"Art therapy combines the creative process and psychotherapy, facilitating self-exploration and understanding. Using imagery, colour and shape as part of this creative therapeutic process, thoughts and feelings can be expressed that would otherwise be difficult to articulate" (The Canadian Art Therapy Association, 2017).
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Example

Energy sketches are a great starting place to check-in with where you're at the beginning of a session. 

See Workshops for more examples of ways in which art-making can support wellbeing and be incorportated into the therapeutic experience.

"Art heals the soul’s wounds." -Shaun McNiff

​WHY INCLUDE ART IN THERAPY?

Art making is a sacred way of accessing a deeper part of ourselves, helping us to re-imagine the past and envision a brighter future. Through the art, we can tap into a force and wisdom greater than our habitual thinking. Art-making can be a way to communicate when words are too challenging or fail to capture the complexity of our experiences. It can help to externalize challenges and to befriend, care for, and empower various aspects of ourselves, such as the nurturing mother, wounded baby, or critical beast. Art expression can help us to calm and soothe ourselves, contain emotions, and tap into creative problem-solving. As we engage with the art materials, we can be moved in return.​

"Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change – it can not only move us, it makes us move." - Ossie Davis