I have found that verbalisation alone does not help to get a clear picture of one's life's journey. A picture tells more than that. It is words put into pictures. Towards the end of the workshop we give them clay and ask the participants to create symbols of peace. We ask them to create their hopes and dreams in a three-dimensional way with the use of clay.
All creations are their own work.
It is not an art class, where they are told to correct mistakes in the drawing or creation. At the end we have a time of celebration which may include song and dance where the participants are allowed to use their own imagination and sing or dance the way they want to. They say it all. No, there are no guarantees. It takes a long time for a person traumatised to be healed.