Finding My Voice, or There and Back Again

My voice has always been hard to find. I remember as a child someone asking me: “What’s the matter, cat got your tongue?” I was livid, and yes, it DID feel like a cat had my tongue. If someone asked me to repeat something, I would repeat it, but a little bit quieter the second…

Martial Arts as a Therapeutic Tool

“There is stillness in motion and motion in the stillness” Sensei Chee Ling As I began my second year in the Expressive Arts Therapy program at Langara College, I also started training in Karate and Iaido. This was not my first time training in martial arts, but it was the first time I had connected…

Collaborative Poetry: A How-to Guide

Expressive Arts Therapy is less about techniques and more about presence. It’s less about a system of rules, and more about learning to be with what is there – maintaining a tolerance for uncertainty and even discomfort. This is part of why it is such a powerful way of doing therapy. Because of this, it…

A New Way of Being in the World: What Movement Teaches Me

My blog has fallen almost completely by the wayside since I started training as an Expressive Arts Therapist almost two years ago. My life has been all about writing poetry, painting, journalling, clay modelling, learning, growing, personal therapy, crying, connecting, moving, exploring, reading, reflecting, practicing, and so much more. I really can’t complain about any…