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“Some people can’t verbalize their emotions, but they know they are feeling something,” says Sarah Salice, MPS, ATR-P, CLAT-TP, an art therapist at Silver Hill. “Sometimes it might be easier to take black
paint and throw it on paper or take
a red piece of charcoal and scribble aggressively. That itself is showing emotion. They may not have the words to express it, but once they’ve let it out onto the paper, they slowly find the words to explain how they are feeling. They aren’t just sitting
with those emotions any longer. “It’s about the process and letting
yourself go,” Sarah adds. “It’s a nonthreatening type of therapy. It’s not confronting what you are feeling all at once. It’s more of a journey. You don’t need to know all the answers right away.”
Katie Wieting, ATR-BC, LCAT, CLAT, leads the art therapy department and has been at Silver Hill for 13 years. The hospital recently affirmed its commitment to art therapy by adding Salice to the staff.
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Silver Hill Hospital’s art therapists Katie Wieting (left) and Sarah Salice in the art room
at the Martin Center on Silver Hill’s East Campus.
SILVER LININGS MAGAZINE | ISSUE FOUR | 2022