Staff members exemplifying self-help increase openness and attraction to a program of change
Working together on the shared common goal fosters personal investment, connectedness (cohesion) and cooperation
Support network of likeminded peers combats isolation
Healthy substitute for idle unstructured time reduces the risk of returning to unwanted behaviors
Structured “scripted” rules and roles ease adjustment
Availability of creative projects provides an outlet to alleviate social anxiety intrinsic to novel settings
Forum to express issues in a relaxed, safe, confidential environment among peers adds to the ability to work though issues
Sharing creates an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect as well as an outlet for “venting”
Feedback from the meetings and suggestions of peers and staff provide practical, “hands-on” coping tools
Receiving healthy, undistorted, constructive, realistic feedback without judgment aids “ego sizing”
BUILDING BLOCKS OF SELF ESTEEM
Achieving incremental pre-set tasks to accomplish the ultimate goal while being able to claim the credit for the accomplishment
Permission to make mistakes and be imperfect
Not having to adhere to a preset expectation invites trust in the creative process
Not having to know or produce a certain outcome increases comfort with the process
Identifying strengths, eliciting creative input helps in forming a new healthy identity
Non-verbal ways to address issues through creative means help move toward awareness and resolution
REWIRING THE BRAIN
Socializing without altered states helps to extinguish dysfunctional patterns
New positive experiences and opportunities to explore newly-discovered creative ability, learning new coping tools and trade/music skills and producing tangible results
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