![More Than Words: The Power of Spoken Word Poetry](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/03/FE66B999-1A5E-482B-8E1C-0F7BB1D124F2-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Poetry can provide comfort and boost mood during grief, trauma and stress. The use of metaphors, words and rhymes help make sense of the world…
![Drawing Lena’s Demons](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2021/06/0E9C0128-F5BE-4439-843F-3B1DEEA8A86A-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Lena Bouma is an artist, specializing in graphic design. The Trauma and Mental Health Report reached out to hear about Lena’s process of expressing feelings…
![The Black Pit](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/01/black-pit-470x140.png?x81652)
“The Black Pit” is one of the many written pieces featured in a book called FASCInATE – Friends of Alma St Centre Inspiring Action Towards…