Re:Novel applications of creative arts therapy training

I'd like to redirect the discussion, which seems to be about innovative therapeutic applications, into creative arts therapy. Do you have any experiences applying your training as a creative therapist (art, dance, music, etc...) with innovative materials, in unusual settings?
For example, I currently work with special education high school students with learning and behavioral difficulties. Many are adjudicated, most have been expelled from public schools. I use the context of woodworking and furniture renovation to create the climate of safety students need to open up. The context of a woodworking class deemphasizes the clinical agenda that is at the forefront of the educational plan for these students, and creates a benign atmosphere. Consequently, the woodshop has much in common with the practice of art therapy in an artist's studio. The understated metaphor of rehabbing pieces of furniture that people have thrown out, and making them look beautiful again, seems to bring out the best from these students, who have themselves been abandonned by almost everyone.
I am interested in hearing about other application of your creative therapist training.

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