Art Therapy

 

 

By appointment

 

CREATE's trained, credentialed and experienced art therapists are available to work with children and adults, individually and in groups. The arts can help facilitate expression of thoughts and emotions. Art therapy is used to work with people with cognitive, behavioral, or emotional needs...helping build a relationship with an autistic child, working through the grieving process, making parent/child relationships work more smoothly, helping families work together, etc.

 

 

Autistic Children and Teens

 

CREATE Arts Center has developed a new arts program specifically designed for children and adolescents with Autism or Autistic features.Using a variety of art materials, the art activity is used as an opportunity to develop relationships between the child, the therapist, and group members. We find that children find comfort in repetitive activities and will allow the student many sessions with the same material, introducing slight variations, and eventually, together, we will choose other projects.

We offer short and long term programs for children, teens & adults in individual or group sessions. Goals of the group are:

• Increase interaction with therapist and others
• Increase range of interests and activities
• Build concept of self
• Build independence
• Build confidence
• Create sense of responsibility
• Improve memory by carrying over from home and school to the session and from session to session

 

Change comes slowly, so patience and support from the adult caretaker is crucial. Regularly scheduled conferences are offered.

 

 

 

 

Studio Downstairs: A Working Art Studio & Therapeutic Community

 

Studio Downstairs is a special project of CREATE Arts Center. Studio Downstairs is a community for the arts, where adults who might otherwise be too vulnerable to attend school or vocational programs, can meet in a non-institutional setting and where the making of art is linked to the therapeutic process of feeling more alive and social.

Studio members may have experienced emotional distress, but here there is no stigma of mental or physical illness and the artwork is taken seriously. At Studio Downstairs, we believe that art is a powerful means of communication and healing. New members are always welcome.

 

Studio Downstairs is led by
Sally Brucker, ATR, ACSW, LPC and
Heena Genti, MA/Art Therapist.
Days: Wednesdays & Fridays
Time: 11:00-2:00 pm.

 

 

Learn more about Studio Downstairs at www.studiodownstairs.org.

 

 

 

 

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