Although I am primarily offering EMDR therapy, the arts can be a great tool alongside. Integrative Arts Psychotherapy (IAP) can assist in raising awareness of emotion or trauma stored in the body, unpicking a spoken metaphor, music (eg.a pertinent lyric, a soundtrack to a time) -to using sand tray or visual arts. There is no right or wrong way, and you do not have to be 'good at art'.
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Each artform helps to externalise feeling to look at things from different angles- whether exploring relationships in the sand tray or voicing unsaid words, making a playlist, painting/ drawing, picking postcards, or distilling words into stories or poems. This can be cathartic, soothing and a way to 'empty out'. Journalling or sketchbooks can also be a great tool in between sessions.
Integrative Arts Psychotherapy can involve:
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Visual Art- drawing, painting, collage, clay, photography, film
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Sand tray- using found objects in a sand tray
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Bodywork- linking emotions to the body (without touch)
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Music/ Found Sound/ Playlists
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Drama/ Movement/ Puppets
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Poetry & Storytelling- creative writing, using lyrics and poems
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Postcards- sometimes found images really strike a chord