Hyde Square Task Force: How visual arts workshops can help youth achieve mental health goals
As the well-being manager at Hyde Square Task Force (HSTF), a creative youth development nonprofit dedicated to empowering Afro-Latin youth, I have found my own experiences with visual arts to play an integral role in the mental health services I provide for youth. HSTF serves youth from 6 to 25 years old, most from the Boston Public Schools, to provide comprehensive support programming, with a primary focus on Afro-Latin arts training, education and civic engagement.
I initially started integrating visual arts tools in my one-on-one social-emotional support sessions for youth as young as 14 all the way to 25 years old. Similar to my own experience with therapy, I witnessed how integrating visual arts tools into my sessions was an effective way for youth to both process and control emotions.
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