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Healing with Art – Houston Art Therapy
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Healing With Art – Art Therapy in Houston
There is an increasing amount of research about how the creative process is beneficial to our wellness. Through art making, we have the opportunity to find our flow state and practice mindfulness. We also gain insight through pre-verbal and unconscious imagery, and discovering our own symbols that appear in our art. Through these art experiences, we are also able to address non-verbal and expressive development needs. We naturally process our world in this intuitive way, rediscover our creativity, and practice how to apply our wellness skills to our lives in these Healing with Art individual sessions and groups.
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What Is Art Therapy, Healing with Art & Art Wellness?
Art therapy integrates psychotherapeutic techniques with the creative process to improve mental health and well-being. Adults, teens and children do not need to have artistic ability or any special talents to participate in art therapy, and people of all ages, even adults can benefit from this therapeutic technique. For more information, please call us at 713-526-4444
How does Healing with Art work?
Through these experiential sessions and groups, you will connect with your creative process and innate creativity as a wellness practice with guided art exercises that are individualized for your healing. We explore the insights provided from these art exercises using an adapted Healing Circle format. Through art and this safe and supportive environment, anxiety is reduced, and we experience the joy of creating.
Through this creativity development you will experience the wellness skills that you can directly apply to your life.
You will explore how to use art as a wellness practice for centering, gaining insight, stress relief, selfexpression, interpersonal effectiveness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, creative growth, inspiration, mindfulness, discovering and removing obstacles to seeing yourself as whole, and experiencing joy.
OUr Therapies
Do I need to be an artist? No art experience is necessary.
Who would benefit from Art Therapy?
- Adults, teens, children 2.5 years +
- Clients seeking ways to deepen their capacity to heal and grow.
- Those experiencing life transitions.
- Anyone interested in creativity development as a wellness practice (see above).
- These sessions are individualized to the participant’s social, cognitive, psychological, and physical
functioning.
More About Wellness with Art – Art Therapy:
- Offers a supportive mental health and wellness art experience allowing participants to practice coping
skills, as well as identify and strengthen wellness skills. - This is not art therapy, so participants are not assessed or evaluated. Licensed clinicians could collaborate
for assessment and diagnostics. - Art & Art Therapy is used as an alternative modality for addressing non-verbal and expressive development needs.
Our Resident Art Therapist in Houston
Helen Spaw, MPS offers Healing with Art circles, individual sessions, workshops, programs, and events online and in-person. She has a wide range of experience as a therapist, art instructor, wellness through art program and group leader for all ages and abilities. She holds a master’s degree in Art Therapy and Creativity Development from Pratt Institute, and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology with an Art minor and focus in Art Therapy from the College of Santa Fe.
The Center For Healing Arts & Sciences
320 Branard St, Houston, TX 77006
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320 Branard St, Houston, TX 77006
Call or Text Us: (713) 526-4444