The Art of Healing is the narrative memoirs of Merritt Mitchell, a self-taught artist, musician, actor, photographer, and non-fiction writer. Her lifelong journey through childhood trauma, child abuse, adult domestic violence and emotional abuse juxta positioned against the canvases of creativity, inspired the recovery and rebirth of a damaged soul. These memoirs were written with a desire to reach those who have spent their lives in the throes of depression, anxiety and dealing with the life-altering, and long-lasting side effects of violence, abuse and uncertainty, to hopefully, find the encouragement to make their way out of the woods and back to self-love and care.