Expressive Arts Therapy
When griping grief the heart doth wound, and doleful dumps the mind oppresses, then music, with her silver sound, with speedy help doth lend redress.
William Shakespeare, English Dramatist and poet (1564 – 1616)
The connections between the mind, body, and spirit, and their link to our state of well-being is mysterious and the food for speculation and theories. What is true, however, is that art touches our lives at a profound level. It is sometimes hard to quantify how art brings hope and healing to those in physical, emotional, mental or spiritual crisis, but speaking from my own experiences, art has had a tremendous positive effect in my life… more