Photo Therapy: A Promising Tool for Healing

Marginalized groups achieve a transformative self-image.

• Learning to take self-portraits can transform a marginalized person’s self-image.

• Self-portraiture can help shatter the mental bars that imprison dehumanized people.

• Photographic portraits don’t erase shame and trauma, but they help people come to terms with their humanity and value.

Sometimes, a new self-portrait can transform a life. It enables an expansion of self-image that is especially helpful to marginalized people. It also promises to make a dent in the high recidivism rates that plague women trapped in sex-trafficking.

Photo Therapy: A Promising Tool for Healing