<div>The Creative Recovery Studio exists because isolation is our enemy. From my experience, recovery doesn’t stick when you’re left to do it alone.
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<div>For a long time, I thought I was searching for the right words. Simple words. The perfect words. Words that could explain what I needed. What I eventually learned is that words don’t heal people… people do. Healing happens when you can see yourself reflected in others, when you’re allowed to be honest about how hard this is and when support shows up without judgment, fixing or criticism.
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<div>Creative Recovery is a community-centered space for people struggling with mental health to come together and support one another. We use creativity, shared experience and peer support as bridges. Especially when words fail. This space is not clinical, hierarchical or performative. It’s not about being “well enough,” productive or inspirational. It’s about showing up as you are.
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<div>If you’re feeling triggered/activated, the assumption isn’t that you failed. It’s that you’ll say so, knowing someone in the room likely has words, actions, silence or lived wisdom that can help. This is a space where people reality-check each other with empathy and kindness, because recovery is messy, nonlinear and downright exhausting at times.
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<div>Groups are designed to feel like check-ins with a support system you trust. Creativity here isn’t about talent or outcomes; it’s about regulation, agency and connection. Connection with yourself and with community. Creative Recovery is the space I didn’t have when I needed it most and building it now is about making sure fewer people have to do this alone. I believe deeply that creative community can save lives, especially for those isolated by the realities of recovery. 
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<div>Creative Recovery is grounded in my passion for psychology, lived experience and peer support as a legitimate, life-saving form of care. As a Certified Peer Support Professional, I’ve seen how much changes when people are met with empathy, shared understanding and practical support. Especially in the spaces where traditional systems fall short. This work is about bridging clinical and non-clinical care, reducing isolation and creating community-based support that feels human, accessible and real. When people are supported by others who understand, recovery becomes more sustainable. No one should have navigate it alone.
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Ben Boomer

Freda HAAKSMA

Deborah Evans

Karen Blackledge

Teena Warf

Susan Hengeveld

Building The Creative Recovery Studio

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