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		<title>Art Therapy Benefits for Anxiety &#038; Stress at Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2016 00:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our nation seems like it&#8217;s always in the grips of a stress epidemic. Stress and anxiety are disorders that affect more people than ever before, with research suggesting that work related stress costs the American economy $300 billion each year as a result of related health care costs and missed days at work. According to 76% of [&#8230;]<div class='yarpp yarpp-related yarpp-related-rss yarpp-template-list'>
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		<title>Color Therapy &#038; Healing &#8211; An Introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2016 16:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is everywhere you look, and everywhere you don&#8217;t look. You delight in its marvels consciously and sub-consciously. You see color all the time, but how often do you think about its origins and effects? In a series of articles, we explore this topic further. In this first article, we&#8217;ll review some basics of color [&#8230;]<div class='yarpp yarpp-related yarpp-related-rss yarpp-template-list'>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Your Sign? A Therapeutic Arts Activity for January</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Art Therapy &#038; Art Related Christmas Gift Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2015 21:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Last Minute Holiday Art Therapy Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2015 07:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Art Therapy Activity: Faux Tarot</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2015 08:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2015 02:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2015 14:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2015 07:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2015 06:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2015 22:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Art Therapy Activity: What&#8217;s on Your Plate?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2014 08:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[December 1st was Rosa Parks Day. What Ms. Parks did by refusing to give up her seat on that infamous bus was a brave and self-affirming act. She said, &#8220;NO&#8221; and change was ignited. There are many reasons for saying,&#8221;no&#8221; and while not all of them are as momentous as what Rosa Parks did, I [&#8230;]<div class='yarpp yarpp-related yarpp-related-rss yarpp-template-list'>
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		<title>How Art Therapy Helps People with Dementia and Alzheimer&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 04:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Art therapy can be a useful and fulfilling activity to help those who suffer from Alzheimer&#8217;s disease. It can increase the quality of life for those suffering and become a way of expression, even after other types of communication start to fail. USA Today talks about some of the benefits of using arts therapy with [&#8230;]<div class='yarpp yarpp-related yarpp-related-rss yarpp-template-list'>
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		<title>A &#8220;Creepy&#8221; Art Therapy Activity for Halloween</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2014 06:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 05:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Art Therapy, Trafficking and Slavery: Utilizing the Arts to Help Heal Trauma</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2014 06:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2014 19:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2014 03:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2014 02:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Watch This Inspiring Story of an Art Therapy Program Helping People With Disabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2014 03:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>You Won&#8217;t Believe What This Guy Does With a Dying Teenager&#8217;s Heartbeat That Lifts His Family&#8217;s Spirits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2014 06:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Brian Schreck does something absolutely brilliant that you have to see and hear to believe. Watch and listen to what he does with one teenager&#8217;s heartbeat from the Cincinnati Children&#8217;s Hospital Medical Center. This is probably one of the most symbolic and heartfelt ideas and gestures we&#8217;ve ever seen or heard.<div class='yarpp yarpp-related yarpp-related-rss yarpp-template-list'>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2014 02:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2014 16:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Art Therapy Helping Veterans</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 05:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Art Therapy &#038; The Science of Happiness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2014 07:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Healing Properties of Music Therapy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2014 22:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We hope you enjoy this inspiring podcast that explores how music therapy helps people heal. If I had to give up all other therapies, if I could only keep one on board, I would choose music therapy in a heartbeat, because as I said before she encompasses so many other areas. This has been brought [&#8230;]<div class='yarpp yarpp-related yarpp-related-rss yarpp-template-list'>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2014 18:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Alice Herz-Sommer: &#8220;The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2014 07:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2014 00:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Music Therapy Helps Memory &#038; Alzheimer&#8217;s Patients &#8211; Alive Inside Movie</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2014 02:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2014 04:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Photo Credit: PA Kate Middleton, The Duchess of Cambridge, visited Northolt High School in north-west London on Valentine&#8217;s Day. Kate is a royal patron of the Art Room which is the charity that created the art therapy room, and 5 others throughout Oxfod and London. The Art Room offers art as therapy to help boost [&#8230;]<div class='yarpp yarpp-related yarpp-related-rss yarpp-related-none yarpp-template-list'>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2014 03:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2013 05:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Dr. Deah Schwartz The winter holiday season when stripped of the emphasis on commercialism and overindulgence is, at its roots, about joy, peace, and the changing of the season. Remembering to find time to tune into those aspects during the month of December is challenging but truly helpful if we want to stay connected [&#8230;]<div class='yarpp yarpp-related yarpp-related-rss yarpp-template-list'>
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		<title>Sanity Clause &#8211; December Art Therapy Activity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2013 04:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Dr. Deah Schwartz This year I am going to stress the importance of finding your own personal &#8220;sanity clause&#8221;. Because the holiday season is a mixed bag of delightful and stressful situations disordered eating and body hate may get re-activated. A helpful antidote for the situation is to remember that the best gift you [&#8230;]<div class='yarpp yarpp-related yarpp-related-rss yarpp-template-list'>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 05:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
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