OUR VALUE PROPOSITION

Storytelling as a vehicle for healing

Research shows that storytelling is becoming an accepted part of the healing journey. While storytelling itself is not a replacement for therapy and other established mental health treatment, in many practices it has become a critical component of a therapeutic regimen. Many individuals feel more comfortable sharing their personal story through art, speech or music than in a more structured or clinical environment.

Among the many reasons for its effectiveness, storytelling:

• Allows people to share their story, feel heard and validated. 
• Enables those affected to reflect on parts of their story and consider new aspects of their experience.
• Helps create community and connection by bringing shared experiences to light. 
• Reduces stigma by normalizing mental health conditions and associated experiences
• Fosters compassion and empathy, brings awareness and allows people to offer help and support to those struggling. 
• Introduces new perspectives and ideas that contribute to and perhaps change the way we think about mental illness and those affected.
• Drives creativity and purpose, leading to new, innovative and powerful artistic endeavors 
• Elicits societal change by creating a critical mass of acceptance that will lead to mental health legislation, funding and support.