Connecting Hearts

Why art therapy groups for children and adolescents:

We know that many children today face mental health challenges such as anxiety, ADHD, depression, or ASD. Furthermore, factors such as distance from nature, excessive screen time, and different living contexts can also affect child development.

Art therapy emerges as a path of care for all of them: both for those with more visible issues, as well as for those experiencing difficult times, or even for those who simply need a space for creativity, acceptance, and emotional support.

What is the purpose of "Connecting Hearts"?

• Offer children a safe, welcoming and playful space to:

• Strengthen self-esteem and self-confidence.

• Stimulate creativity and imagination.

• Value the unique and authentic expression of each child.

• Cultivate bonds of care and respect for yourself, others, nature, and life.

• Help in recognizing and managing emotions.

How it works:

• Format: Small groups to ensure individual attention (4 to 10 participants)

• Frequency: weekly workshops

• Duration: 3 to 4 month cycles, with each meeting lasting 2.5 hours

• Location: In person, West Zone of São Paulo

• Methodology: each workshop explores different themes, activities and creative resources, fostering discoveries and connections at each meeting.

• Each workshop is based on an integral pedagogy approach, looking at thinking (head), feeling (heart), acting (hands).

What kids find here:

A place where the creative process is more important than the end result, where mistakes are seen as experimentation, and where every gesture is valued. A group where they can build bonds, learn to listen and be heard, cultivate empathy, and celebrate their uniqueness.

Connecting Hearts is more than an art workshop: it is an experience of emotional and human flourishing, which supports integral development and plants seeds of care and enchantment for life.