Art Therapy
“Life challenges us to evolve. Art therapy is a safe space for exploration and rehearsal of new ways of being. It expands and anchors your emerging wisdom.”
Why Choose Art Therapy ?
Art therapy can take people where words alone cannot. People largely think in pictures. We mostly dream in pictures. We thought in pictures before we had language. The human brain has a strong visual dominance. Images have a special power to express, to hold meaning, and to communicate with others. This makes art therapy effective for everyone. It can be especially valuable when dealing with problems that aren’t encoded in the brain in words, such as trauma and pre-verbal experiences.
How is it effective ?
Art Therapy is a powerful modality that enhances the therapeutic experience. It creates a deeply personalized process to address each client’s unique concerns. Art Therapy recognizes there is an artist in each of us, available as a natural healing resource. It requires no special skill or talent, just a willingness to participate. Art therapy engages your brain on multiple levels – the sensory, kinesthetic, perceptual, emotional, cognitive, and symbolic. It supports thinking more holistically. It helps create deeper ways of knowing. The process stimulates insight and helps integrate emerging awareness. The brain shifts into a flow state during creativity, one of heightened awareness and deepened relaxation. This creative place is a bridge between the conscious and the subconscious mind, allowing communication between them. It is a bridge between the abstract and the concrete, making thoughts and feelings visible for processing, integration, and transformation. It is a bridge between what is and what is becoming, facilitating growth.
