Designing for Renewal: Integrating Art Therapy into Substance Use Recovery Communities
How can creative arts-focused therapeutic communities be designed to improve outcomes for people overcoming substance use and co-occurring mental health challenges?
By prioritizing creative therapy as a core component of treatment, therapeutic communities with intentionally designed spaces and rehabilitative programming can enhance therapeutic outcomes, promote emotional healing, and reduce relapse rates.
Committee Members
Mary Golden
Undergraduate Program Director
Associate Professor
Brian Giebink, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, EDAC
Behavioral and Mental Health Practice Leader
HDR
Jennifer Faringer
Director
National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence-Rochester Area