Yesterday I held a family Expressive Arts Therapy session with two sisters and the theme we explored was vulnerability. I played a short Brene Brown clip as we eased our way into exploring the art materials. We spent some time with Brene’s quote about vulnerability, being with uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure and we leaned into …
Having the honour of witnessing and holding my clients is one of the biggest blessings in my life. It’s also a responsibility and a trust that I take very seriously. I learned early on in my private practice that the only way to uphold this tremendous trust that my clients put in me every day …
Do you ever feel small sometimes? What’s that like for you? Do you know what makes you feel small? Where it lands on your body? What your gut reaction is? Today I explored this with a client during our grounding and mindfulness exercise at the beginning of her expressive arts therapy session. It isn’t easy …
Today I invited a client to come into her body, connect with her breath and see what need she was most present with. We spent a few moments breathing into that need, welcoming it, exploring it. Then I invited her to reach for a colour that she felt most inclined to and to bring her …
Expressive Arts Therapy is a person-centered, relational and experiential arts-based approach to psychotherapy that engages the client through a process of creative self-discovery as a way to reconnect with their inner strengths and resources. Clients may explore issues through visual art, creative writing, poetry, drama, music, voice and movement as catalysts for personal inquiry and …
Sometimes this work is heavy. Really heavy. And holding all that it brings can feel like a lot. I had to do a suicide intervention this week with a client who is just a young girl, only 14 years old. I hadn’t needed to support an actively suicidal client since beginning my career in Expressive …