Humor para la resiliencia: el clown como herramienta de intervención socio-terapéutica

When launching the project, we pursued four interconnected goals. First, to deliver a tangible improvement in the well-being of adult migrants living with anxiety, self-harm, or suicidal thoughts ...

When launching the project, we pursued four interconnected goals. First, to deliver a tangible improvement in the well-being of adult migrants living with anxiety, self-harm, or suicidal thoughts by offering them a regular space where humor, play, and movement could help them regulate their emotions and build supportive bonds. Second, to equip the teams at Casa Kuna and Ten Rock with specific competencies—therapeutic clowning, brief evaluation methods, an intercultural approach, and a gender perspective—that would enable them to address these complex needs while complementing external clinical resources. The third objective was to transform that expertise into an open resource: a bilingual guide that any educator could download, adapt, and assess using simple indicators. Finally, we sought to root the innovation within a European dimension; to test the methodology across different contexts and establish a collaborative network that would ensure periodic reviews, trainer exchanges, and new Erasmus+ initiatives. With these achievements, we aimed to move from isolated interventions to a replicable, sustainable, and shared model.

Management Casa Kuna handled operational coordination, while Ten Rock was responsible for financial oversight. Emotional Regulation and Humour for Resilience Course Intensive sessions brought together five Italian trainers and six Spanish trainers. The curriculum covered emotional education, compassionate clowning, a migrant perspective, and circus safety. Action-Research Based on the initial draft, two parallel cycles were run—in Granada and in Brindisi—targeting migrant participants in conditions of psychological vulnerability. Each workshop followed the same structure. Trainers conducted reciprocal visits to observe, refine language, timing, and support measures. Data trends (“emotional curves”) and session logs informed the final version of the methodology. Joint Drafting of the Methodology Using the action-research findings, both teams co-authored the theoretical chapters (psychosocial framework, intersectionality, evaluation) and the practical sections (exercise sheets, safety protocols, recycled-materials variants). Together they designed a flexible evaluation annex and compiled a glossary.

Bilingual Manual “Humour and Resilience”: theoretical framework, flexible evaluation annex, trilingual glossary, and 57 detailed dynamics. Permanent circus–theater and well-being spaces: Granada – Casa Kuna: weekly workshop coordinated by Simona Ferrara. Brindisi – Ten Rock: regular circus-theater slot under the big top led by Gabriele Cagnazzo. Specialised 10-hour course for peer educators Presentation of new art-and-mental-health projects: KA122 “Re-Made in Prison” (textile upcycling with women in reduced-liberty regimes). KA210 “Between Generations” (social circus connecting young migrants and the elderly). Local and European cooperation networks Additional mobilities: extra stays at Ten Rock made possible through FES’s Erasmus+ Adult Education accreditation, deepening our synergy and feeding into future methodological updates. Staff training and user empowerment: eleven professionals earned certification in social circus and migrant mental health and are already applying the methodology within their organisations.