It all started with the letter “P”. Robin Benoit’s daughter, Jillian’s kindergarten class was celebrating the letter “P”. Her teacher put an eye patch over one of her eyes to make her a pirate for the ...

Shannon Halligan uses art to help a wide range of people Working through emotions, traumas and everyday life is hard. Art can help. Shannon Halligan is a creative art therapist in Rochester, NY. who ...

Good eyesight means more than having 20/20 vision by nature or correction. The brain also needs to be in sync with the eyes, a process that begins in the womb and continues throughout a lifetime of ...

Visual journaling (aka art journaling) has a long history in the field of art therapy, particularly as an approach to assist recovery from trauma or loss and as a form of stress reduction. Carl Jung ...

Jacob McKinstry’s mother recognized there was an issue with her son’s learning when his participation in three- and four-year-old kindergarten decreased. The school principal said he had ADHD, which ...

Many people believe that eye exercises can help improve vision or treat eye conditions. Although there is limited evidence to suggest that eye exercises can actually enhance vision, eye exercises can ...

The previous two posts on this topic address how visual journaling assists emotional reparation and supports self-regulation and stress reduction. Since then many readers have asked about specific art ...

Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) tears may develop as a complication after anti-VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) treatment for pigment epithelial detachments (PEDs) in exudative age-related ...

Imagine a patient with a stroke or a traumatic brain injury (TBI) getting visual stimulation by sitting in front of a screen twice a day at home. This is the concept behind Vision Restoration Therapy ...