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Join our
Creative Community
Help Wanted: Qualified Expressive Art therapists to lead groups and individual sessions using such modalities as:
psychodrama
play therapy
art therapy
creative writing
other expressive arts.
Help Wanted: Marketing intern to publicize True Colors Center for Therapy's workshops and events.
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Jennifer Whitlock, LPC founded the True Colors Center for Creative Therapy to provide an outlet for creative therapies such as psychodrama, art therapy and play therapy.
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How Creative Therapies Can Stimulate Growth
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"Tell me and I'll forget;
Show me and I may remember;
Involve me and I'll understand."
-- Chinese Proverb
What do you think is more effective --
A lecture about social skills or a
lively group where you practice
the same skills?
Enough Said.
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Awaken the imagination
Children think in terms of possibilities -
the "what if" approach -
until we shut that down with repeated explanations of "what is."
"What if" thinking generates new possibilities and opens up new options.
Drama and imaginative activities help connect us to the "what if" mind set. (Nicholas Wolff)
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Stay Stable in an Unstable World
Life is not about being balanced --
it's more about the act of balancing.
Improvisation games help us
think on our feet and
respond spontaneously
to a world that is always in flux. (Wolff)
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Allows for Self Expression
Artistic expressions .
such as painting, .
writing, .
music making, .
dancing .
or playing, .
if carried out .
in a therapeutic manner, .
help people become more in tune .
with their emotions, .
sensitize clients to untapped .
aspects of themselves .
and promote insight .
and self awareness.
The arts can help express emotions
that are difficult to express in words.
Creative activities can make
the process of exploring uncomfortable emotions
more pleasurable and fun.
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