Child, Youth & Family Art Therapist - Specializing in children and youth with Developmental Disabilities

Serving the Tri-Cites & Metro Vancouver, BCC

* Looking to bridge the emotional world with the physical world?
* Looking to create long-term solutions to enhance quality of life?

Art therapy can benefit individuals with a variety of issues:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Anger
• Loss or separation from one parent or guardian
• Sexual or physical abuse
• The social, emotional, physical and cognitive challenges involved with a developmental disability
• Unresolved family issues
• Poor self-esteem
• Individuals who have difficulty expressing their emotions or have difficulty speaking about themselves

Here, you will find a professional practitioner who has the following values:

• Respects and embraces diversity
• Aims to understand and respect your cultural background
• Recognizes that healthy family relationships can exist when diversity exists

Art Therapy is a self-discovery process that can be life enhancing. The purpose of Art Therapy is much the same as in any other psychotherapeutic modality: to improve or maintain mental health and emotional well-being. Art Therapy generally utilizes drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and other forms of visual art expression to reveal hidden layers of an individual’s issues. The witnessing of the individual's creative expression, within the safe, non-threatening therapeutic space, coupled with the powerful imagery gives a place for his or her historical and emotional content to be realized.