Clematis Bloom Therapy

Child, Family, and Adult Counseling,

Psychotherapy and Art Therapy

Art Therapy

What is Art Therapy?

Art therapy is a unique and powerful mental health approach that uses art-making to help you explore your thoughts and emotions. It’s facilitated by a professional therapist who guides you through the creative process to help you gain insight, build self-awareness, and find new ways to express yourself beyond words.

This type of therapy can be incredibly effective for improving your mental well-being and emotional resilience. By engaging your mind, body, and spirit, art therapy helps to resolve internal conflicts and reduces distress in a way that is distinct from traditional talk therapy.

Defining Art Therapy

According to the American Art Therapy Association, art therapy is a professional mental health practice that enriches the lives of individuals, families, and communities. It uses active art-making and creative processes within a therapeutic relationship to achieve treatment goals.

Guided by a professional art therapist, this practice is designed to help improve cognitive and motor functions, foster self-esteem, and cultivate emotional resilience. By using visual and symbolic expression, art therapy provides a way to communicate experiences and empower healing in a manner that can go beyond the limitations of language alone.

“Creating artwork allows your mind to be in a safe place while it contemplates the tougher issues you are dealing with. One can use the tools of brush, paint, pastels, crayons etc to expose and even for a short time color those issues in a different light.”
― George E. Miller