WHAT IS EXPRESSIVE THERAPY?

The choice to tell without talking.

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Expressive therapy allows the client to establish a distance between themselves and distressing reactions and to authentically express uncomfortable feelings, perceptions and thoughts. Through movements, words, visual images, sounds and rhythms clients are able to:

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• Focus on the present moment, identify emotional responses, and find the connection between emotions and body awareness

 

• Make emotions visible and bring conflicting emotions together in a coherent image​

 

• Modulate emotional responses and find new ways to experiment with new responses to difficult feelings​​

 

• Increase self-confidence and self-efficacy​

 

• Put emotional and non-verbal experiences into words in order to better understand them  

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Researchers in the field of expressive therapy have recently completed a study in which they found evidence of the following: Clients in expressive therapy increase perception and self-perception, experience personal integration, discover emotion and impulse regulation, and bring about behavior change.  In addition, clients are able to increase their insight and comprehension. 

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The Creative Connection 

The interplay among movement, images, writing, and sound opens us up to a free flow of thoughts and feelings

 

 

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