Art a Therapeutic Healing Tool

Art therapy can work very well for children with cancer by giving them a safe way to communicate their anxieties. As children and adolescents do not always have the words to express what they are going through and are by nature creative, then art therapy can be a wonderful outlet for them. It can:

  • Help express buried emotions
  • Give a feeling of self confidence and freedom
  • Help cope with grief, fear, anxiety and depression
  • Distract from pain and discomfort
  • Feel more positive [Read more...]

A Tender Explanation to a Tough Topic: Where Do We Go?

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Where Do We Go? By James Weinsier takes a tender look at a tough subject.  Where Do We Go? delicately explores the theme of death in a child-friendly fashion with reassuring, thought-provoking text and cheerful illustrations by Cliff Beaman. Its non-secular approach compatibly blends with any religious, spiritual or nondenominational framework, opening a pathway for adults to discuss the hereafter in a comforting way to children.

A USA Book News Award Winner for the “Parent/Family Reference” and “Children’s Mind/Body” categories and second-place winner of Florida Writer’s Association: Best Children’s Book of 2009Where Do We Go? was born out of Weinsier’s tragic loss of three immediate family members over a nine-month period and his search for an effective, loving response to his young grandchildren’s questions about the fate of their loved ones.

“My book unfolds the endless possibilities for the hereafter to children,” explains Weinsier. “Furthermore, it is an invaluable tool for adults challenged with the bewildering task of discussing the subject of death.” [Read more...]