Workshops with the Water and Environment Advisor at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark in Ukraine

Art therapy is often underestimated—people say it’s just “drawing something to take your mind off things.” But in reality, it’s about so much more.

It’s about the chance to pause.

To breathe.

And finally, to listen to yourself.

Last week, at the Resilience Centers in Kyiv: The Resilience Center of Solomyanskyi District, Kyiv and the

The Resilience Center Kreminska community of the Luhansk region, Kyiv a special event took place

We were visited by Advisor on Water and Environment at the Embassy of Denmark in Ukraine — Camilla Kristensen Rai.

She is not only a diplomat but also a creative person with a big heart: Camilla knits little teddy bears to support Ukrainian children

During the meetings, she led art therapy sessions for the centers’ visitors — teaching them how to work with yarn and create their own teddy bears.

These were not just workshops.

They were moments of warmth, support, and inner peace.

Through colors, shapes, threads, or clay, we can express what is sometimes hard to put into words. Emotions don’t disappear — they build up in the body: tension in the neck and back, a “knot” in the stomach, restlessness in the legs… And creativity becomes a safe way to process them.

Art therapy helps:

reduce tension

ground yourself in the “here and now”

feel control and inner strength

find new meanings and insights

It’s not about “knowing how to draw.”

It’s about allowing yourself to feel.

Sometimes it’s these simple things that help you feel:

you are not alone

This publication was prepared as part of the project “Social Services as a Community Anchor,” implemented by the ICF “Ukrainian Foundation for Public Health” under a subgrant from the EU4CSOs Empower UA project, which is implemented by the Charitable Organization “100 Percent Life Network Rivne” with financial support from the European Union in Ukraine .

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