Art Therapy for Adults

What is it?

Art therapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses creative processes—such as drawing, painting, collage, or working with images—to explore thoughts, feelings, experiences, and relationships.

You don't need any artistic experience or particular skill. The focus isn't on making “good art,” but on using creativity as another way of expressing and understanding yourself.

What does it look like?

It can look different for everyone, and what works best for you is something we can figure out together. We might start with a brief check-in to explore how you’re feeling and if there’s anything you might want to focus on. You might then choose to work creatively using materials such as drawing, painting, collage, or clay.

There can be as much or as little art-making as you like. Some people prefer to talk while they’re making art, others prefer to work quietly and might reflect on the process later, and sometimes art-making might not feel right at all that day, and they prefer to spend the session talking.

Through our work, we’ll gently explore some deeper patterns that may be underlying what you’re feeling, and work together to untangle some of these knots. I’ll bring curiosity, openness, and support to the process, while also gently challenging you when I feel it could help you see something from a different perspective.

How can it help?

Art therapy can offer a different way of slowing down, noticing what you’re feeling, and making sense of experiences that may be difficult to put into words, by connecting with a different, more creative part of yourself.

It can help you:

  • explore and express your emotions

  • understand recurring thoughts, patterns, or experiences

  • process difficult or overwhelming experiences

  • develop greater self-awareness and self-compassion

  • find new perspectives on challenges

  • reconnect with your creativity, curiosity, and sense of play

  • and create space for change and personal growth

You don't need to know where to start, what you want to make, or even what you want to talk about.

We can begin from wherever you are.

Who is it for?

Like talking therapies, it can be helpful for anyone feeling overwhelmed, stuck, disconnected, lost, anxious, or weighed down by difficult emotions or experiences.

It may also be a good fit if you feel curious about your relationship with creativity—whether creativity has always been an important part of your life, you’ve lost touch with it somewhere along the way, or you’ve never really considered yourself creative at all. Perhaps you’ve tried talking therapy and felt that something was missing, or you’re looking for a more embodied, experiential way of exploring your inner world.