Expressive Arts Therapists in Waterdown, ON
Lotus Counselling Services, Tiffany Graham
Registered Social Worker, RSW, BSW
Verified Verified
Waterdown, ON L0R
Hello, my name is Tiffany and I am a proud member of the Lotus Counselling Services team! I bring over a decade of experience working with people living with mental health and addictions. Currently I am also a team member at a local hospital and work in the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy programs. My focus is to deliver therapy validated through research to help people who are struggling. I have developed a specialized skill set in working to help people tolerate and regulate difficult emotions and to use these skills to support relationships and behavioural changes that are important to you.
Hello, my name is Tiffany and I am a proud member of the Lotus Counselling Services team! I bring over a decade of experience working with people living with mental health and addictions. Currently I am also a team member at a local hospital and work in the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy programs. My focus is to deliver therapy validated through research to help people who are struggling. I have developed a specialized skill set in working to help people tolerate and regulate difficult emotions and to use these skills to support relationships and behavioural changes that are important to you.
Jojo Chooi-Harley
Registered Social Worker, BA, BSW, RSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Waterdown, ON L0R
JoJo offers compassionate care for individuals, couples, and constellations who are confronted by overwhelming circumstances, experiences, thoughts, and feelings. She has experience in providing support and treatment for a variety of treatment concerns that are significantly impacting someone’s life.
JoJo offers compassionate care for individuals, couples, and constellations who are confronted by overwhelming circumstances, experiences, thoughts, and feelings. She has experience in providing support and treatment for a variety of treatment concerns that are significantly impacting someone’s life.
If you are seeking to develop a deep, loving, committed relationship with your partner, to be the parent you wish you had, or to connect with your authentic self, I can be your ally and guide. With thirty years of experience, I understand the importance of emotional connection, self-awareness and reflection, unlearning negative patterns and healing from trauma. There are also times, where our experience is beyond words and a deeper approach is required. Helping clients create the changes they want in their lives is my goal.
If you are seeking to develop a deep, loving, committed relationship with your partner, to be the parent you wish you had, or to connect with your authentic self, I can be your ally and guide. With thirty years of experience, I understand the importance of emotional connection, self-awareness and reflection, unlearning negative patterns and healing from trauma. There are also times, where our experience is beyond words and a deeper approach is required. Helping clients create the changes they want in their lives is my goal.
Depression, anxiety, and stressful circumstances no longer have to control your life and steal your joy. I support individuals, children, youth, and families to restore hope in a safe and compassionate space where you can share, reflect, grow, and journey towards fullness. We can work together to navigate current situations and past experiences so that you can be more connected to what is happening in you, and in those you care about.
Depression, anxiety, and stressful circumstances no longer have to control your life and steal your joy. I support individuals, children, youth, and families to restore hope in a safe and compassionate space where you can share, reflect, grow, and journey towards fullness. We can work together to navigate current situations and past experiences so that you can be more connected to what is happening in you, and in those you care about.
Path To Empowerment
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Waterdown, ON L8B
We are a team of passionate therapists here to help you. We can match you with the right therapist for you depending on your unique story and wants. Whether you are struggling with anxiety, depression, transitions (childhood to young adult, career, parenthood, separation etc), dealing with addiction/recovery, diagnosis, or loss/grief... life keeps us guessing. We are here to listen, help you slow it all down, and figure out a plan together.
We are a team of passionate therapists here to help you. We can match you with the right therapist for you depending on your unique story and wants. Whether you are struggling with anxiety, depression, transitions (childhood to young adult, career, parenthood, separation etc), dealing with addiction/recovery, diagnosis, or loss/grief... life keeps us guessing. We are here to listen, help you slow it all down, and figure out a plan together.
Natalie Reis
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, MTA, MACP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Waterdown, ON L0R
Perhaps the closest relationships around you feel tense, and you need your own space to work through feelings of hurt, pain, and overwhelm. Maybe you feel less motivated to do the things you used to enjoy, and getting through the day feels draining. With all of this, you’d just like to understand your emotions and thoughts a little more. I specialize in supporting teens and adults who are experiencing low mood, relationship issues, and difficult family dynamics. We can take the time to gently sort through your experiences while finding practical strategies that allow you to feel empowered to get back to what feels like you.
Perhaps the closest relationships around you feel tense, and you need your own space to work through feelings of hurt, pain, and overwhelm. Maybe you feel less motivated to do the things you used to enjoy, and getting through the day feels draining. With all of this, you’d just like to understand your emotions and thoughts a little more. I specialize in supporting teens and adults who are experiencing low mood, relationship issues, and difficult family dynamics. We can take the time to gently sort through your experiences while finding practical strategies that allow you to feel empowered to get back to what feels like you.
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I incorporate EFT, experiential therapy, parts work, walk and talk ecotherapy, narrative-based therapy, expressive arts, exploration of patterns and themes, inner child work, and solution-focused therapy.
Hey there - my name is Maddie (she/they) and I’m a Lebanese Canadian offering support to children and youth 10+, students, and young adults experiencing anxieties, school and life stressors, ADHD, relationship challenges, identity exploration, people pleasing, perfectionism, depression, grief, liberation, and the overall pressures of being a human. We will explore topics of self-awareness, attachment, emotions, thoughts, behaviours, protective patterns and narrative themes; relationship with our true selves, communities, nature; power dynamics and the impact of systems we live in; and many more mental health topics.
I incorporate EFT, experiential therapy, parts work, walk and talk ecotherapy, narrative-based therapy, expressive arts, exploration of patterns and themes, inner child work, and solution-focused therapy.
Hey there - my name is Maddie (she/they) and I’m a Lebanese Canadian offering support to children and youth 10+, students, and young adults experiencing anxieties, school and life stressors, ADHD, relationship challenges, identity exploration, people pleasing, perfectionism, depression, grief, liberation, and the overall pressures of being a human. We will explore topics of self-awareness, attachment, emotions, thoughts, behaviours, protective patterns and narrative themes; relationship with our true selves, communities, nature; power dynamics and the impact of systems we live in; and many more mental health topics.
Welcome! As a queer therapist and artist, I’m guided by my mixed English, Irish, Franco-Ontarian, and Anishinaabe ancestry. I would be honoured to walk with you on your journey, offering a supportive, open, and empathetic environment for exploring your experiences and inherent wisdom. My practice is trauma-informed, strengths-based, and client-centered. Whether you're navigating overwhelming emotions, relationship difficulties, trauma, grief, substance use, or mood disorders, my commitment is to create a compassionate and safe space for untangling these challenges.
Welcome! As a queer therapist and artist, I’m guided by my mixed English, Irish, Franco-Ontarian, and Anishinaabe ancestry. I would be honoured to walk with you on your journey, offering a supportive, open, and empathetic environment for exploring your experiences and inherent wisdom. My practice is trauma-informed, strengths-based, and client-centered. Whether you're navigating overwhelming emotions, relationship difficulties, trauma, grief, substance use, or mood disorders, my commitment is to create a compassionate and safe space for untangling these challenges.
The Couch Counselling and Support Services
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP
Verified Verified
Hamilton, ON L0R
Registered Psychotherapist who specialises in Sanitary Therapy for both young and old, CBT, and SFT. Lori has been working with the First Nations community for the past seven years and has been supervising clinical workers for the last four years. The Couch Counselling also offers many psychotherapist to help suit the needs and availability of all clients. Please call to find the perfect fit or look online at thecouchcounselling.com and see the many professionals. Here to help you make the changes in your life so you can live a healthier and productive life.
Registered Psychotherapist who specialises in Sanitary Therapy for both young and old, CBT, and SFT. Lori has been working with the First Nations community for the past seven years and has been supervising clinical workers for the last four years. The Couch Counselling also offers many psychotherapist to help suit the needs and availability of all clients. Please call to find the perfect fit or look online at thecouchcounselling.com and see the many professionals. Here to help you make the changes in your life so you can live a healthier and productive life.
Myra Rados
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, DTATI, EMDR, MARI, BSc
Verified Verified
Hamilton, ON L0R
Art therapy is an ideal way for individuals or groups to explore therapy and find healing and support. Therapy can be joyful and creative. My ideal client is open to discover positive and supportive creative and client-focused approaches. Whether you require talk, expressive (non-verbal), brief, long-term, individual or group art therapy, it is a realistic goal. Art-making can explore your stuck or painful feelings, alter any thoughts or behaviours affected by fear, abuse, uncertainty, trauma, grief, loss, diminished moral, or work-stress and anxiety. I look forward to discuss your treatment goals and explore our journey together.
Art therapy is an ideal way for individuals or groups to explore therapy and find healing and support. Therapy can be joyful and creative. My ideal client is open to discover positive and supportive creative and client-focused approaches. Whether you require talk, expressive (non-verbal), brief, long-term, individual or group art therapy, it is a realistic goal. Art-making can explore your stuck or painful feelings, alter any thoughts or behaviours affected by fear, abuse, uncertainty, trauma, grief, loss, diminished moral, or work-stress and anxiety. I look forward to discuss your treatment goals and explore our journey together.
Hi there! I'm Courtney, and I work with children and their parents, youth, and adults. Sometimes when you feel overwhelmed, it’s hard to know where to start. You may feel stressed out about your situation, but uncertain about what to do. Maybe you've tried therapy before, or you are intimidated to start. Or perhaps it's your child or teen who you are concerned about. Trying to do it all alone and without support is hard, but reaching out for help isn't easy.
Hi there! I'm Courtney, and I work with children and their parents, youth, and adults. Sometimes when you feel overwhelmed, it’s hard to know where to start. You may feel stressed out about your situation, but uncertain about what to do. Maybe you've tried therapy before, or you are intimidated to start. Or perhaps it's your child or teen who you are concerned about. Trying to do it all alone and without support is hard, but reaching out for help isn't easy.
Dan Bevan-Baker
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, MTA, BMus
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Hamilton, ON L0R
Stepping into therapy can be evocative. It invites us to delve into our inner world and befriend parts of ourselves who we discover - often the hurt, hidden, and hopeful. I join you for this journey as your guide and am committed to embodying collaboration, warmth, playfulness, curiosity, and compassion. In our space we will safely weave together your stories, explore meaningful insights, and experiment with new ways of being, feeling, and relating. My approach to care is rooted in anti-oppressive, intersectional, and trauma-informed frameworks. I also bring years of experience as a queer musician and music therapist into my work.
Stepping into therapy can be evocative. It invites us to delve into our inner world and befriend parts of ourselves who we discover - often the hurt, hidden, and hopeful. I join you for this journey as your guide and am committed to embodying collaboration, warmth, playfulness, curiosity, and compassion. In our space we will safely weave together your stories, explore meaningful insights, and experiment with new ways of being, feeling, and relating. My approach to care is rooted in anti-oppressive, intersectional, and trauma-informed frameworks. I also bring years of experience as a queer musician and music therapist into my work.
Lyndsay Simmons
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, CCC, RDT, EMDR
Verified Verified
Grimsby, ON L3M
Not accepting new clients
If you're struggling with unhelpful behaviours, unhealthy relationships or childhood trauma, my approach starts with meeting you where you are. If you are looking to make sustainable changes in any part of your life, my goal is for you to make those changes from a place of confidence and self compassion. From this place of self awareness, the person you want to be can emerge. I also offer clinical supervision to RPs & RP(Q)s working toward Entry or Independent Practice
If you're struggling with unhelpful behaviours, unhealthy relationships or childhood trauma, my approach starts with meeting you where you are. If you are looking to make sustainable changes in any part of your life, my goal is for you to make those changes from a place of confidence and self compassion. From this place of self awareness, the person you want to be can emerge. I also offer clinical supervision to RPs & RP(Q)s working toward Entry or Independent Practice
Online Therapists
I specialize in expressive arts, such as music and play therapy.
How to find hope? If you are feeling overwhelmed, engaging in therapy can help you feel calm again. Are you and/or your child having struggling, having difficulty regulating emotions? Perhaps you are worried about how your child is coping with changes. In parenting, there are many challenges involved in guiding little people towards becoming adults and life can force families to face events that impact children's ability to function successfully within their daily environments.
I specialize in expressive arts, such as music and play therapy.
How to find hope? If you are feeling overwhelmed, engaging in therapy can help you feel calm again. Are you and/or your child having struggling, having difficulty regulating emotions? Perhaps you are worried about how your child is coping with changes. In parenting, there are many challenges involved in guiding little people towards becoming adults and life can force families to face events that impact children's ability to function successfully within their daily environments.
Expressive Arts Therapy's creative and artistic approach allows for a safe space to start or continue your own personal journey.
Sometimes words are not enough to express our emotions when experiencing trauma or distress, but art-making and creative thinking have the power to inform us about our feelings and how we relate to them. Expressive Arts Therapy can change the meaning, the structure and the ways of relating with suffering. Learn to recognize your emotions, explore change, and transform suffering through creativity, artistic expression, and imagination. Think of it as an arts-based exploration where you will be able to collect knowledge and legitimize your wisdom.
Expressive Arts Therapy's creative and artistic approach allows for a safe space to start or continue your own personal journey.
Sometimes words are not enough to express our emotions when experiencing trauma or distress, but art-making and creative thinking have the power to inform us about our feelings and how we relate to them. Expressive Arts Therapy can change the meaning, the structure and the ways of relating with suffering. Learn to recognize your emotions, explore change, and transform suffering through creativity, artistic expression, and imagination. Think of it as an arts-based exploration where you will be able to collect knowledge and legitimize your wisdom.
Michelle Directo (Espejo)
Registered Psychotherapist, MDiv, RP, ExA
Verified Verified
Burlington, ON L7N
I am also an Expressive Arts Practitioner, which allows me to integrate creative modalities in our sessions.
Hello, my name is Michelle. I am passionate about exploring with you, your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that affect the self and your relationships. I want to provide a safe and supportive environment for you to develop personal growth and transformation. I work from an attachment and strength based framework. Together, we will work collaboratively to improve communication skills, strengthen relationships, and describe how family dynamics affect you. I am committed to help you find meaning, present insights, and establish positive changes in your life. Please call/email me to see if I am the right fit for you in your journey.
I am also an Expressive Arts Practitioner, which allows me to integrate creative modalities in our sessions.
Hello, my name is Michelle. I am passionate about exploring with you, your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that affect the self and your relationships. I want to provide a safe and supportive environment for you to develop personal growth and transformation. I work from an attachment and strength based framework. Together, we will work collaboratively to improve communication skills, strengthen relationships, and describe how family dynamics affect you. I am committed to help you find meaning, present insights, and establish positive changes in your life. Please call/email me to see if I am the right fit for you in your journey.
Hive Counselling & Consultancy
Counsellor, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Mississauga, ON L5L (Online Only)
Interventions include psychodynamic, somatic and expressive arts.
Are you different? So am I. I specialize in working with people who break the mold. This includes neuro-diverse adults (ADHD, Autistic, C-PTSD), chronically ill, 2SLGBTQ, and racialized people. Focusing on resiliency and emotional intelligence, I use evidence-based practices and creative interventions to use the wounds of the past as seeds for growth. Adverse childhood experiences, trauma, and relationship fractures disrupt our feelings of safety and trust. In order to thrive, we need to heal.
Interventions include psychodynamic, somatic and expressive arts.
Are you different? So am I. I specialize in working with people who break the mold. This includes neuro-diverse adults (ADHD, Autistic, C-PTSD), chronically ill, 2SLGBTQ, and racialized people. Focusing on resiliency and emotional intelligence, I use evidence-based practices and creative interventions to use the wounds of the past as seeds for growth. Adverse childhood experiences, trauma, and relationship fractures disrupt our feelings of safety and trust. In order to thrive, we need to heal.
J L (Jenn) Seeley
Registered Psychotherapist
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5A (Online Only)
Additionally, I draw from expressive arts working creatively to get at hard-to-process feelings & stories.
As a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), I work with adults and teens who come to me with a variety of challenges. They may be struggling to cope with grief and loss, or are feeling confused about a relationship, or are finding anxiety increasingly hard to manage. I work with folks to bring patterns to light while building new ways of being in relationship to others and feelings together. I love working with feelings - and the people who have them. Whether your feelings are big, bold, and out loud, or you're struggling to articulate or find them, I am glad to sit with you and explore them together.
Additionally, I draw from expressive arts working creatively to get at hard-to-process feelings & stories.
As a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), I work with adults and teens who come to me with a variety of challenges. They may be struggling to cope with grief and loss, or are feeling confused about a relationship, or are finding anxiety increasingly hard to manage. I work with folks to bring patterns to light while building new ways of being in relationship to others and feelings together. I love working with feelings - and the people who have them. Whether your feelings are big, bold, and out loud, or you're struggling to articulate or find them, I am glad to sit with you and explore them together.
Jasmine S Maharaj Samuel
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Scarborough, ON M1K (Online Only)
I work from a CBT, DBT and expressive arts perspective grounded in Trauma Informed Care.
As mothers, wives, sisters and coworkers tend to put ourselves last. But we cannot pour from an empty vessel. I am committed to working with women's mental health and wellness encouraging self care, balance. I have worked in the health, education and settlement areas of social work over the past 15 years. I particularly enjoy working with women of all ages. I bring myself wholly into my practice as well as warmth and empathy. I understand that therapy may be scary and make it part of my mission to demystify to whole concept of mental health and wellness.
I work from a CBT, DBT and expressive arts perspective grounded in Trauma Informed Care.
As mothers, wives, sisters and coworkers tend to put ourselves last. But we cannot pour from an empty vessel. I am committed to working with women's mental health and wellness encouraging self care, balance. I have worked in the health, education and settlement areas of social work over the past 15 years. I particularly enjoy working with women of all ages. I bring myself wholly into my practice as well as warmth and empathy. I understand that therapy may be scary and make it part of my mission to demystify to whole concept of mental health and wellness.
Bloom Child & Family Therapy
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, MA, PhD
Verified Verified
Waterloo, ON N2J
Our evidence-based treatments are tailored to meet the needs of children, teens and families and include CBPT, EMDR, play therapy, expressive arts therapies (music, art, dance/movement, writing), animal-assisted therapy, sport social work, narrative therapy, attachment-based family therapies among others.
Bloom Child & Family Therapy supports children and their families using creative approaches and evidenced-based practices. At Bloom we strive to provide accessible, quality mental health care for children, adolescents and their families. Bloom therapists are ultra-creative! Play, expressive arts and animal-assisted therapies allow Bloom to make their services accessible to all children and their families. Whether you are coming for family therapy or your child is attending therapy, we believe that family and/or primary caregivers are key to children’s healing and growing. We are looking to build strong and healthy families.
Our evidence-based treatments are tailored to meet the needs of children, teens and families and include CBPT, EMDR, play therapy, expressive arts therapies (music, art, dance/movement, writing), animal-assisted therapy, sport social work, narrative therapy, attachment-based family therapies among others.
Bloom Child & Family Therapy supports children and their families using creative approaches and evidenced-based practices. At Bloom we strive to provide accessible, quality mental health care for children, adolescents and their families. Bloom therapists are ultra-creative! Play, expressive arts and animal-assisted therapies allow Bloom to make their services accessible to all children and their families. Whether you are coming for family therapy or your child is attending therapy, we believe that family and/or primary caregivers are key to children’s healing and growing. We are looking to build strong and healthy families.
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What happens in expressive arts therapy?
In an expressive arts therapy session, the therapist will provide the space and materials necessary to encourage the client to express themselves creatively. These can include art supplies, musical instruments, a journal, a camera, and more. The therapist offers careful guidance throughout the creative process, often noticing and talking about psychological issues as they arise. Many clients also benefit from the mind-body connection—the physical act of making art can help them feel more grounded and present.
How long does expressive arts therapy take?
An expressive arts therapy session will typically last between 50 minutes and an hour. Group sessions may run longer. Sometimes, a client might only need one or two sessions of expressive arts therapy in conjunction with talk therapy to resolve a psychological issue. Others might find a fixed number of sessions over the course of either weeks or months to be beneficial. The duration depends on the client and their individual needs and goals for therapy.
How does expressive arts therapy help children?
Creativity is an important part of normal child development. Expressive arts therapy proves a safe outlet for child clients to learn to identify their emotions and express them in healthy ways. In expressive arts therapy, children can build their self-esteem, discover more about their personality and strengths, and feel a sense of normalcy in an otherwise chaotic world. This therapeutic approach can be particularly helpful for children with developmental disabilities, autism, ADHD, speech impairments, and other conditions.
What are the limitations of expressive arts therapy?
Sometimes individuals have physical limitations that can affect their ability to express themselves artistically in certain mediums. For example, someone with hearing problems might find it difficult to make music. Sickness and mobility issues can make some types of art physically inaccessible (e.g., sculpting, dancing, etc.). Sometimes, clients are overly skeptical and have trouble letting go and engaging with the creative process. Individuals who require a higher level of care may be better served with other types of therapy.