Dec 2, 2023

KarunaNews: Finding Healing Through Baking

Cake Therapy, a nonprofit founded in 2019, uses baking to provide a therapeutic outlet for girls and young women who have experienced personal trauma or been impacted by the justice system, foster system, out-of-home placement, or juvenile detention centers. Minneapolis-based Cake Therapy offers a safe space for those seeking alternatives to traditional therapy or a creative outlet. “There is a huge role for any art form to be included in any form of therapy for people to regain what has been lost,” said CEO and co-founder Altreisha Foster, who’s originally from Jamaica. “We need to be a little bit more open-minded about what we’re doing in terms of how we’re responding to trauma.” She helped found Cake Therapy when she saw the benefits of baking firsthand after suffering from postpartum depression following the birth of her second child. Earlier this year, she published a book, Cake Therapy: How Baking Changed My Life.

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