Safety planning extends just beyond those who are in a mental health crisis. To know yourself - your limits, boundaries, goals, and your "North Star" - are all critical elements which can help cultivate an environment that promotes safety, support, and direction. Host, Juliana Haug, along with guest speaker, Jessica Snow, discuss the importance of safety planning; and further break down specific steps on how to construct one tailored uniquely for you.

Join us in this episode of Training Wheels as art therapist and guest speaker, Candace Ressler, not only shares her personal origin story of becoming an art therapist, but also tackles the topic of the power of group art therapy and sharing one's artwork and/or art-making process. Candace also dabbles in a conversation about art therapy graduate school and its requirement for a dissertation (fancy for "thesis").

Appleseed Community Mental Health Center: https://www.appleseedmentalhealth.com

Located in Ashland, OH

A warm welcome to all tuning in to listen. This first "pilot" episode lays the foundation for the podcast content. A little more "information heavy" as resources are provided to assist the learning experience for the profession of art therapy.