Art and Music Therapy

Like any modality of treatment, you work with a therapist, in this case an art therapist, to get to the root of your issues. Art therapists are trained to understand the roles that color, texture, and various art media can play in the therapeutic process and how these tools can help reveal one’s thoughts, feelings, and psychological disposition. When you have finished a piece of artwork, and sometimes while you are still working on it, the therapist will ask you questions about how the artistic process makes you feel, what was easy or difficult about creating your work, and what thoughts or memories you may have had while you were working.

Music Therapy can be a similar process where you work with one of our credentialed professionals who has completed an approved music therapy program. You work with them to create and then analyze a piece of music you’ve made in the same way you would with art therapy, or it can involve listening to or responding to a piece of music. Some therapists use a combined approach that involves both active and passive interactions with music. Both can be done with an individual or with a group.