EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY IN DURHAM.

Deeper Healing. Lasting Change.

 

Sick of Feeling Stuck? Therapy Didn’t Fix It? You’re Not Broken—You’re Ignored.

You’ve tried talking. You’ve done the homework. You’ve “coping-skillsed” your way through life. And yet…here you are. Same patterns. Same frustration. Same gnawing feeling that life could be bigger, bolder, better—but you’re trapped in yourself.

Expressive Arts Therapy doesn’t just talk. It shakes the walls.

You’ll stop tiptoeing around yourself. You’ll stop hiding behind words that don’t capture how you feel. You’ll:

  • Step into life without fear

  • Show up fully—at home, at work, in your own skin

  • Speak your truth—even the messy, ugly, unpolished parts

  • Feel alive in ways you forgot existed

Here’s the raw truth: your body is screaming what your mouth can’t say. 98% of communication isn’t words, and ignoring it keeps you stuck. I use movement, clay, markers, writing—whatever it takes—to break through the blocks, let you feel it, and make sure the world finally sees you.

You’ll stop running from yourself. You’ll stop settling. You’ll feel your body, your emotions, your desires…and you’ll know you belong in your own life.

And forget needing to be an “artist” or “creative.” This isn’t about pretty art—it’s about raw, real expression in the moment.

This is messy. It’s bold. It’s loud. It’s your life unstuck.

What we’ll work on:

  • Helping you connect with your inner guidance

  • To feel connected in yourself, inner experience, and relationships

  • Find new ways of self-care and help you slow down

  • Understanding what’s keeping you stuck from thriving.

Ditch your Anxiety. Embrace your voice.

You’re brilliant. Creative. Self-aware. And yet…something’s still holding you back.

You’ve done the work. You ground yourself. You live by your values. You share your ideas, raise your kids, navigate your world with intention. And still…that spark you had for your art, your work, your life? It feels dim. Alone time? Rare. Satisfaction? Fleeting.

Talk therapy helped—but it’s not enough. You want more than words in a room. You want an experience that shakes you awake, makes you feel, and actually changes you.

Expressive Arts Therapy lets you explore yourself without filters, without analysis, without someone else telling you what it means. It’s raw. It’s real. It’s the space where your creativity, your emotions, and your truth finally meet—and you walk out changed

You feel: 

  • Like you’ve lost your compass or guide 

  • More withdrawn at work and in your relationships

  • Old self-care skills are not working

  • Stuck, and not sure why.

 

Expression is for every woman.

Deeper Healing with Expresive Arts.

  • Expressive Arts Therapy can help.

    It might feel odd and weird at first to try something new. I get it, you might be thinking, “are we just going to paint”? No, I bring a multi-faceted approach that uses the arts to help you work through your experience.

    It may seem impossible now, but you can heal from your hurt and thrive. You can feel more confident and have long-lasting change.

    And I can help you get there by a holistic, creative mind-body-creative approach that goes way beyond talking-in facts, you don’t have to use words if you don’t want to.

  • Holistic Expressive Arts Therapies can help you do 3 things:

    Build on your innate intuition and the strength you have within. Be able to manage difficult feelings, calm your nervous system down, and be more present in your life.

    Reconnect with your inner compass and direct experience. Be able to know what you’re feeling, honor, and express yourself.

    Increase your self-worth and learn the value of your unique expression.

Together, let’s discover the creativity and courage that’s already within you.

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FAQS

What others have wondered about Expressive Arts Therapy.

 

  • “Art is a constant agent of transformation is indeed the soul’s drive to health” Cathy Malchoidi

    Ok, let’s get one thing straight! You do not have to be an artist to do expressive arts therapy! I am going to say it again, you do not have to be ‘creative’ or an ‘artist’ to feel alive and connect with your body, heart, and soul. If you are human, you can do expressive arts therapy. Humans are expressive beings and social creatures! It’s in your DNA!

    We all have painful stories about what happened to us. Expressive Arts Therapy is a model of psychotherapy that uses multi-art modalities such as painting, movement, dance, drawing, writing, poetry, play, oil pastels, drumming, and clay to help you move through the psychological/emotional blocks that keep you from living your full life.

  • Expressive Arts Therapy helps you to imagine a new way of being, a new story that empowers you to move forward and cultivate the life you desire.

    You want to feel alive and playful. You want to experience it fully. Expressive Arts can help you connect to your body, imagination, self-compassion, and ability to create a new life.

  • In an Expressive Arts therapy session, you will bring the art materials to our online therapy space. You need some room if we play with movement and dance. I will lead you through a warm-up exercise, and we will start with what is coming up for you today. I guide you through using the multiple arts to calm down, connect with your body, and express yourself more fully.

    I will gently give you verbal guides such as increasing your movement or slowing it down as I notice your body moving or doing art.

More questions? Check out my FAQs page.

Expressive Arts Therapy for:

  • Life Transitions (job change, divorce, moving)

  • Creative blocks

  • Improve performance (academically, creatively)

  • Identity development

  • Questioning the meaning of life