Art therapy offers a non-verbal approach for when there are no words to define our experience or when those experiences have gone unspoken.
While the prospect of making art can sometimes elicit anxiety in the maker, with the support of an unbiased presence in a safe, non-judgmental space, art therapy can build an illuminating bridge between one’s lived experience and the words to communicate that experience to others, as well as a door to one’s inner voice and intuition. Furthermore, art-making helps us to access the parts of the brain associated with emotions and memories which can be harder to reach than through words alone, and provides an invaluable opportunity to reconnect with our inborn capacity for curiosity, experimentation and play, all of which can lead to useful guidance and insight within the therapeutic process. I also offer adjunctive art therapy assessment and treatment for clients already engaged in psychotherapy with a clinician they trust.
