Art Therapy

Art Ther­a­py is a ther­a­peu­tic ser­vice that uti­lizes cre­ative expres­sive medi­ums to reframe chal­leng­ing life issues, gain deep­er insight, pro­vide emo­tion­al relief, increase self-con­­fi­­dence, and strength­en resiliency.

Ther­a­py is a ther­a­peu­tic ser­vice that uti­lizes cre­ative expres­sive medi­ums to reframe chal­leng­ing life issues, gain deep­er insight, pro­vide emo­tion­al relief, increase self-con­fi­dence, and strength­en resiliency.

Art-mak­ing stim­u­lates, sup­ports and re-struc­tures our neur­al net­works by engag­ing in mean­ing­ful sen­so­ry process­es. Pro­duc­tion and reflec­tion of per­son­al cre­ations offer new per­spec­tives that are solu­tion-focused. Enhanced com­pre­hen­sion of iden­ti­ty and embod­ied pur­pose are out­comes of Art Therapy. 

Do I Have to be an Artist?

The fact that you make per­son­al deci­sions every­day based on who you think you are makes you a cre­ator of your real­i­ty and there­fore an artist of your life. No tech­ni­cal art skills are required for you to suc­ceed at Art Ther­a­py. An Art Ther­a­pist is not an art teacher; but rather a com­pas­sion­ate com­pan­ion on your cre­ative life journey.

he fact that you make per­son­al deci­sions every­day based on who you think you are makes you a cre­ator of your real­i­ty and there­fore an artist of your life. No tech­ni­cal art skills are required for you to suc­ceed at Art Ther­a­py. An Art Ther­a­pist is not an art teacher; but rather a com­pas­sion­ate com­pan­ion on your cre­ative life journey.

What does an Art Ther­a­py ses­sion look like?

Sim­i­lar to a men­tal health coun­sel­ing ses­sion, active lis­ten­ing, empath­ic wit­ness­ing, emo­tion­al val­i­da­tion and mind­ful­ness prac­tices occur with­in the 60min encounter. The tri­an­gu­lar rela­tion­ship between the art, the art ther­a­pist, and you as patient make for a syn­er­gis­tic ses­sion help­ing to sup­port your goals in a mul­ti-modal way.

A mul­ti­tude of medi­ums are avail­able to com­mu­ni­cate sub­con­scious cor­re­la­tions to the con­scious­ness of the patient and to the art ther­a­pist regard­ing the spe­cif­ic issue that a patient is work­ing to resolve. The art ther­a­pist will sug­gest art direc­tives suit­ing your spe­cif­ic needs to increase aware­ness, tol­er­ance, and to pro­vide alter­na­tive solutions.

imi­lar to a men­tal health coun­sel­ing ses­sion, active lis­ten­ing, empath­ic wit­ness­ing, emo­tion­al val­i­da­tion and mind­ful­ness prac­tices occur with­in the 60min encounter. The tri­an­gu­lar rela­tion­ship between the art, the art ther­a­pist, and you as patient make for a syn­er­gis­tic ses­sion help­ing to sup­port your goals in a mul­ti-modal way.

A mul­ti­tude of medi­ums are avail­able to com­mu­ni­cate sub­con­scious cor­re­la­tions to the con­scious­ness of the patient and to the art ther­a­pist regard­ing the spe­cif­ic issue that a patient is work­ing to resolve. The art ther­a­pist will sug­gest art direc­tives suit­ing your spe­cif­ic needs to increase aware­ness, tol­er­ance, and to pro­vide alter­na­tive solutions.

What are the ben­e­fits of Art Therapy?

Cre­ative expres­sion is an adap­to­gen in its abil­i­ty to relieve an anx­ious ner­vous sys­tem or arouse a depres­sive state towards empow­ered action. The patient sets the pace and is nev­er forced to par­tic­i­pate in a way that caus­es dis­tress. At times sub­con­scious mate­r­i­al may arise that is uncom­fort­able. An art ther­a­pist is trained to re-estab­lish trust and will pos­i­tiv­i­ty process any­thing that might emerge.

Is Art Ther­a­py right for me?

All indi­vid­u­als begin their life in a high­ly cre­ative state, whether through social or imag­i­nary play, dress-up, draw­ing, build­ing, singing, danc­ing, jok­ing, sto­ry-telling, cre­ative writ­ing or any num­ber of expres­sive acts. Chil­dren all start off draw­ing with­out self-judg­ment as it is a vital form of ear­ly and effec­tive com­mu­ni­ca­tion. This means that we all start off as cre­ative beings com­mu­ni­cat­ing not only to oth­ers that we exist unique­ly but also as a way to self-reflect.

As an adult, even if you are a sci­en­tist and do not con­sid­er your­self an artist, the same brain net­works are employed in both inven­tive pur­suits. Neu­ro­log­i­cal­ly speak­ing, this is what we are real­ly inter­est­ed in – re-struc­tur­ing the brain in ben­e­fi­cial ways for your men­tal health and qual­i­ty of life!

An Art Ther­a­pist deeply val­ues that part of you that has the capac­i­ty to cre­ate beau­ty and mean­ing as you once did with­out ever doubt­ing your abil­i­ty to do so. For many of us the inner artist is told to stay in hid­ing and as we grow it gets lost and under­mined in the world of adult­ing. An Art Ther­a­pist reminds you of your inher­ent abil­i­ty to cre­ate and encour­ages you to re-acti­vate that skill into a high­er func­tion­ing lev­el of devel­op­ment so that you can ben­e­fit from its potential.