Article by Hunter Boyce, Published by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 10, 2024.
Read the full article: https://www.ajc.com/pulse/researchers-study-how-arts-therapy-can-benefit-health-care-workers/XUS7ZRGWGVCYXPKW62U6W4PD3I/
Excerpt:
What do physicians, researchers, creative arts therapists and writers all have in common? They could be integral parts of a plan to break down walls in health care. The industry’s workers are burned out, and relief is hard to find.
“A sinking feeling of heaviness in the core of your being,” one study participant said about the stress of working in health care. “It’s weight is infinite. Dark. Achy. Visceral. Hot and smoldering. Its smoke rises and circles your heart. Sometimes, all you can do is sit with it.”