Arts-Based
Well-Being
through an Occupational Therapy Lens
Connecting with, caring for and developing resilient communities
Why Occupational Therapy and the Arts?
Arts-based occupational therapy is a way of bringing more play and creativity into your everyday life in order to gain a more restorative life balance.
Recent research indicates that the increase of technology in our lives can cause isolation and loneliness, with predictable negative effects on our health.
A new wave of arts-based research tells a more hopeful story . . .
When a flower doesn't bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
- Alexander Dan Heijer
Why engage with Arts-Based Well-Being?
Supports Mental Health and Wellness
Access restorative creative art activities
Fun and engaging teaching techniques
Create arts-based communities and safe spaces
Build and nourish your confidence in art-making
Isabel Fryszberg OT Reg (Ont.)
Arts-Based Well-Being grew from my work as an artist and occupational therapist. Over 20 years ago, I brought these two passions together through my work. I discovered both personally and in the communities that I worked with that art-making and the occupational therapy framework generated a profound sense of resilience and well-being that is highly needed in our challenging times.
I offer a toolbox with online courses, workshops and coaching to share the skills and tools needed so you can build resilience for yourself, your work practice or your community.