Art Therapy

” I found I could say things with colors and shapes that I had no words for.”

 – Georgia O’Keefe

Art Therapy

As defined by the American Art Therapy Association (AATA), “Art therapy is a mental health profession in which clients, facilitated by the art therapist, use art media, the creative process, and the resulting artwork to explore their feelings, reconcile emotional conflicts, foster self-awareness, manage behavior and addictions, develop social skills, improve reality orientation, reduce anxiety, and increase self-esteem. A goal in art therapy is to improve or restore a client’s functioning and his/her sense of personal well-being.”

Art Therapy is a process wherein an individual(s) engages with art materials to:
  • express feelings
  • play
  • create healthy connections with others
  • organize
  • problem-solve
  • make decisions
  • increase frustration tolerance
  • empower oneself
  • increase self-esteem
  • increase impulse control
  • self-soothe
  • connect to one’s creativity & imagination
  • experience pleasure & joy
Art Therapy is a way to express feelings safely, feelings that cannot always be put into words.  It is a bridge to these feelings offering a path for expression.
Art Therapy is not an art class.  There is no judgement of the imagery created and expressed.  No artistic talent is required to find meaning and value in the creative process.

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"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for."

– Georgia O’Keefe

"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."

– Stephen Sondheim

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."

– Henry Ward Beecher

“Art is a way of survival."

- Yoko Ono

"If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

– Vincent Van Gogh

“Creating artwork allows your mind to be in a safe place while it contemplates the tougher issues you are dealing with.”

– George E. Miller

“Art is coming face to face with yourself."

- Jackson Pollock

“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”

- Aristotle

“One eye sees, the other feels."

- Paul Klee

COVID-19 Policy:

In-person sessions are currently being offered to fully vaccinated clients 5 years of age and up. Documentation of fully vaccinated status is required.

To contact me, fill out the form below or call me at (609) 577-0647

For emergencies please call 911 or visit your nearest hospital.

65 South Main Street, Suite B-001, Pennington, NJ, 08534