Arthropy
Turning trauma into power, healing, and professional growth
kansas city, mo
Dec. 2, 2025
LOCATION: TBA
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nationally recognized experts on trauma and resilience
Founded in 2009, Arthropy’s (formerly known as Poetry for Personal Growth) mission is to use art to show that emotional distress is temporary and transformative. Funded by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Arthropy was the first organization to receive two SAMHSA grants in one year (2016). As the largest recovery movement organization in the United States, Arthropy promotes trauma, mental health, and substance abuse recovery through three main programs:
- career development for sponsored artists/advocates,
- award-winning health care messaging,
- and a peer support program modeled after New York’s Peer Bridgers.
Over the years, Arthropy has expanded its network to Missouri, Colorado, and Illinois, working with various community groups to adapt to changes in mental health care delivery. Arthropy’s initiatives build resiliency, reduce behavioral health stigma, and increase community capacity to prevent mental health crises, helping treatment organizations deliver person-centered services with the consumer voice integral to their workforce.
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Programs
Arthropy has proven that education, advocacy, peer support, and the arts are revolutionary tools that can help peers make sustainable changes in behavioral health care. Our evidence-based programs work towards helping people rebuild themselves, and when people are built up, we are able to build healthy, recovery-oriented communities.
All Arthropy programs ask one very important question: What helps YOU overcome adversity?