ART THERAPY

Art therapy utilizes creative arts in clinically-relevant ways based on the expressive therapies continuum. A treatment modality facilitated by a rigorously-trained and nationally- certified art psychotherapy clinician, art therapy can incorporate drawing, painting, sculpture, textiles, photography, digital art, collage, creative writing, somatic self-expression, and movement arts. Art therapists receive specialized, master’s-level training in using art media, the creative process and the resulting artwork as integral components of clinical mental health therapy. Art therapists support client engagement in therapeutic art making through individual, dyadic and family sessions that foster collaboration, facilitate communication, explore boundaries and identity, heal from trauma and loss, reduce interpersonal conflict, increase self-esteem, regulate emotions and moods, and cultivate adaptive coping skills.

Ages 3+