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Generational Pattern Changing | Melissa Hladek | TEDxUrsulineCollege

1,793 views · Published 26 January 2016 · 10:06 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2016 · Nonprofits & Activism

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In her insightful talk, Melissa Hladec, Graduate Student in Counseling and Art Therapy at Ursuline College, calls us to recognize the ways we repeat and can change patterns inherited through generations.

Counseling and Art Therapy Graduate student at Ursuline College. She has been instrumental in the Service learning projects at Ursuline College and recently completed trips to Quito Ecuador, Bulawayo Zimbabwe, and Eagle Butte South Dakota. Her research focuses on Post-traumatic Growth and better understanding of visual, emotional, and epigenetic patterns as contributing factors to recovery from physical and sexual abuse. Melissa currently interns at The Centers for Family and Children, a community mental health agency, providing counseling and art therapy services to children, adolescents, and adults. She is also an art teacher at Ruffing Montessori School teaching grade levels 3 through 8.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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