Where art meets mental health

With colour, on the path to self-care.

Our aim is to combine a mental-health approach with artistic tools in programmes that support prevention, self-care, the development of self-discovery, and team- and community-building.

Our methods are grounded in the mental-health literature and in creative tools of our own design. We believe that creating supports self-reflection, strengthens cooperation, eases tensions within a group, and helps to deepen community bonds.

A community mural from the Fessünk Álmokat programme

Books

Books that invite you to create.

Exercise collection

Milyen szín lennél?

If you long for self-development and are open to fresh methods that support self-expression, then this book is for you. This collection of exercises invites you into creative work and into self-discovery.

Print 52 exercises

Album

Falra festett álmok

The Fessünk Álmokat program rests on two foundational pillars.

Print Community arts

Dr. Kolumbán Rita portrait

About me

The process of creation matters at least as much as the result.

Painting and creating are an important part of the process, but not its ultimate goal. The goal is the message itself — self-care, going deeper, turning your attention inward.

Get to know me

All books

What they've written about us

In the press.

Tuned to the soul — Kolumbán Rita up close

Tuned to the soul — Kolumbán Rita up close

The Fessünk álmokat project, which has quite literally filled the grey walls of Gyergyószentmiklós with life, is a name that is far from unknown here in our own corner of the…

Romkat.ro, Source

Recoloured memories

Recoloured memories

Over the summer, our colleagues have special experiences in store not only for children but for older people too.

Caritas, Source

Creating reveals more than 'I'm fine, thanks — and you?'

Creating reveals more than 'I'm fine, thanks — and you?'

A few weeks ago, at a gathering organised for oncology patients and their families, I first noticed the Fessünk Álmokat Program during a talk titled 'The power of "together"'.

Udvarhelyi Híradó, Source

They paint their dreams onto the walls of Transylvanian buildings

They paint their dreams onto the walls of Transylvanian buildings

I met Rita back when she was a student at university, and even then she was thoroughly involved in building our student community.

Képmás, Source

Mural painting about women and femininity

Mural painting about women and femininity

The painting of the walls of the Gyergyószentmiklós alleyway continues. The program known as Fessünk Álmokat! is being organised this year for the seventh time by the Gyergyó…

Fórika Dóra, Source

They painted the dreams of people with mobility impairments on the wall

They painted the dreams of people with mobility impairments on the wall

The Fessünk álmokat! program set out six years ago in Gyergyószentmiklós; every year they painted the “dream” of one age group on the once-neglected wall of the alleyway between…

Székelyhon.ro, Source

The dreams of the elderly on the alleyway wall

The dreams of the elderly on the alleyway wall

In the fifth year of the Fessünk Álmokat program, it turned to the older generation. The program began in 2016 with the aim of portraying the visions and dreams of various groups…

Resource Centre, Source

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