Beyond The Lens Project | The Philip A. Droulia Foundation

Empowering adolescents facing substance use and mental health challenges through transformative recovery programs that integrate the healing power of the arts and photography.

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What We Do

  • Our hope is to end the stigma around addiction and help loved ones through structured action and unique approaches.

  • Our mission is to provide scholarship funding to accredited and licensed recovery high schools and recovery programs on their road to recovery through the Arts and Humanities.

  • Educating our audience through educational information about addiction and providing helpful resources for those in need.

  • Beyond The Lens Project was recently featured in Mount Lebanon Magazine. “It’s important to me to continue to share Philip’s vision of the world.”

Photography promotes creative expression, offering a constructive outlet for individuals to process their experiences in a supportive environment. Creative arts therapy fosters self-reflection, emotional regulation, and community connection, significantly enhancing the healing journey. This combination of self-expression and therapeutic support enables individuals in recovery to rediscover their inner strength and attain lasting positive changes, clarity in self-identity, healing from trauma, increased self-esteem, and emotional growth.  

Images below by Philip Droulia