Vision Boards For Mental Wellbeing

Vision Boards For Mental Wellbeing

What is a vision board?   It’s actually as simple as it sounds. A vision board is a board that displays images, and words that represent your goals for the future. The board should be focused on how you want to feel. The goals can be long-term, or short-term. You...

How Community Matters for Your Mental Health

How Community Matters for Your Mental Health

Humans are inherently social beings who gravitate towards a sense of connection and belonging. So it makes sense that community is connected to our mental health, right?  Community and Mental Health According to Healthy People 2030, “Social determinants of health are...

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Discovering a Place for Us

Discovering a Place for Us

Discovering a Place for Us is a great collaboration that Painted Brain uses to give people a welcoming place to express themselves and their experiences through art. This has become a gift for those involved, to be able to heal and share through the arts. The talented...

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Solo Artist Exhibition III: “Art Is Therapy”

Solo Artist Exhibition III: “Art Is Therapy”

The mission of our Solo Artist Exhibition Program is to exemplify Painted Brain’s commitment to job creation and social enterprise. This program supports artists who experience mental health challenges by giving them an integral job experience as a professional...

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Digital Health Literacy APPY-hour Series

Digital Health Literacy APPY-hour Series

Painted Brain has partnered with the LA County Department of Mental Health through the CalMHSA: Help @Hand Project to implement outreach and engagement activities as well as peer-led training on digital health literacy and app education. PB disseminated a survey to...

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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Licenced Social Worker (LCSW)

PAINTED BRAIN LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER (LCSW) (PDF version) FLSA: Exempt (Full-time) Supervisor: David Leon, LCSW Salary: DOE (Competitive) Summary Under the direction of the Clinical Director, the Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) will oversee the...

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Comedy Remedy Opens Discussions On Suicide

Comedy Remedy Opens Discussions On Suicide

Counter-intuitive though it may seem, comedy and humor are often one of the best ways to address and deal with difficult topics like suicide. We all struggle to talk about suicide and thoughts of taking one's own life, likely because of our general discomfort with...

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Community Arts Intervention

Community Arts Intervention

Community Arts Intervention - What Is It? Just because people live in the same place does not mean they live together. Los Angeles has made strides in creating housing for young adults coming out of the foster care, carceral and mental health systems, and of the...

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