Caro White Counselling

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled in vain with.
- Carl Jung

Just like counselling, art therapy helps to resolve a variety of issues and internal conflicts. It uses creative processes like drawing, sculpture, collage, music and movement to bridge internal and external worlds. This means that what is going on inside you gets a chance to be expressed in a new way, allowing you to gain insight from different perspectives. If you have difficulty talking about things or are completely stuck in something art therapy can be really useful as it gives you another way of communicating your feelings.
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Art therapy can help you to express yourself and provides on going tools for self-care. Creating connections between your internal and external lives develops attunement, intuition and insight. It is also a fantastic relaxation tool with many people reporting an increased sense of calmness and centeredness after sessions. In this way it is an excellent approach for reducing anxiety and stress.

I am not an artist and you dont have to be either! It is not about the product you create as much as it is about just being open to the creative process. Art therapy fosters connection between the body, mind and emotions and is a space to step out of habitual, ordinary activities into something purposeful.

Some say the act of creating art is similar to prayer. In fact throughout history it has been used in such a way, think of the Tibetan monks creating their sand mandalas. It is a way to connect with your spirituality, as you understand it to be, as the creative process generates affirmation, clarity and stillness.

As well as group workshops I practice art therapy in private one-on-one counselling sessions. Words sometimes trick us into staying rigid in our old ways. Stepping into a creative process can bypass some of those patterns and help you to form healthy new ones.

Feel free to call and have a chat about how art therapy might help you.

Caro White 0422 926 928

Music, art, creativity and nature
The ocean mist,
The moist leaves,
Sunrise,
Moonlight,
Are the vehicles that carry us home to our soul.

- Clarrisa Pinkola-Estez