The Healing Doll Way: A Guided Process Creating Art Dolls for Self-Discovery, Awareness, and Transformation

In The Healing Doll Way, Barb Kobe shares stories and images from her transformative experience becoming a healing doll artist, as well as those of many of her students and peers. The book also guides you through the process of making healing dolls for yourself. The act of making a doll can take you through a process of imagination, recovery, and growth. You do not need to be an expert at dollmaking—or artmaking, for that matter—to experience the power of this kind of work. This dollmaking process invites and encourages you to explore a range of perceptions and emotions, and in doing so, reach a deeper level of understanding and acceptance of yourself.   Barb Kobe is a healing artist, visionary designer, teacher, facilitator, mentor, and creativity coach. Since 1989 her work has focused on the subjects of emotional expression, creative healing, and personal dollmaking as a healing modality. Aside from the multitude of healing dolls she’s created for herself and others, Barb also design