Art Therapy

Vitendo4Africa is an African social organization in the St. Louis region providing dance therapy to African immigrant children weekly. Most of the children are either immigrants or the children of immigrants who struggle with depression and anxiety. Program director Faiza Muhambi says African children need dance to help improve their physical and mental health, which will benefit them educationally and socially.

Mykael Ash uses bullet shells he finds on the ground as elements in his artwork to tell stories about racial violence, resistance, and history.

Paige Walden-Johnson originally founded the CommUNITY Arts Festival out of the need to support her friend Rain Stippec, a dancer who was shot eight times…

Insurance coverage, transportation, child care and work schedules can all stand in the way of a person’s access to mental health services.For some St.…

Music therapists in Missouri who are fighting to institute statewide certification for the profession say that will improve access to patients and secure…

Two arts therapy organizations in St. Louis will receive an influx in donations thanks to upcoming charitable concerts. Proceeds from the 4th Annual Pazaz…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 3, 2013 - By the time Antoinette Crayton of Florissant finished radiation treatments after a…