Healing Series: Art therapy addresses collective trauma for Los Angeles wildfires survivors

On the Thursday after the Los Angeles wildfires broke out in January, an email circulated in the inboxes of art therapists in the area suggesting a Zoom call be set up to discuss what could be done to help the community.

Photo by: Chris Mortenson

Nicole Rademacher, a board-certified art therapist, LMFT, and interdisciplinary artist, was very interested.

“When the fires were happening, I think a lot of people who weren’t in areas that were directly affected were traumatized by what was going on in our city,” Rademacher said. “I felt helpless.” . . .

Read the entire article at The Argonaut.

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