WELLNESS

Art Therapy

Art therapy is a form of expressive therapeutic counselling which utilizes the creative art process to promote healing.

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Art Therapy in Hamilton

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Art therapy is a form of expressive therapeutic counselling which utilizes the creative art process to promote healing. Music therapy is the skillful use of music and musical elements that promote cognitive, communicative, emotional, physical, social, and spiritual well-being. Music and art have nonverbal, creative, structural, and emotional qualities and they can be used in the therapeutic relationship to facilitate contact, interaction, self-awareness, learning, self-expression, communication, and personal development.

Both art and music therapy are shown to help alleviate pain, manage stress, promote wellness, enhance memory, improve communications, aid physical rehabilitation, and give people a way to express their feelings.

ART THERAPY CAN HELP WITH:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Brain Injury
  • Children with Emotional Disorders
  • Developmental Delay and Disorders
  • Pain Management
  • Physical Disabilities
  • Stress Management and Anxiety

Practitioners Offering Art Therapy

Cristina Palermo

Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) R.P. & Art Therapist

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CRISTINA’S AREAS OF FOCUS:

✅ Children & Adolescents
✅ ODD (Oppositional Defiance Disorder)
✅ ADHD, OCD, & Anxiety
✅ Depression & Suicidal Ideation
✅ PTSD, Trauma, Grief & Loss
✅ Emotional & Behavioural Challenges
✅ Anger Management
✅ Adoption & Foster Children
✅ Development Disorders & Brain Injuries
✅ Dissociative Disorders

Cristina Palermo is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and Art Therapist. She completed her training in Art Therapy and Psychotherapy at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute and is currently finishing her thesis. Cristina has always been passionate about the arts, and her own journey as an artist helped her recognize the therapeutic value it holds. Cristina takes a very eclectic, organic, and person-centred approach, inviting the client to guide the direction and pace of sessions. Additionally, she can integrate CBT, DBT, narrative therapy, mindfulness, and meditation approaches to providing psychoeducation. Don’t think you’re an artist? That’s ok; prior skills are not necessary.

“Art can permeate the very deepest parts of us, where no words exist.” – Eileen Miller