Voices from the Heart

Dear Colleagues,

While we often work with adolescent and emerging adult clients who are struggling with significant mental health challenges, some of these same individuals are blessed with the gift of being able to capture and express their emotions through the arts. As therapists, we learn the theory, the application, and the psychotherapeutic skills necessary to guide people to the path of emotional regulation and a life worth living, but we often have not experienced these feelings from the interior landscape that our clients do. This new series, "Voices From The Heart" is our invitation to former clients to share some of their most powerful expressions of what it feels like to walk in their shoes. We all know the feeling of being impacted by a work of art that needs no elaboration. Welcome to "Voices From The Heart."

The criteria for publication of works in this series is as follows:

1. The client must not be in active treatment with the SCPA member who nominates their work
2. The client must be at least 18 years of age
3. The client signs a release which provides a clear set of stipulations on how the work may be posted

Past "Voices from the Heart" Pieces:

• April 2025 - "Bipolar Disorder"