ART THERAPY
Maybe words don't come easy, or there’s simply too much to say. When our inner world feels intolerable communicating painful feelings can be difficult. Art therapy offers a gentle, soothing, and playful way to be with and explore difficult feelings, thoughts, and situations. Art therapy is for anyone who enjoys expressing themselves through art. Art making externalizes challenging feelings, stories, and events, while creating space to process complex emotions and reframe difficult life experiences. Making art within the safety of a therapeutic relationship fosters creativity and psychological processes to enhance mental health and emotional well being.
All images, skill sets, and abilities are welcomed with warmth and respect.
Our soul speaks through colour, metaphor, and images. Create space to listen and the strength to respond.
BUT WHAT DOES IT DO?
- Art making can sooth, relax, and calm the nervous system making it easier to acknowledge and sit with challenging emotions
- Art therapy can be useful in expressing thoughts, feelings, and memories; bringing together inner sensations with external experiences to create a cohesive narrative
- Art therapy encourages self exploration, insight, and present moment awareness
- Reflecting on images within the therapeutic relationship creates space for reframing challenging situations, reflecting on personal choices, exploring alternative actions and behaviours
ART THERAPY IS AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY & IN PERSON
ART THERAPY offers a gentle, soothing, and playful way to be with and process difficult feelings, thoughts, and situations through a variety of art mediums.
ART THERAPY FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH individual sessions offer children and youth a space to process life’s challenges and learn new skills within a supportive and empathetic environment. Sessions are available for children 10 years and older.
DYADIC ART THERAPY SESSIONS offer a parent and child the opportunity to connect through joint art making and play. This process can build empathy, understanding, and enhance emotional awareness. Structured activities and tailored interventions are designed to meet your goals.
Individual sessions offer children and youth a space to process life’s challenges and learn new skills within a supportive and empathetic environment. Art therapy is available for children 10 years and older.
- Art making within a therapeutic relationships encourages children to visually and verbally communicate their inner experience
- Art therapy can be used to identify strengths, foster coping mechanisms, and provide tools for responding to challenging thoughts, feelings, and situations
- Sensory materials help children to connect their inner world and external experiences
- Art therapy offers a gentle way to explore and understand a child’s experience of actions, outcomes, consequences, and behaviour
- Art therapy can help children identify and explore their own and others' points of view, hopes, wishes, feelings, and values
SOME COMMON PRESENTING CONCERNS INCLUDE
Anxiety and Depression
Anger
Emotional Regulation
Divorce and separation
Bullying and peer issues
Grief and loss
Life transitions
Self-esteem
Autism and ADHD
“Art is the voice of our soul: at times it sings, at times it screams, but it always needs to be heard.”
- Cheryl Ann Webster
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