By Kathryn Dobies
The Marietta Dailey Journal
May 6, 2010
MARIETTA - Today is National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day, and therapists in Cobb are looking to bring to light the mental health issues children face and the need for support.
May is Mental Health Month, and today marks the fifth annual Children's Mental Health Awareness Day.
May is Mental Health Month, and today marks the fifth annual Children's Mental Health Awareness Day. Cobb art therapist Teresa Harris will be visiting Mt. Bethel United Methodist's preschool class to help them learn how to appropriately express their emotions, something she works on with kids ages 3 to 18.
Harris, owner of Art It Out Therapy Services, LLC on Powers Ferry Road, said art therapy is a way in which children can express their emotions more naturally through art.
"Children, doing the art for them is just natural. It's natural, it's easy and it's non-threatening," Harris said "For children who have trouble communicating, art therapy can be really helpful for them. Many children don't want to go to a therapist and just talk, so they come and do art and we can sort of sneak in the talking."
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