In-Person Creative Workshops for Families Facing Cancer Sponsored by Overlake Medical Center

IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS located in Bellevue

If you are a family with young children ages 6-9 that includes a parent living with cancer, our Creative Workshops for Families Facing Cancer may be just right for you. With a range of creative activities that are appropriate for children, each workshop in this series allows your children to safely explore their feelings and thoughts about their parent and the impact of cancer in the family. Parents are welcome but not required to attend (unless their children need this additional support). The workshops will be limited to 10 children and are professionally facilitated by an expressive arts psychotherapist, utilizing both her training and a book called Magnificent Marvelous Me, a social and emotional learning tool created by Art with Heart. Your children may attend individual workshops or the whole series of workshops.

Activities may include, but not be limited to, creating nameplates and learning about each other; drawing continuous line self-portraits with emotional expression; thank-you card making for people who help us; exploring family trees and traditions; creating feelings flip books unique to each child; exploring frustration and regulating emotions with scribbling and collage; sorting out feelings with clay and storytelling, calm place visualizations and keyhole boxes; building a heart city together; decorating and using a worry box; foil sculptures of friendly creatures, among others. Located in Bellevue. For more information, email Pamela or call (206) 832-1271

* Registration/Sign-ups need to be completed the Wednesday before each workshop for planning purposes and purchasing supplies.

7/22 & 8/12
10:00am-12:00pm