Catherine O’Neill Thorn is the executive director of Art from Ashes. Catherine has empowered high-risk youth through therapeutic poetry since 1994. She founded Art from Ashes in 2003.
Since, the organization has grown to include poetry and arts workshops, weekly poetry sessions and open-mics; and work with residential treatment centers, day treatment programs, probation departments, high schools, youth groups and day camps.
In this podcast, Thorn talks about the therapeutic power of words and the deep healing they provide during the organization’s workshops.
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Bonus track: “The Spider Story”
Executive Director Catherine O’Neill Thorn discusses the benefits of right-brained access through therapeutic poetry and how it differs from traditional therapy.
Listen to the “The Spider Story” HERE
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