{"id":663,"date":"2017-12-06T14:30:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T19:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/volunteer.circleofcare.com\/?p=663"},"modified":"2018-03-06T10:16:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T15:16:46","slug":"exploring-expressive-art-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/volunteer.circleofcare.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/06\/exploring-expressive-art-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Expressive Art Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-665 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/volunteer.circleofcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wednesdays-with-lolly-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/volunteer.circleofcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wednesdays-with-lolly-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/volunteer.circleofcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wednesdays-with-lolly-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/volunteer.circleofcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wednesdays-with-lolly-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Providing volunteers with opportunities to enhance their interactions with clients is the motivation behind \u201cWednesdays with Lolly\u201d, an annual event made possible by Lorne Propas, in memory of his late wife, Lolly.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s session featured the benefits of expressive art therapy, leading attendees through several art therapy exercises including mask making, painting, and journaling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor people in hospice care, there can be a feeling of helplessness, and a lot of empty hours to fill,\u201d explained facilitator Maya Trendov. \u201cWorking on an art project can give them an opportunity to feel proud of accomplishing something that day. It\u2019s something they can can have control over, which is so empowering near the end of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This story is featured in <a href=\"http:\/\/anyflip.com\/pdrb\/cywo\/\">Circle of Care\u2019s Annual Report 2016-2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Providing volunteers with opportunities to enhance their interactions with clients is the motivation behind \u201cWednesdays with Lolly\u201d, an annual event made possible by Lorne Propas, in memory of his late&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-663","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-updates"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/volunteer.circleofcare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/volunteer.circleofcare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/volunteer.circleofcare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volunteer.circleofcare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volunteer.circleofcare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/volunteer.circleofcare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":666,"href":"https:\/\/volunteer.circleofcare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions\/666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volunteer.circleofcare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/volunteer.circleofcare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volunteer.circleofcare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volunteer.circleofcare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}