ABOUT EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY

Expressive arts therapy is a cutting edge approach to addressing life’s challenges.  The experience of expressive arts might be the creation of a painting, writing of a poem, or simply a movement of the hand. Within these creative expressions lie opportunities for spaces to open and for ideas and beliefs to expand.  These are stories of possibilities.  These are the sounds when meaning is echoed in suffering.  We may delight in the surprise that emerges from ones’ work with the image, the word, or the song.

Rather than interpret their meaning we may engage with what is expressed by allowing it to speak, to tell the story of their creation, to dramatize through body movement, or simply to be with the image and listen to its’ message.  We may breathe life into what is created and journey further as we follow its’ unfolding.  Immersion into the healing power of the arts offers fresh perspectives, increased potential for change, insight, and deeper connection to self and others.