INDIVIDUAL ARTS THERAPY SESSIONS
Individual arts therapy sessions involve the arts therapist working alongside an individual in a one-to-one way. Here art processes are used to explore personal challenges or themes, in order to expand the resources the individual has to move through these challenges.
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We work with young people, teens, adults and seniors. We work with all levels of creativity; with people who have had previous experience with creativity, those who have been told they are not creative, and those who have never had experience with the arts.
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Contact us for prices and to book a spot.
ARTS THERAPY GROUPS
Arts therapy groups involve an arts therapist facilitating a session with a group of participants. Here individuals work alongside each other and share aspects of their creative and personal processes. These groups are run in conjunction with Arts For Health Community Trust.
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Current Groups include:
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Creativity and Resilience Arts Therapy Groups
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We currently run Creativity and Resilience Arts Therapy Groups for school aged participants at Waikato Schools. These groups aim to help young people with their emotional, social, behavioural and personal resilience in school and community environments.
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Seniors Arts Therapy Groups
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We also run arts therapy groups for seniors at Retirement Villages and Resthomes around Hamilton.
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Looking After Yourself After Lockdown
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We are running groups for organistions that support families in the Waikato. Our groups explore ways to procescs our experiences of lockdown and the recent months of Covid-19.
FARM-BASED ARTS THERAPY
We do Farm-Based Arts Therapy for school aged participants at Waikato Schools. Here we involve outdoor materials and environments in our creative processes. We also involve animals for interpersonal work including work around confidence, emotional regulation, healthy leadership, responsibility and communication.
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We do both individual and group Farm-Based Arts Therapy sessions.
These sessions occur at Hope Rising Farm, a horse farm in Ngaruawahia supporting at-risk youth. Sessions are weekly, for 1.5hr - 4hrs, and often match school terms.
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Contact Expressive Arts Therapy or Hope Rising Farm for more information and to enrol your child.
"Doing art has helped a lot, getting Aroha to draw helps stop her melt downs, as soon as I notice her starting one, I get her to draw in her book, within 20 minutes she calms down and we can carry on with our day. The art and the farm and the people there are amazing, it has totally changed our life and our daughter's life for the better"
PRICING
Arts Therapy Session costs
Arts Therapy sessions often work with a price range similar to a counselling session or session with a psychologist.
Individual sessions are often $75 - $150 an hour.
Group sessions are often $20 - $60 per session.
However at Expressive Arts Therapy we use a sliding scale which means we can often find a session cost that works for you. There may also be external funding available; talk to your Arts Therapist about your needs.
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