Sneaker Therapy

“While working on his one-man show “Triggered Life...a requiem of healing” with Director/ Writer John Oluwole ADEKOJE Triggered Project’s Founder and Sneaker Head  Keith  Kswooosh Mascoll realized the connection between his sneaker fascination  and his childhood emotional injuries.

 “My emotional injuries left me feeling defeated; worthless. My gym teacher game me a pair of Sneakers to wear one day for gym. I put them on I felt different, powerful. I did not feel the  emotional pain because my feet felt good. I did not talk about my emotions so I tucked them in the shoes. Sneakers became my first form of therapy, SNEAKER THERAPY. “Mascoll,2024

Keith  Kswooosh Mascoll  created  a Healing Centered Engaged ,Social Emotional and Self Efficacy building  curriculum called the Sneaker Therapy monologue Art Project while attending Harvard Graduate School of Education. The participants gain a better understanding of their inner selves and how to navigate processing emotion with the use of art. The participants will be led to  answer self-reflective questions with the use health liberation theory.

Sneaker Therapy curriculum has being offered to school aged children , adults , Social Workers, People with substance use disorder, and men who have been incarcerated. 


 

How many sneaker-heads are like me?  How Many sneakers heads found agency through the shoes like I did? Sneaker Heads talk about that first shoe that got them hooked, but did the  shoe fill a gap in their soul?  I want to create the conversation about sneakers, mental health and healing with my documentary Sneaker Therapy.