Healing Arts Program at Bradley Hospital
Healing Arts Program at Bradley Hospital
Bradley Hospital’s Healing Arts Program provides creative and therapeutic activities that improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of our patients.
The program is developed and directed by art therapist Melissa Weaver, who works in collaboration with other Healing Arts Program staff members, as well as with artists and musicians from the community who share their time and talents with the children and adolescents at our hospital.
Art therapists are mental health professionals trained in both the creative arts and in psychology and counseling. The Healing Arts Program offers a wide variety of visual art projects, performance arts and musical programs to help children and adolescents:
- Explore and express their thoughts and feelings
- Cope with traumatic experiences
- Become more self-aware
- Improve social skills
- Increase self-esteem
- Better cope with anxiety and conflicts
- Decrease feelings of frustration
- Increase concentration and focus
Healing the Hearts and Minds of Children
Bradley Hospital’s Healing Arts Program provides creative and therapeutic activities that improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of our patients.
The Gift of Funding
Healing Arts at Bradley Hospital is made possible by the generous donors and organizations that provide funding for many of the programs, including lead support from the CVS Health Charity Classic. In addition, this activity is made possible in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.