What is Art Based Therapy?  How to become an art-based therapy facilitator? 

 “Art can permeate the very deepest part of us, where no words exist.” ― Eileen Miller, The Girl Who Spoke with Pictures: Autism Through Art  

Episode 26 is a conversation with Mayura Mulay who is an HR professional and also an art-based therapy facilitator. She talks about art-based therapy and how it helped her facilitate the emotional well-being of children with special needs. She says that working with them has changed the way she looks at the world now. She is more patient and calm and is able to deal with situations with much more empathy since she has started helping people. 

A few talking points that we covered: 

1. Her journey of learning and facilitating art-based therapy

 2. What is art-based therapy?  3. Various activities that she conducts with children with special needs 

4. Her learnings from the interactions with them 

5. How one can be mindful in day-to-day life by finding time to introspect 

6. A message for someone who wants to pursue this field  

If you want to know more about what she does do follow her on: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storyminds_mayura/