Manitoba program uses blacksmithing to help veterans cope with mental health challenges
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“It’s really satisfying, I get a really good sense of personal fulfillment out of it,” said Damien Delfino, a veteran who uses the program. “I think it offers a lot of benefits – just the overall sense of accomplishment, producing something out of nothing or seemingly nothing.”“When you’re in the military, you’re kind of used to working on projects with other people and talking to them, that’s how we do a lot of our socializing or venting,” he said. “Just talking, that’s something we don’t get to do without going deeper into therapy.”
Bennett’s next goal is to expand Forging Ahead Inc. into Canada’s first art therapy centre based on blacksmithing, woodworking and glassmaking. “It gets your mind off stuff, and you get to have such a feeling of job accomplishment,” Bennett said.
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