Each week, I try to attend a 30-minute art-making session in community where we do bilateral drawing. I do my best not to miss it because this particular creative practice helps me come into my body, ground, process emotions, release, and just find my flow in a piece of art that has absolutely no rules. …
Can you see the light? Not quite, right? That’s because the web of unhealed resentment is creating a barrier. This was a piece of art I made in session with a client who showed up ready to face her resentment from a place of curiosity. She made the intention to get to know it a …
As a therapist, I take my own mental health and overall well-being very seriously. I’m always deep in process, working diligently on my own healing and growth. I have an Art Therapist who I work with weekly, but from time to time I like to dabble in something new–adventure is one of my core values! …
It started with a small branch I spotted while walking by the lake. I placed it in my journal and waited. The story will always arrive. In words or otherwise. All we have to do is close our eyes and listen. The lake, the seagull, the sweet Spring sun. There is more than enough beauty …
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Red is one of those colours that I’ve noticed many of us often have an interesting relationship with. I’ve had clients who only use it when they feel anger or rage, others who use it exclusively to express love, and some who just won’t use it at all because it feels too intense. I get …
This past week, a client worked through a heavy emotion and found herself wishing for more lightness, so I invited her into a mindfulness exercise where she connected with her body and breath and found that lightness in her body. Then I invited her to go around her space and find any art materials that …