ART THERAPY
An integrative mental health and human services profession that enriches the lives of individuals, families, and communities through active art-making, creative process, applied psychological theory, and human experience within a psychotherapeutic relationship.
When facilitated by a professional art therapist, Art Therapy effectively supports personal and relational treatment goals as well as community concerns. Art Therapy is used to improve cognitive and sensory-motor functions, foster self-esteem and self-awareness, cultivate emotional resilience, promote insight, enhance social skills, reduce and resolve conflicts and distress, and advance societal and ecological change.
FEATURED PROJECTS (AND PROCESS)
MEL'S TREE
PLAYING NICELY
RESPONSE TO GIVING TREE
SAFE PLACE
LIFE-SIZED
BENEATH IT ALL
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MY VERSION OF THE STORY
ART THERAPY PROVIDES TOOLS TO ACCESS, UNDERSTAND AND SHARE MEMORIES/LIFE EVENTS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE LINGER AND FEEL UNRESOLVED.
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Tornadoes and Rainbows
EVEN YOUNG CHILDREN CAN EXPRESS HOW FEELINGS AND SITUATIONS IMPACT THEM AND THEN BE ABLE TO PLAN HOW TO MANAGE THEM
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CHILL
ADOLESCENTS AND MANY ADULTS NEED TO FIND/CREATE THEIR OWN PEACEFUL PLACE. CREATING IMAGES OF PEACEFUL OR SAFE PLACES EVOKES THAT FEELING AT THE MOMENT AND CAN INSPIRE MAKING CHANGES IN THEIR HOME/ENVIRONMENT TO CREATE A PEACEFUL ESCAPE
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LIFE-WORK BALANCE
ART THERAPY INTERVENTIONS ARE AN AVENUE FOR FURTHERING PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AS ONE EXPERIENCES THE SELF IN NEW WAYS
MAKE SURE
THE WALLS
YOU BUILD
TO PROTECT YOURSELF
DO NOT BECOME A PRISON
YUNG PUEBLO
SOMETIMES
WE FEEL LIKE EXPLODING--
NOT BECAUSE OF ANYTHING
OR TO HURT ANYONE
BUT SIMPLY
BECAUSE WE ARE GROWING,
RELEASING,
LETTING THE OLD PARTS DIE,
SO THAT NEW HABITS,
NEW WAYS OF BEING,
HAVE SPACE TO LIVE
YUNG PUEBLO
"...when a piece of art is successful, a viewer might be able to vicariously get to that transcendent, indescribable, healing place that the artist experienced in its creation." K. Gibbons
