Art Therapy
Oftentimes, the words we want or need to say aren't accessible or effective when we're stuck, hurting or afraid.
Art Therapy helps you experience yourself in ways that can:
It does not matter if you consider your child or yourself "artistic" or "creative." Art and other expressive therapies simply offer a guided, safe and freeing way to communicate beyond words for people of all ages. People have used images to share ideas long before we used language. Talking matters, but it isn't all that matters.
For children (and our own inner child!), keep in mind that art and play are developmentally natural communication tools that come easily to them. It makes sense that effective mental health intervention capitalizes on these in order to best understand and help your child, no matter what the presenting concern may be.
Art making undoubtedly helps kids to be their best selves, teens to find hope and relief, and adults to reconnect with parts of themselves in meaningful ways that change their lives for the better.
Check out this article to read some the research yourself about the benefits of art therapy: What Happens in Your Brain when You Make Art
Art Therapy helps you experience yourself in ways that can:
- express difficult thoughts & feelings
- release tension and pain
- gain new insight & clarity
- relieve insecurities
- allow meaningful support
- connect your inner and outer worlds in meaningful ways.
It does not matter if you consider your child or yourself "artistic" or "creative." Art and other expressive therapies simply offer a guided, safe and freeing way to communicate beyond words for people of all ages. People have used images to share ideas long before we used language. Talking matters, but it isn't all that matters.
For children (and our own inner child!), keep in mind that art and play are developmentally natural communication tools that come easily to them. It makes sense that effective mental health intervention capitalizes on these in order to best understand and help your child, no matter what the presenting concern may be.
Art making undoubtedly helps kids to be their best selves, teens to find hope and relief, and adults to reconnect with parts of themselves in meaningful ways that change their lives for the better.
Check out this article to read some the research yourself about the benefits of art therapy: What Happens in Your Brain when You Make Art
"I found I could say things with colors & shapes
that I couldn’t say any other way- things I had no words for.” ~ G.0.
