This living room conversation uplifts healing-centered engagement and non-western approaches to substance use recovery and prevention for youth and young adult populations. Our MHTTC Region 9 Training and Technical Assistance Specialist, Oriana Ides, moderated this interview with Tonia Herrero, a Licensed & Board-Certified Art Therapist and Art Therapy Certified Supervisor at East Bay Art Therapy, in California.

The dialogue in this video explores ways to challenge prominent deficit-model approaches which permeate prevention and recovery to make space for strength-based and culturally sustaining perspectives and practices in the field. Tune in for insights into art therapy as a trauma-informed practice and discover how ancestral wisdom and culturally healing methods can aid substance use prevention and support young people in their recovery journey.