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Resources

Groups offered Winter 2009 at the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute  

Community Open Studio (all ages, drop-in, no referral or registration required)
Saturdays 10am - 2pm, Room 209
Come join us for an afternoon of creative exploration. With a wide variety of materials available, what you can make is limited only by your imagination. Admission is by donation and you can come and go as you please.

Facilitator: Christine Lummis and/or Suzan Clancy, Art Therapists

Boys Group (ages 7/8 to 10) 
Tuesdays 3:15 to 4:30 pm, Room 206

Facilitator: Andy Holmes, Art Therapist

Teen Girls Group (ages 12/13 to 15)
Thursdays 3:30 to 5:00 pm, Room 206

Facilitator: Jan Souza, Art Therapist

For more information, email kutenai_art_therapy@shaw.ca or call us at 250-352-2264.

About Art Therapy
Art Therapy uses the expressive and self-reflective aspects of the creative process to address a wide range of issues.  It is used in therapeutic treatment, prevention and rehabilitation.  It is valuable when working with children, adolescents, as well as adults.  The visual arts have an advantage in that they by-pass language and permit direct expression of dreams, fantasies, fears, and other inner experiences. Art Therapy has a firm basis in psycho-dynamic theory and developmental psychology. It uses art and the creative process to therapeutically explore and reconcile emotional conflicts, foster self-awareness, develop social skills, solved problems, reduce anxiety, and increase self-esteem.  Individuals grow and develop a strong sense of themselves in an atmosphere of unconditional acceptance and positive regard.  Developing creativity and fostering creative ability builds a sense of self as a creator and an attitude to life as a creative challenge.