Intermodal Arts

Many therapists integrate one or more arts modalities into therapy. There are art therapists, music therapists, drama therapists, dance therapists, poetry therapists, and so on.

What makes expressive arts therapy a unique and powerful approach is that it integrates all the arts into a single approach. By moving from drawing to dance to poetry to puppets to singing, you deepen your experience and move the energy of what you're working with through all the parts and layers of your self -- body, heart, mind and soul. At the same time, expressive arts therapy offers a diverse toolkit to regulate intensity and safety.

The expressive arts therapist is akin to a film director. A good director needs to know about script writing, and acting, and lighting, and costumes. But more, a good director knows how to synthesize these different disciplines into a unified aesthetic experience. So, too, the expressive arts therapist.

Because I am trained in multiple modalities, and specifically trained in working intermodally (mixing different art forms in a single session), I can tailor the arts experience to what you need in this moment. It allows a tremendous degree of freedom.

Expressive arts therapy is the jazz of arts-based therapies. Together, we explore and improvise.