Healing Through Art
Healing Through Art is a collaborative effort between McLaren Flint and the Flint Institute of Arts dedicated to the promotion of healing for cancer patients through the creative visual arts process. This is a free resource to
cancer patients.
Opportunities for Patients and Caregivers
Individual Sessions: Patients are able to meet with the art therapist privately in her office by appointment or during a chemotherapy session in the medical oncology suite at McLaren Cancer Institute. Support Group Sessions: On occasion, the art therapist works with members of the breast cancer support group at McLaren Cancer Institute during their regularly scheduled meetings. Other cancer support groups can arrange for the art therapist to attend a
meeting.
Workshops: The Flint Institute of Arts and McLaren Flint are offering a one-of-a-kind partnership that provides individuals with cancer and their caregivers an opportunity to incorporate art into their healing process. Workshops
are offered with no fee for individuals with cancer and their families. Registration is required. The art therapist is currently at McLaren on a part-time basis. Individual sessions are held on a first come, first serve basis within scheduled times.
Goals:
• To facilitate health and wellness through the use of art therapy
• To add beauty to the healthcare site
• To provide ongoing art experience, even after treatment ends
• To provide art therapy to individuals while undergoing chemotherapy
• To utilize art therapy with the cancer support groups
• To further McLaren’s commitment to the Greater-Flint Community to provide state-of the art treatment services to our patients through evidence-based practices
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