Therapeutic Art Activity

Therapeutic Art activity and workshops

Sometimes words are not available to process the inner thoughts and feelings you hope to express while sitting on a couch in traditional therapy. Perhaps you are looking for a creative outlet that provides inner healing, explores personal self-worth, and explores the peaks and valleys of everyday life. Therapeutic art activity can be a fun and prolific way to examine the inner voice.

Prior to becoming a therapist, Michael was an art educator and studied the elements and principles of art and design. While teaching he found his students would communicate their thoughts and feelings through expressive lines, shapes, and forms. His student’s expressive language would often open the door to further inner realizations and encouraged self-discovery.

Clay provides the creator a medium that is flexible at first and requires nurturing and maintenance throughout the course of shaping. As the clay is molded it can dry out becoming brittle and can crack or break. However, when the clay is sustained with moisture it can continue to be pliable. The nature of the clay holds a variety of analogies to self-care and sustaining positive mental health.

Michael uses therapeutic art activity with individual clients and offers workshops for groups. Michael works with all types of groups: corporate groups, families, friend groups. Michael can gear projects to a variety of themes and subject matters. Pictured are three project ideas and a short description (from left to right). Other project ideas can be explored during the initial scheduling of a workshop or individual session.

Pinch Pots with a Lid: We will process internal and external and positive and negative pressures that form or shape us.

Slab Lantern: We will focus on our talents and gifts that we want to share with others.

Coil Mug: We will explore the analogy of an upward spiral and process life’s joys and roadblocks to positive mental health. Goal setting