Art Therapist Monica

Got a phone call from a person seeking help for his daughter. He said he was advised by X to try art therapy. I started to explain what an art therapy session involves – how I work, what we do, and how I tailor each session to the client’s unique needs. Before I could finish, he interrupted: "No, no – we just want a group session. It’s just arts. We want her to open up in a group." When I said I don't do groups – he hung up. This is not the first time I’ve had this experien

Welcome to my art therapy sessions, a safe space for self-expression and healing. Here’s what you can expect: 1. Introduction and...

Sitting in the warm winter sun today my mind wandered to all the clients I had seen over the years. The impression they left me with,...

Have you ever paid attention to the little voice inside of you? The one that might remind you of your younger self. No matter how old we grow, we carry our younger selves within us day-to-day. Perhaps our hurt 5-year-old self-shows up when our best friend doesn't answer our phone call, or our misunderstood 15-year-old self comes out when a colleague doesn't see eye to eye. Caring for this younger version of ourselves is what inner child work is all about. The inner child is a

A simple question I ask at the beginning of a session in workshops. The groups vary from college children to adults and often seniors....

Total 24 hours in a cycle of a day. How did you spend it? Shopping, cooking, household chores, work, driving, working out, the list goes...

What an odd statement but the statement has enormous implication in your life. Let me explain! As you fell off to sleep what did you think of? What area of your life? Who were the primary players in these thoughts? What emotional response did they bring forth, fear, loss, pain, healing or love? When you drift off to sleep, your last thoughts stay with you. You are in effect inhaling the last emotions of the day which can be negative or positive. Your thoughts are also influen

Most of us struggle to say “Yes”. In our journey we often forgive others, show compassion to others, yet, the one person we forget is...

Planet Earth, is a good learning school, a school where we are given opportunities again and again to change our ways of being, and for our patterns to evolve. For this to occur our lives are often shaken at times. The precursor could be difficult situations at work, a long illness of a family member, loan payments, marriage of our children, etc What do we do when faced with these? “Worry”, “Worry”, “Worry “, “Worry”. Worry is translated in the form of unimaginable scenarios