The Center for Haptic Healing

Building post-traumatic growth, resilience, and community through clay.

Healing

A non-profit organization at the intersection of art, healing, and science, we are dedicated to transforming the lives of trauma survivors through the power of working with clay at a pottery wheel.
Learn more about our healing Slow Throw classes.

Pottery studios are already sanctuaries of healing for so many. We are training ceramics instructors to use trauma-informed, relational practices at the pottery wheel with the aim of creating safer creative spaces.
Learn more about Haptic Healing.

Education

Trauma affects most of us

1 %
Experience trauma
0 %
Girls sexually abused
1 %
Boys sexually abused
1 M
Americans living with PTSD