Zines for Well Beings

A creative workshop to support mental health practitioners.

In this 2-part workshop, participants will learn how creative self-publishing can enhance personal & professional practice.

you don’t have to be an art therapist to inject a lil’ creativity into your practice!

  • Frustrated when clients struggle to grasp concepts or don’t do the work once they leave the building?

  • Bored by visually unappealing mental health resources & handouts?

  • Tired of attending the same old trainings for licensure?

  • Like you’re struggling to prioritize your own creative health & well-being?

zine:

a non-commercial, self-published, DIY paper booklet full of creative self-expression.

if you’re feeling:

With Zines you can:

maybe zines can help!

  • Explore creative ways of teaching concepts that can be tailored to clients’ comprehension levels

  • Empower clients with a tangible skill & send them home with practices & resources they’re excited to use

  • Share stories about mental health that decrease stigma & inspire people

  • Develop a fun & creative personal/professional practice that is also good for your health

EVERYONE IS CREATIVE

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EVERYONE IS CREATIVE ✳︎

  • The history of zines & why the facilitator is so passionate about making, teaching, & sharing them

  • Multiple ways that zines can enhance your personal & professional mental health practice

  • How to make a mini zine (one in each workshop), a tool/practice you can utilize immediately and then over & over again

In this creative series, you will learn:

meet the facilitator

Adriana Paez, MSW, is a social worker and zine artist with over 2 decades of experience in behavioral health & education settings. In 2025, she founded Studio Paez, LLC, and is on a mission to increase health & happiness of individuals, communities, & organizations by activating creativity, curating connection, & inspiring action.

She helps people tend to their creative health using zines, a radical DIY self-publishing tool that provides numerous benefits to both makers & readers. She started making her own zines in 2022 and completely fell in love with the practice. She continues to make zines about civic & creative health, sharing both personal stories and designing zines to share others’ stories. She offers zine design, consultation, & how-to workshops.

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