Origin

Unwalled Sanctuary began on December 8, 2016.
I brought the concept to therapeutic coworking with a colleague at a New York nonprofit.
That coworking — my life in process project — lasted six years, plus three years of documentation.
In that container, I developed the framework:
The space needed no walls.
No clinical hierarchy.
No “above and below.”
I built the current practice on that work.BACKGROUNDAt five years old, the arts saved me. I had too much energy for rigid walls and doctrinal teachings. I belonged in motion—performing, dancing, singing, and reciting. I learned entirely by doing, by listening, and by holding space in real life. That skill set became my life's work.Later in life, (2010-2015)
I spent five consecutive years embedded in a rigorous, intensive model of deep human inquiry. By year three, my mentor recognized a rare trait in me: the capacity to be an objective, deep-space witness. That recognition sparked a deep understanding of how to purely hold space for others.In 2015, I did a 40-day inward self-observation art project:
mask off / the mirror.
It shifted the work into visual documentation.
Ten years of photo shoots and site work examine one question:How can a place hold a person?The answer became assemblages.
The assemblages became artpictures.
The artpictures are what remain.
These pieces were built from 2010 to 2025.Most of them are gone now.
I do not keep them forever,
because the work is complete.
The question was answered in practice.
That practice is Unwalled Sanctuary.I create to see myself.
When the work is fulfilled it disappears into air.
It comes only to do what it was here to do.
Unwalled Sanctuary runs the same format.This is not therapy.
This is not treatment.
This is the work that built the witness.The assemblages — built from 2010 to 2025, now preserved as art photographs — were the proof.
The images are evidence of walkable roads.APPROACHSessions are 60 minutes.
No notes. No recordings. No files.
The container is peer-to-peer.
This is not therapy, counseling, or medical treatment.This is not about overcoming.
This is about occupying the room you’re already in.
This is about remembering who you truly are and coming back to your true self.The session comes to do what it’s here to do, then it ends.
I’m the witness.FOUNDER
Kitty Campbell
Peer Listener | Artist | Researcher

Roots
How can space hold a person?

Walkable Roads
No walls.
No clinical hierarchy.
No "above and below."

She remembered who she was
I drew her face so she wouldn’t disappear.

Sour sweet honeycomb
2015 - 2025
Sour gave her the sweetness of life.

Mask off - The mirror
2015 - 40-day inward self - observation
art project: mask off / the mirror.

The window to knowledge
2010-2025: from dark navy to baby blue spirals. 9 different murals. Breathe.

Arrived
Water always knows the way back home.