All my 3 children, ages 8 to 18 years old, are transformed and changed into such a bold spirit and strong personality and character and truly takes all of us away from our everyday world and helps us connect with our creativity for days after. Allowed to work at our own pace and explore through art, help is just a call away.
Serenity Mountain Social Work Services,
Expressive Arts Facilitation – BSW, RSW
Expressive Arts Therapy & Substance Abuse Counseling Certificates
Scope of Practice
Services are provided by a Registered Social Worker using expressive arts–based approaches to create space for personal reflection, creative expression, and experiences that foster restoration and healing.
Expressive arts activities are used as supportive tools to encourage self-awareness, meaning-making, and connection utilizing a combination of visual arts, music, writing, photography, collage, clay and more. The focus is on the creative process rather than artistic skill and is guided by trauma-informed principles, with an emphasis on safety, choice, and participant well-being.
The intention of this work is to invite creative exploration and personal insight, rather than to provide clinical assessment or treatment. Services are not art therapy or psychotherapy and do not include diagnosis, clinical assessment, or treatment of mental health conditions. When appropriate, referrals to other services or supports may be suggested if needs fall outside the scope of this work.
Thank you so much Darlene for inviting me to participate in a session at Serenity Mountain Expressive Arts Therapy. It was a truly enriching experience, and I deeply appreciate the creative and therapeutic environment you provided.
What to Expect
In expressive arts therapy, you use multiple senses to explore your inner and outer world through the experience and creation of different art forms. A willingness to expand your imagination and engage with the process provides the foundation of the therapeutic work. Previous art background is not necessary.
When it is Used
Expressive arts therapy is used with children and adults, as individuals or in groups, to nurture deep personal growth and transformation. The innate capacity to create is at the center of the therapeutic work. A connection to the mind, body and spirit allows an individual awareness and insight into what is needed.
How it Works
Art is the language of the soul and comes from a deep emotional place inside you. Art gives voice and connects. Through a process of creative exploration, which moves out of the everyday into the imagination, the inter modal art process becomes a pathway to the expression of inner feelings, self discovery and healing. The imagination is a resource that can nourish, moving one out of a place that is constricted and stuck.