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Skills For Life
The 3rd Element Institute allows young adults to use photography and storytelling as tools for communicating inner peace or anguish. We also help young adults prepare for the life after adolescence.
Our periodic training programs cover topics in:
- Therapy, Skills for Wellness and Mental Health
- Public Speaking
- Professional Photography
- Finance for Young Adults
- And other topics by internal and external facilitators.
All our trainings are free and conducted by subject experts and seasoned facilitators to conduct trainings on Dealing with depression, the Adolescent age, as well as a vast number of specific topics that reflect conditions or disorders that our community members are dealing with.
Our Therapeutic Photography Curriculum
The use of photo -based methods for diagnosing and curing mental health issues for patients is one of the key skills our counselors utilize in our nonprofit during sessions with members. Our trainings in art therapy and therapeutic photography help members to learn how to handle photography as a means of communicating personal emotions.
Some of the topics in our curriculum include:
- Self-portraiture
- Nature and Mindfulness
- Relationships and Social Connections
- Trauma -informed Photography
- Photography and Mental Health
- Photography and Social Justice
- Story Telling through Photography
- Reflection and Self -discovery
- Camera Basics and Technical Skills
- Self-expression and Emotional Release ”
