Express the Unspeakable

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to reflect on efforts to address interpersonal violence and remember that many survivors still need services to support reparation and recovery. In particular, child survivors of interpersonal violence are silent in their suffering and often afraid of divulging the secret of their abuse, making them the most vulnerable. Art expression is one way to communicate what is unspoken and unspeakable; art therapy is a developmentally appropriate approach to assisting children in their emotional reparation and in the recovery of what has been stolen from them by abuse and neglect. By providing these children with the chance to express their inner worlds through art, we inevitably offer them the opportunity to release the inner monsters that torment them and ultimately rob them of trust, safety, happiness and a sense of wholeness.
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