Expressive Art Therapy: background

Expressive arts therapy is an intermodal art approach to therapy. It posits that combining the visual arts, movement, drama, music, writing, and other creative processes can foster deep personal growth and community development (www.ieata.org). 

Nature is a powerful healer and many times we feel most rested and relaxed and inspired when engaged in the natural world, as posited by Ecopsychology (T. Roszak). I use this inherent connection with the environment along with the expressive arts process and traditional counseling best practices to allow you the most rewarding therapeutic process possible. I call this therapeutic process: Ecopsychological Expressive Art Therapy.

Healing becomes a natural blossoming of renewal not only for you the individual, but your family, the community, and the environment you live in. Intermodal transfer is a way of creative movement between different modalities of art that facilitate the natural healing process through mindfulness arts creation and reflection.

Expressive Art Therapy and Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy

Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy is a form of experiential psychotherapy which includes mutually beneficial equine activities providing a client with the opportunity to re-pattern maladaptive behaviors and enhance self-awareness (https://www.pathintl.org/). It can be effectively used with many mental health issues such as, but not limited to depression, trauma, anxiety, and other psycho-social issues.

For those who could benefit from non-traditional mental health office space, connecting with horses at a horse farm can be an option.