A Community-Based Art Therapy Program with Father Greg Boyle's Homeboy Industries (N/NY-TR6266)

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Laura Miera, MA, ATR
Laura Miera, ATR, MA, Program Manager of Homeboy Industries' Art Heals, a community-based art therapy program. Graduate of LMU Clinical Art Therapy, resides in Pasadena, CA


Learn how an art therapist addressed the complex trauma needs of adults in a collaborative reentry program for formerly gang-involved and incarcerated adults at Homeboy Industries, founded by Father Greg Boyle. Learn how other communities can build a similar community-based art therapy program with local resources.