How The Art Room in the US provides a creative way of healing

Lamar, a psychologist who has been in private practice for 36 years, at The Art Room. Photos: ElAas Valverde II/Dallas Morning News/TNS

When Marlys Lamar feels stress, she reaches for a piece of paper.

Today, she scribbles "Need money for The Art Room’' on a white letter-size sheet. She flips it over and runs her pen across the paper, tracing in all directions without breaking contact.