Art Therapy

When words are not enough...

Art therapy is a mental health profession that combines the creative powers of art with the therapeutic process of psychotherapy. Art therapy works from the basic principle that the therapeutic use of art, a form of self-expression, facilitates the release and exploration of a wide range of emotions in a safe and contained framework in order to create a coherent narrative. The focus of art therapy is not on the end product created but on the process by which it is created.

Art therapy is used with children, adolescents, adult, older adults groups and families. Please contact our Counselling offices if you are interested in participating in art therapy.

 

Six year old male:
Picture of his heart after a particularly hard day. Black= bad, then blue, red  Yellow = good. He ripped up his heart because he did not like feeling this way. He asked that the pieces be kept in an envelope because he really did feel that way.

13 year old female:
Sexually abused. This picture represents how she felt.

Female in 20's:
Grief, loss of her mother.

Boy age 6:
Angry at his mother.