Creative/Child Therapy

Creative Therapy includes art, music, acting, poetry/bibliotherapy, and play therapy.  Children’s primary mode of expression tends to be through symbols before they are old enough to make sense of and develop language for their feelings, thoughts, bodies, and the environment.

Creative therapies make sense because they use symbolic mediums.  In other words, they use therapies that allow children to use their symbolic thought to create things.  Therapeutically, we are able to get at what children are trying to express through the patterns that emerge from these therapies.

Creativity is important because it highlights to each child how they are unique and valued collaborators.  Its spontaneous component gives children a reason to be consistently excited or at least curious about therapy.  It is also empowering for children, since they are using their greatest skill- creativity- to understand and cope with things that are causing them stress or anxiety!