from the Sahara to the Manhattan. Currently using my art history background by spending every day making art, looking at art, and enjoying art.
A new graduate tackles the challenges and joys of creating an art therapy program. Through research, experiences, ruptures, and repairs, the details of the program take shape. The program goes from non-existent to providing art therapy to a diverse population with varied levels of functioning and psychiatric diagnoses.