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    Creative Arts for Veterans

    Former Veterans History Project graduate student Caleb Pittman recently reached out to us to share information about a new initiative that he is working on to support veterans’ wellness: The Creative Arts for Veterans (CAV) Book is an interdisciplinary (human rights, social work, and art therapy) designed therapeutic guidebook to aid in improving well-being through arts-based exercises infused with social work and art therapy practices, veteran narratives, and supplemental veteran-centric wellness resources. CAV Books are accompanied with art supplies (oil pastels, water-colored pencils, paintbrush, pencil sharpener, and charcoals). Evidence based research shows that arts-based wellness can reduce symptoms related to isolation, anxiety, depression, loneliness, post-traumatic stress, military sexual trauma, transition…

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