Art Therapy
Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing. ~Georgia O’Keefe
sensory based, often non-verbal, experiential psychotherapy
integrates implicit procedural and emotional maps created in the first three years of life primarily stored in the right brain which communicates nonverbally
gives form to what words cannot describe
focuses on each individual’s process using art mediums as languages to communicate with rather than on the finished product or technique
creates a visual record of your work and growth over time
can externalize and help metabolize physically held emotions and experiences inaccessible to cognitive memory
promotes neuroplasticity through engaging many areas of the brain at once
encourages new pathways to insight and understanding
offers a humanistic way to explore and honor the depths and complexities of life, identity, and your creativity (no experience necessary)
respects the dignity and creative capacities for healing within each person
attunes to tending preverbal attachment based and developmental wounds