i’m just not good with word vomiting
There can be a lot of pressure to come up with words for every session. Especially if your brain thinks in pictures.
Art therapy isn’t just for kids, it’s for people like you.
It’s about using a different way to communicate.
It’s a way to get at things you don’t have words for, or for bringing to light things that you haven’t noticed before or thought of in a long time.
No drawing skills required.
Anyone can make art. When we make art in therapy, it’s much more about the process than the final product.
It really doesn’t matter how “good” your art is. What matters is what it meant for you while you were creating it, and what symbols you have unconsciously put into the piece.
Because yes, that will happen. You probably won’t realize it until we’re sitting there talking about your image, but there it will be – a hidden answer, an unresolved feeling. It always comes out in the art.
What you can expect an in an Art Therapy session
50 minutes of “Me” time where you’ll get
- encouragement to try something new
- hope that this time therapy will work for you
- support as you overcome your challenges
- a new way to look at your world
- new coping skills
- in touch with your inner child, inner goddess, or inner wise person
But if you don’t like to make art, no worries.
I have lots of creative ways to help you work through whatever is holding you back from creating the life you want. Maybe I’ll draw something to illustrate a point.
Heck, we might even go crazy and get out the watercolors. Whatever we try, I can promise you it won’t be anything you can’t handle.
In fact, clients tell me bringing abstract ideas into visual metaphors helps them see what they’ve been missing. Click on the button below if you’re curious to see what you’ve been missing.
Ready to trade your “internal screaming” for some “expressive splashing”?
You know you’re ready for art therapy with Laura when…
- You’ve realized that talking about your feelings is exhausting, but hitting a piece of clay or throwing blue paint at a canvas sounds like the most logical thing you’ve heard all week.
- You realized your last journal entry wasn’t actually words, but just a very dark, very dense circle that took up three pages and used up an entire Sharpie.
- Your house is currently covered in so many craft supplies and unfinished projects that your friends can’t tell if you’re a visionary artist or just a raccoon with a Michael’s gift card.
- You’ve colored every single mandala in your book, but instead of feeling more zen, you’re now spiraling because you used “Sunset Orange” instead of “Muted Marigold” on a petal.
- You find yourself staring at the spaghetti sauce splatter on your shirt and seeing a profound, tragic metaphor for your unresolved childhood trauma.
Art therapy isn’t about being “good” at art; it’s about using creative expression to say the things that words usually mess up. It’s a way to get the chaos out of your head and into the real world. If you’re ready to take that step, scroll down and schedule.