Some people have trouble expressing their emotional pain, but they desperately need an outlet. One woman in Rhode Island hopes to provide respite to those who need it.

Barbara Ganim -- the founder and program coordinator for the Expressive Art Institute at Salve Regina University -- drew, quite literally, from her experiences.

"After Sept. 11, [2001], I felt so helpless and wanted to do something," Ganim said. "Imagery is the body mind's inner language. We think and process all our experiences as images first, words second."

After the 2001 terrorist attacks, Ganim knew there was a need for expression -- so she started expressive art workshops at her local church.

"What happens is that we actually move the blocked energy created by the tension and the stress that anger or painful emotion will produce, we move it outside the body onto the paper. Then we go to the heart, for the most important part of healing, which is transformation," Ganim said.

And that's what Ganim's new book is about: drawing from the heart. She said that when people draw, they can help separate what they think and feel from what they really feel -- and then deal with it from the heart.

From our own drawings, Ganim said people can learn so much about themselves, and learn to look at things and situations differently.

For more information about Ganim's book, "Drawing From The Heart," you can log on to the Quest Books Web site.