The Academy of Healing Arts for Teens

Santa Barbara, CA

The Academy of Healing Arts for Teens (AHA) is a non-profit project of the Family Therapy Institute. The co-directors Jennifer Freed and Rendy Freedman created AHA to fill a gap in our teenagers education of relational and mystical intelligence. AHA began as summer intensive with classes including: Eracism, Mythic Intelligence, Stress Less, Chi Gong, Body Intelligence, Performance Poetry, Acting Improvisation, Yoga, and Listening Council. The program focused on diversity issues, creativity, and social responsibility and hosted 19 teenagers ages 12-19 in classes conducted by over 14 diverse faculty. AHA now continues as an after school training program for teens.

Jennifer Freed