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Suzanne Aldis Routh
Expressive Arts Practitioner & Counsellor
Suzanne is a calm and engaging counselor and ‘solution focused’ practitioner who creates safe places for individuals to explore and find what they need.
As a consultant in social ability, leadership and creativity, she has worked with small groups, large groups, individuals, and couples, helping them discover whatever it is they need, inside and outside of themselves, to find a new way to be in the world, if that is what they want.…
Elisha Alladina
Expressive Arts Practitioner, Social Worker
Elisha Alladina is an Expressive Arts Practitioner and Registered Social Worker(MSW & RSW). She has worked with adults who have faced domestic violence, homelessness, mental health issues, and addictions. Elisha has also facilitated expressive arts groups for children and youth in SickKids Hospital’s psychiatry unit, through the Arts Healing Hearts program.
Norma Araiza, RP, EXAT
RP, MFA Dance Ethnology, Social Psychologist,Expressive Arts Therapist, Educator, Performing Artist, Board member
Norma works at Hospice Toronto as an Expressive Arts Therapist with people with life threatening illnesses. She also deals with issues of grief and bereavement, anticipatory grief and loss. She works with different modalities and is open to work with anything that helps her clients to express themselves. She also brings elements from her Indigenous background into her practice.…
Care (Carolyn) Archbold
Registered Psychotherapist, Expressive Arts Therapist
The therapy approach that I offer recognizes the client as the expert in their own experience. We explore and reflect at their own pace. As a therapist I enter each session with a calm, curious, and compassionate presence. I work with clients to explore and determine what therapeutic approach works for them. This is an ongoing co-creative process. …
Johanne Ascoli
Expressive Arts Therapist
I offer expressive arts therapy workshops and sessions to groups and individuals with an aim to resource, heal and support a remembering of Self as Soul. My approach is gentle, collaborative, intuitive, creative, soulful, strength-based, non-pathologizing, somatic, trauma-informed, healing centred and person centred.
My practice has led me to work with women survivors of violence, children with exceptionalities (autism spectrum, ADHD, ADD, etc.), young adults with mental health and substance use challenges, women with experience in the justice system, and humans living with C-PTSD.…
Lorraine Aston, MHK, R-DMT
Registered Dance/Movement Therapist, Dance Facilitator, Mental Performance Coach, Master’s in applied sport psychology
Clients are often drawn to dance therapy because they want to feel more at home in their bodies. They may want to explore ways of moving more effectively towards their goals, or they may want to understand the stories and heal the pain their bodies carry.
My approach is gentle, creative, collaborative and strength-based. I believe we each have the capacity to create positive change in our lives.…
Asta Au
ExAT (in training), M.A (Candidate)
I am a second-generation, Chinese Canadian and a settler living in the Greater Toronto Area. I also identify as cisgender, able-bodied, queer, neurodivergent and Chinese. My pronouns are she/her.
I’m playful, goofy and love to laugh. My sense of humour can be dark sometimes. I am a lover of all things cute and fluffy.…
Mithila Ballal
Registered Psychotherapist and Registered Dance/Movement Therapist
Being a therapist, my passion is to be present for those in need. As I say this, I feel honoured to help those who are going through and have been through trauma, grief and anxiety. I am willing to help you through your journey.
Personally, I have lived through the experience of childhood trauma and this has resulted in helping me identify and recognize my strengths and vulnerabilities.…
carol barrett
Expressive Arts Therapist
As an Expressive Arts Therapist I accompany clients through a verbal and creative process to explore, play, express feelings, thoughts and beliefs that may disrupt or restrict their lives. The arts have the capacity to contain and transform the suffering of heartbreaking loss, the effects of traumatic experiences or hold the beauty of the natural world….
Rhonda Breitbach
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), Expressive Arts Therapist
I’m an Expressive Arts Therapist (RP Qualifying) and graduate of the CREATE Institute, offering in-person sessions at the Collingwood Psychotherapy and Yoga Centre and virtual therapy across Ontario. My approach weaves together artmaking, movement, imagination, and somatic awareness to support healing, self-expression, and growth.
I work with children and adults navigating grief, anxiety, neurodiversity, and experiences of immigration and cultural transition.…
Sophie Brender
ExAT Student Therapist
Hi! I’m Sophie, and I am an Expressive Arts Therapist in training currently in my final year of study at The Create Institute.
In our work together we work to address your goals and to deepen your sense of agency, vitality, honesty, and connection in relationship with yourself, others, and the world. Through sensitizing ourselves to the truth of your lived experience and to the present moment, we express and explore in conversation and through the arts. …
Sam Brocklebank
Expressive Arts Therapist
Hi! I’m Sam (she/her), an Expressive Arts Therapist and owner of The Healing Hearts Club in the Niagara Region of Southern Ontario.
At The Healing Hearts Club, I offer a sanctuary for the exploration of life at large, as well as a safe haven for those grappling with feelings of anxiety, grief, burnout, overwhelm, or a lack of direction.…
Daphne Browne
Expressive Arts Therapist
I offer an integrated approach to therapy incorporating the expressive arts, compassion- focused therapy, mindfulness and trauma informed care. My focus is to support clients to feel heard, to de-stress, and to connect to their inner resources and strengthen life skills. Areas of practice are with adults in the areas of life transitions, stress/anxiety and bereavement.…
Jasper Bryan, BA(h) EXAT
Expressive Arts Therapist & Facilitator
Hi! I’m Jasper. I’m a queer expressive arts therapist and community arts facilitator. I use my imagination to stir up creative things.
Whether you’re an artist, want to incorporate more creativity into your life, or are scared of art and think you’re “bad” at it, expressive arts therapy can support you in living your best creative life.…
Kejo Buchanan
Librarian 🌿 Radio Host 🌿 Executive Producer
Kejo Buchanan is a Librarian at the Toronto Reference Library Arts Department that curates folk acoustic sound through a community radio station, MetRadio. Also Executive Producer of FolkRecovery.org an oral history project celebrating and archiving BIPOC Canadian folk storytellers. Kejo consistently merges her info skills and artistry within spaces of community builders, seed planters and those honouring and benefiting from collective healing and change.
Shawna Lee Campbell
RECE, OCELT, ICTEAL, ExAT, RP (Qualifying)
My name is Shawna Lee Campbell. I am an Expressive Arts Therapist and Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) currently accepting new clients.
I am also a Registered Early Childhood Educator and Ontario Certified English Language Instructor. My experience in early childhood has given me a strong foundation in the art of play, that I incorporate into my work in expressive arts therapy, as well as into my daily life.…
Kayla Chambers, RP, ExAT, MA
Somatic Expressive Arts Therapist, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), and Community Liaison Shelter Worker
Hi, I’m Kayla (she/her). I am a psychotherapist and artist who helps folks transform trauma in order to deepen experiences of presence and connection. My practice uses an experiential approach drawn from somatic, expressive arts, ecotherapy, and relational psychotherapies. I am passionate about this work because I believe fully in our embodied potential for reshaping trauma through creative connection.…
Lydia Charak, RP, MA (EXAT), BSc, BAA, CIP, PAT
Registered Psychotherapist – Expressive Arts
Lydia Charak is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) specializing in Expressive Arts Therapy. She is also a certified Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner and The Clearing Method Therapist. She completed a Master’s Degree in Expressive Arts Therapy with a minor in Psychology at the European Graduate School in Switzerland and is a graduate from The CREATE Institute of Expressive Arts Therapy in Toronto.…
Aekyung Chung, ExAT
Expressive Arts Therapist
I am an immigrant Korean woman (She/Her), and Expressive Arts Therapist (ExAT), Educator, Facilitator, and Artist living in Toronto. I am presently working in the Korean community in the GTA. I have 6 years of experience facilitating group ExAT workshops and have worked as an individual counsellor in the Korean community during COVID-19 Pandemic. Currently, I am studying to become a Spiritual Care Psychotherapist in the MPS program (Knox College, U of T) to expand my future.…
Lisa Cipparone
Expressive Arts Therapist in Training, Brainspotting Therapist, Nervous System RESET Practitioner
I am an Expressive Arts Therapist in Training at The CREATE Institute in Toronto, a Brainspotting Therapist, a Nervous System RESET Practitioner and a Grief Tender. My therapy sessions are integrative, client-centred and compassionate. My sessions weave in the expressive arts, brainspotting, spirituality, and sensory explorations to support the regulation of your nervous system in order to help you cultivate a feeling of safety.…
Shara Magdalene Claire
Expressive Arts Therapist
Shara Claire, an expressive arts therapist in virtual private practice, is a 2005 graduate of The Create Institute and a 2018 graduate of European Graduate School with a in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, with a Masters in Expressive Arts Therapy.
Caro Cloutier
Registered Psychotherapist, Expressive Arts Therapist, Abundance-Mindset Coach
Caro Cloutier is a registered psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. She has a private practice working with adults who are having emotional challenges like anxiety, depression, fears, obsessive thoughts, grief, relationship issues, identity issues. For the heaviness and burdens of life, Caro uses practices from energy psychology, expressive arts therapy and shamanic practices. …
Savannah Dasilva RP (Qualifying), ExAT, BFA
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), Expressive Arts Therapist
Savannah Dasilva (she/they) is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), Expressive Arts Therapist and artist. With areas of focus such as neurodivergence, anxiety, stress, hronic pain/illness, burnout, grief and loss, relationship and identity challenges. Savannah combines her therapeutic skills with a passion for creative expression to guide others on their healing journeys. Savannah offers expressive arts therapy and psychotherapy services virtually across Ontario, in person at Bathurst and College and in person walk and talk therapy in Toronto and Etobicoke, ON.
Amanda Davis
BFA Theatre Performance Dance, Expressive Arts Therapist
For over 20 years, I have dedicated my life to the language of movement, creativity and the healing potential of the arts.
My work as a professional dancer, art educator, choreographer and Expressive Arts Therapist is grounded in the belief that the arts are essential to how we process and navigate life, build resilience, stay connected to ourselves and each other.…
Amanda Davis
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) | Expressive Arts Therapist | BFA | Movement Artist | Educator
For over 20 years, I have dedicated my life to the language of movement, creativity and the healing potential of the arts.
My work is grounded in the belief that the arts are essential to how we process and navigate life, build resilience, stay connected to ourselves and each other.
My own lived experience has shown me the profound capacity of creativity to hold what words cannot.…
DeAnn deGruijter
MFA Theatre Performance + Education, Registered EXA Practitioner + Consultant, Performer + Voice Artist
DeAnn is a theatre-based Expressive Arts Practitioner incorporating play, whimsy, spirituality, mindfulness and somatic listening and release. She is coordinator and faculty at the Haliburton School of Art and Design and holds a Master’s degree in performance and education with a specialist in EXA. DeAnn offers classes, workshops and courses for adults and youth with a special fondness for seniors and those in memory care and their providers.…
Michelle Denis, RP, ExAT
Registered Psychotherapist, Expressive Arts Therapist and Parenting/Caregiver Support Coach
As an Expressive Arts Therapist, I work relationally and collaboratively with you, while encouraging a letting go into the creative play space. I invite you into a gentle and curious observation of the inner somatic, sensory and emotional experience as a way to deepen self compassion, understanding and acceptance, and to connect with your inner body wisdom to find release and healing towards the life you want to be living.…
Danielle Dickson, EXAT, RTC, RYT
Expressive Arts Therapist
Through my work as an Expressive Arts Therapist, I invite people to explore their authentic expression while providing a supportive environment for growth and expansion. My expressive arts practice weaves together mindfulness, nature based therapies, somatic oriented approaches and internal family systems theory. I consider art to have the power to support healing which I have observed can also lead to moments of surprise, empathy, empowerment and enriching self discoveries.…
Michele Dickson
Peer Specialist Consultant
Bio
Michele Anne-Marie Dickson (she/her) is a disabled self-taught multi-disciplinary artist. She works in a variety of
media, including pen & ink, acrylic, water colour, pastels, photography, graphite, and mixed-media. Michele
identifies as someone who has lived experience of mental illness, chronic illness, and a history of trauma. Michele’s
art has dignity, and explores themes of abandonment, risk, and failure.…
Susanne Dorder
RP, PhD Candidate, EXAT
I am a healer who applies expressive arts and psychotherapy in education, research and therapeutic practice. With nearly 20 years of experience empowering individuals and groups, I am passionate about sharing my gift of healing as a member of the Amerindian-Chinese Surinamese and Caribbean diaspora. It is important for me to impart my knowledge in communities where people seek to learn and grow, including schools, community organizations, and healthcare facilities.…
Jacquie Dover
Registered Nurse & Expressive Arts Therapist in Training
Jacqueline (“Jacquie”) Dover is a registered nurse with the College of Nurses of Ontario and an expressive arts therapy student in her 3rd year of studies at the CREATE Institute in Toronto. She is licensed to practice nursing and the regulated act of psychotherapy in the province of Ontario.
Jacquie currently offers low-cost expressive arts therapy services to meet the practicum requirements for the CREATE Institute Expressive Arts Therapy Diploma.…
Helen Drew
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), Expressive Arts Therapist
Hello! I am an artist and seeker who has spent her life looking for “her place” in the world. I am very familiar with the feeling of never quite fitting. I have always been intent on creating spaces that nurture the self and soul through art. As an expressive arts therapist, I see this as my work.…
Miriam Duff
Expressive Arts & Counselling Therapist
Miriam Duff is a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) and has a Diploma in Expressive Arts Therapy (2019). She is trained in EMDR Therapy, Basic and Advanced (R-TEP & G-TEP) and also has training in Mindful Self-Compassion (2016). She is a strong believer in the healing power of the arts and the self in the natural world. …
Angela Duntsch, Dipl. EXAT
Dipl. EXAT
I offer expressive arts workshops.
Art is Relating and Relating is an Art (This can be a family or partner workshop)
More Juggling, Less Struggling (a juggling workshop including juggling balls, Diabolos and Flower sticks, making your own juggling props is a possibility that can be added.)
Making Sound Visible (a music making and storytelling workshop)
When I moved to Canada in 2002, I started to study with Arscura, School of Exploration and Development of Art in the Healing and Social Fields, and continued at the CREATE Institute in Toronto. …
Kristy Dyck
ExAT
Experienced in both the realm of expressive arts therapy and the field of education, I am a dedicated and empathetic professional with a passion for helping individuals who have experienced intimate partner and family violence, adolescents in the LGBTQ+ community, and young people using expressive arts interventions using a trauma-informed approach. I have experience offering group and individual sessions.…
Jennifer Fader
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) & Expressive Art Therapist
Life can be overwhelming, as a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and Expressive Arts Therapist in Ontario, I’m dedicated to helping you navigate its complexities. Embracing life’s challenges as opportunities, my practice aids in building resilience and finding meaningful coherence in your experiences, whether you’re dealing with existential questions, seeking self-awareness, recovering from trauma, or exploring spiritual growth.…
Vitina Filiberto, (she/her)
Registered Psychotherapist & Expressive Arts Therapist
Vitina Filiberto (she/her) is a Registered Psychotherapist and Expressive Arts Therapist based in Toronto, offering virtual sessions through her private practice. With a deep passion for human behaviour and development, she is driven by our fundamental need for love, safety, and belonging.
Beyond her work as a therapist, Vitina is a poet, writer, and visual artist who believes in the transformative power of the arts.…
Maggie Forgeron (she/her/hers)
Expressive Arts Therapist, Registered Somatic Movement Therapist/Educator, Social Service Worker [student]
When talk alone is not enough, I can offer you creative ways to encounter your life and what matters most to you. Beyond making meaning is the experience of being alive.
Georgia Fullerton
Artist & Expressive Arts Therapy Practitioner
Georgia Fullerton BA, ExAT Practitioner – is a professional mixed media artist, arts educator and a graduate of the CREATE Institute’s Expressive Arts Therapy program. She is a member of the board of directors for OEATA (Ontario Expressive Arts Therapy Association) and The Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, Ontario. Georgia’s original art is held in public and private collections in Canada, United States, Australia and the Caribbean.…
Daniela Garcia, MA
Expressive Arts Therapist & Consultant
Expressive Arts Therapist from the Create Institute in Toronto and the European Graduate School in Saas Fee, Switzerland with experience in Bioenergetic Psychotherapy, movement and Yoga.
Before discovering her passion for the expressive arts field, Dani also accumulated 10+ years of professional experience in the fields of entertainment and advertising, she has a long record of bringing organizational sense to diverse creative and social projects in the areas of fundraising, community work and institutional cooperation for the arts.…
Mariya Garnet
ExAT Student Therapist
Mariya Garnet is an artist, coach, and facilitator specializing in Expressive Arts Therapy, sound healing, and indigenous wisdom. With an advanced diploma in Media Arts from Sheridan College and a Diploma in practical psychology focused on integral neuroprogramming from the Institute of Advanced Psychotechnologies, she offers a unique and holistic approach to mental and spiritual health.…
Tracy-Lynn Glowa
EXAT
Tracy (she/her) is an Expressive Arts Therapist with River & Pine Expressive Arts Therapy; she looks forward to working with clients to create a safe, playful, and curious space with those who want to explore aging, grief, anxiety, self-confidence, creativity or any other part of themselves that chooses to come to the table.
Tracy’s professional history began with visual arts and theatre.…
Heather Goodwin, RP
Expressive Arts Therapist
Heather Goodwin is a creative and expressive arts therapist in private practice. She is also a voice-over artist, actor, web designer, and a graduate of the CREATE Institute’s Expressive Arts Therapy program. She has worked with a number of different populations including prisoners, seniors, adults living with life changing diagnoses, caregivers, children struggling in social and/or classroom situations and teens who are questioning their gender and/or sexuality.…
Rowesa Gordon, RP, EXAT
Arts-Based Psychotherapist
Rowesa Gordon, MA, CAGS, Registered Psychotherapist, Former; Director and Core Teaching Faculty at The Create Institute, is an arts-based psychotherapist in private practice who clinically supervises and consults in this field. A graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, with a Masters Degree in Expressive Therapies from Lesley University, she has a certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies from the European Graduate School.…
Tracey Gramm
Certified Expressive Arts Therapist and Master Therapeutic Counsellor
Tracey is a Certified Expressive Arts Therapist and Master Therapeutic Counsellor in private practice serving the Fraser Valley: Clovedale, Surrey, South Surrey, Langley, White Rock and Delta.
A warm and gentle client centered and person-centered intermodal approach approach goes a long way! Through the Expressive Arts, I help clients who are seeking help with issues such as trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, self esteem, life transitions, stress and wellness management.…
Katie Grossman
Certified Expressive Arts Therapist (ExAT), BA
Katie Grossman (she/her) is a certified Expressive Arts Therapist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her work is rooted in the belief that the arts are for everyone, regardless of age, gender, or socio-economic status. Her interdisciplinary, narrative-based approach reconnects clients with their imagination and sense of play, allowing them to access their inner world in a greater capacity.…
Sheryl Grossman
Registered Speech-Language Pathologist, Expressive Arts Therapist
Hi, I’m Sheryl (she/her), Registered Speech-Language Pathologist and Expressive Arts Therapist based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the traditional unceded homelands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Sheri Gundry, RP
RP, EXAT
Sheri Gundry trained as an Expressive Arts Therapist through The CREATE Institute in their Creative Integrative Arts Therapies Training Program. Sheri is a Registered Psychotherapist with The College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). Deepening skills, Sheri has trained in Trauma, DBT, Dreamwork and Trauma, and Substance Abuse. Sheri has completed some training in the Satir Method, and as a graphic designer, as well as a Bachelor of Theology in Child and Family Ministries.…
Zoë Haber-Kucharsky
Expressive Arts Therapist, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Through the arts, we find another way of knowing and moving in the world — one that stretches beyond the familiar, into the unspoken, the unearthed, and the possible.
Hi! I’m Zoë — an expressive arts therapist, a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), and a life long artist. I believe therapy is most powerful when it honours the client’s own knowledge, insights, and lived experience, making their perspective the guiding thread of the journey.…
Janine Madelyn Hancock
Expressive art therapist/Artist
Janine has been working in the field, professionally, as an expressive art therapist for more than 30 years. She meets clients online and in her studio in Rockwood Ontario at JMH studios.
Connie Haw
Registered Canadian Art Therapist (RCAT) & Expressive Arts Therapist (ExAT)
Hi there! My name is Connie, and I am a Registered Canadian Art Therapist and Expressive Arts Therapist. I am passionate about creating a safe and non-judgmental space to listen, support and spark curiosity alongside my clients. I enjoy supporting individuals who experience symptoms of anxiety and/or struggle with perfectionism, black and white thinking patterns, overwhelm as well as individuals who would like to create a healthier work/family/life balance.…
Sydney Hayduk
Expressive Arts Therapist (ExAT) & Art Therapist (AT)
Are you in the process of understanding who you are? Are you having a hard time accepting what happened to you? Hey there, I’m Sydney, and I work with people like you to empower, understand and nourish their rare and original intricacies. I work alongside clients as a therapeutic, artistic collaborator to create a safe landing to be witnessed, to be seen, and to be imperfect.…
Jessica Houghton, RP
Registered Psychotherapist, Dance Movement Psychotherapist
Jessica Houghton is a Registered Psychotherapist and Dance Movement Psychotherapist with a private practice in Toronto’s east end where she offers individual and group therapy. She completed her MA in Dance Movement Psychotherapy from the University of Roehampton (London), where she researched the potential benefits of DMT for survivors of sexual trauma. She is also a professional member of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario and Dance Movement Therapy Association of Canada.…
Anna Liv Isacsson, she/her
Expressive Arts Therapist
Anna graduated from The Create Institute as an expressive arts therapist in 2019. She has several years experience working at an agency co-facilitating groups with women and gender-diverse individuals who have experienced violence, using arts and mindfulness. At the same time, she has completed Sensorimotor Psychotherapy training for Trauma Level 1, and has earned a certificate from the Sarana Institute in Mindfulness + Compassion Training for Health, End-Of-Life and Long Term Care Professionals.…
Virginia Jahyu
MA, ExAT
Virginia Jahyu (she/her/她) is an artist, intersectional hood-feminist, transformative justice facilitator, and expressive arts therapist with a strong interest in rhythmic poetry, arts empowerment, community building, and social justice tuning in from Tkaronto, Treaty 13. She is inspired by liberation healing and is invested in deeper understanding(s) of colonial impacts on mental health and identity.…
Corene Jonat
Psychotherapist, Expressive Arts Therapist
I am a registered psychotherapist and expressive arts therapist with over 10 years of experience working with adults, children, teens and seniors in a variety of setting including schools, agencies, hospitals and private practice. I believe that creative expression unlocks emotional, physical and psychological well-being. My passion and specialty is working with children, teens and their families concerned with relationship challenges, parenting issues, divorce, illness, intellectual and developmental challenges, loss and grief, experiencing anxiety, depression and loss self-esteem.
Holly Keen Goldes
ExAT, BA, Expressive Arts Therapist
Holly Keen Goldes
They/them
BA, Trauma informed, Certified Expressive Arts Therapist
Holly is a queer Expressive Arts Therapist. They’re ethnically mixed, half Chinese Canadian. They grew up on Vancouver Island and have lived in Vancouver, China. They’re based out of Cumberland, BC. They work with individual clients online.…
Kate Keenan
ExAT Student Therapist
Kate Keenan is an Expressive Arts Therapist in training in her second year at The CREATE Institute in Toronto. She works across modalities including play, drama, music, and visual arts, creating a compassionate space for creative self-expression and emotional growth. Kate has experience supporting children and youth through expressive arts, including her work as a therapeutic clown at SickKids Hospital, where she engaged children facing significant life challenges with sensitivity and care.…
Shaila Khan, RP(Qualifying)
Dance Movement Therapist, MA, DMT
Toronto somatic therapist offering trauma-informed, body-centered therapy. Specializing in nervous system regulation, collective trauma, and healing justice through sensorimotor psychotherapy and dance movement therapy.
Bari Bari Knopf
Expressive Arts Therapist
Bari is a registered somatic movement therapist and expressive arts therapist. Her approach includes utilizing talk therapy as well as a variety of art forms including movement, visual art, improvisation, as well as writing as a way of generating resources, gathering different perspectives on an issue and potentially discovering unknown strengths to help one navigate difficult emotions and events.…
Dean Krawchuk
Expressive Arts Therapist, Workshop Leader, Theatre Educator
Dean (he/him) is an Expressive Arts Therapist based in Vancouver, who believes that play and the imagination are important parts of everyone’s life, not just something for children to have access to. He has a strong background in theatre and dance, but also has training in creative writing, photography, breathwork and sound meditation. He values the resource-oriented approach to counselling, and loves nature based work.…
Mabe Kyle
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Mabe Kyle Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), Expressive Arts Therapist
Mabe is a multidisciplinary community artist and expressive arts therapist in Southwestern Ontario. They often explore the themes of being a rural disabled queer and transgender person in their art. Mabe co-founded the Rural Ontario Community of Queer Youth and Brant Pride. They edited Queer Country Crossroads, an anthology published by Caitlin Press in September 2025.…
Patricia Laraia
Expressive Arts Therapist, Imago Relationship Therapist
Patricia Laraia is an Expressive Arts Therapist & Imago Relationship Therapist, specializing in Giving & Receiving Love. Patricia is also a Professional Practicing Artist with a background and special interest in the healing benefits of Energy Medicine & Meditation.
Gracelynn Lau
PhD candidate
I’m an expressive arts therapist and researcher pursing my PhD in cultural studies at Queen’s University. My research dances at the crossroads of Indigenous-settler relations, collective trauma healing, settler/migrant cultural identity, and the use of expressive arts therapy in autoethnography research. Based in Canada and in Hong Kong, I’m also an ecovillage design education and permaculture facilitator with Gaia Education, and the Work that Reconnects facilitator.
Celina Lucarelli
Expressive Arts Therapist
Celina is a neurodivergent queer Expressive Arts Therapist with a focus on somatic, earthbased and relational modalities. Their work is client centred and grounded in trauma-informed approaches to healing as an artform. Human nervous systems are wired entirely towards connection, belonging and coregulation, like all beings that exist upon this earth. In times of struggle, we reach out towards others.…
Shuyi Ariel Luo
PH.D. ExAT, CCTF, CRT
Ariel is an Expressive Arts Therapist, has a Ph.D. in Industrial Design: in a group of Human Factors Psychology and a degree in Fine Arts. She is also a Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist – Family (CCTSF), currently experienced in working with Chinese adults, children, and families. As a therapist, educator and facilitator, she facilitates healing by bringing together body-mind sensation, psychological life, imagination, and principles of creativity with her humanistic educational background: Fine Arts, Design, and Human-Factor Psychology Research.…
Dinao Marie MacCormick
Expressive Arts Therapist
I am currently working as a freelance Visual Artist, Arts Facilitator, and certified Expressive Arts Therapist in Unama’ki (Cape Breton Island).
My areas of interest and experience include working with people experiencing the complex effects of trauma and attachment disruption, chronic pain, chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia. I love working with children, youth and families with a focus on art-making, play, and relational mindfulness.…
Katherine Mackenzie
Registered Psychotherapist
I’m Katherine, a Registered Psychotherapist specializing in trauma recovery.
My practice is focused on providing evidence-based treatment to adults who have experienced trauma, specifically those who have complex trauma or treatment resistant symptoms.
I integrate the latest research and neuroscience to support clients in their therapy journey. Using both top-down (talk therapy) and bottom-up (somatic therapy) approaches which are tailored to fit each person’s needs.…
Dr. Heather B MacLeod, PhD, MPCC, PCAT, PCAC
Heather MacLeod is the Founder and Director of Education at CEAACT. Heather’s background includes her Master’s research focused on Childhood Maltreatment and Trauma. She further completed her PhD at the University of Regina with a research focus on trauma and victimology education. Heather is a clinical art therapist, and addictions counsellor.
Lara MacPherson, RP (Qualifying), ExAT, DWHEAT, BFA
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), Professional Art Therapist, Expressive Arts Therapist
I welcome you to a neuro-affirming landing for rest and reclamation. I invite you to soften the need to perform while we work together to nurture your inner resources and rebuild self-trust on your own terms.
Anna Maliatski
RTC, ExAT
Hi, I’m Anna Maliatski, a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (#3125) and expressive arts therapist. Originally from Latvia and Israel, I’m now based in Burnaby, British Columbia. I’m committed to creating a welcoming, supportive space for people from all backgrounds.
My own experience with anxiety, depression, and neurodiversity taught me the healing power of creativity, mindfulness, and movement.…
Catherine Marrion
MA Expressive Arts Therapy (CREATE/EGS), Internal Family Systems (IFS Level One), Somatic Movement Therapy (SMTT), Voice Coach (MFA)
Catherine Marrion, MA (Expressive Arts Therapy), IFS (Level One), SMTT (Somatic Movement Therapy), MFA (Theatre Performance). I am an Expressive Arts Therapist and IFS Practitioner in private practice in Toronto working primarily with individual adults experiencing depression, anxiety, addictive behaviour, grief, life-change issues, and other obstacles to moving forward with hope, pleasure and inner support.…
Ms Cynthia Dawn McCreery
Expressive Arts Therapist
EDUCATION
Cynthia D. McCreery has her undergrad in the History of Art from the University of Victoria (2005) and she graduated from the Expressive Arts Therapy program at Langara College in 2020. She completed her Expressive Arts Therapy practicum at the Delta Community Living Society with adults with developmental diversabilities.
CAREER
Before becoming an Expressive Arts Therapist, Cynthia worked as an Administrator for various non-profit and arts organizations, including Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition, YVR Art Program, YVR Art Foundation, Skeena Salmon Arts Fest, Misty Rivers Community Arts Council and Storytellers’ Foundation.…
Heidi McCurdy
Expressive Arts Therapist, Sound Healer & Voice Coach
Free Your Voice & Healing Self-Expression
Alāna McLeod
I am an expressive arts therapist and trauma therapist currently residing and practicing in Sudbury, Ontario. I have a diploma in expressive arts therapy from The CREATE Institute in Toronto, Ontario and a Master’s degree in expressive arts therapy, with a minor in psychology from The European Graduate School in Sass- Fee, Switzerland. I have also completed Level 1 & 2 in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy from the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute.…
Genevieve McNab
Expressive Arts Therapist
Hello, I am Genevieve. I am a masters level Expressive Arts Therapist. I have an arts-based phenomenological approach to therapy specializing in eating disorders, body image and self-esteem concerns, and the resultant challenges of anxiety, grief, and depression. I have a Master of Arts with a Major in Expressive Arts and a Minor in Psychology from the European Graduate School, a three year diploma as an Expressive Arts Practitioner from World Arts Organization, and a Bachelor of Arts from King’s University College, with a Major in English and a Minor in Psychology.…
Philomena Meffe
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), Expressive Arts Therapist.
I am an expressive arts therapist with a lifelong dedication to creativity, caregiving, and community engagement. My journey into the arts and healing practices has been shaped by both formal study and deeply lived personal experience.
I am a recent graduate from the Expressive Arts Therapy Training Program at The Create Institute (2021–2025), where I have integrated my decades of art practice, therapeutic exploration, and intuitive caregiving into a professional framework.…
Catherine Mellinger
Expressive Arts Therapist, Perinatal Mental Health Therapist, Mixed Media Artist
Catherine is a CREATE graduate from 2010, currently living and seeing clients in private practice both virtually and in person in what is colonially named Kitchener-Waterloo, land belonging to the Haldimand Tract and the Anishinaabe people. Catherine is a certified Expressive Arts Therapist and Perinatal Mental Health Therapist through Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Trainings.
“I work in private practice and in community: with individuals and by facilitating therapy groups through various organizations.…
Catherine Middleton
Counselor
Cathy is a graduate of the CREATE Institute – Expressive Arts Therapy program, and has certificates in Mindfulness, and Death, Dying and Bereavement. Cathy’s work is informed by a wholistic, person-centered, strengths-based, trauma informed, anti-oppressive and harm reduction lens. She works with adults and specializes death, dying and bereavement, women’s issues as well as self-care for professionals in direct support work.…
Antonietta Nesbit Miolla
Expressive Arts Therapist
With expertise in both education and expressive arts therapy, I am dedicated to helping teens and adults navigate anxiety, stress, interpersonal challenges, and their journey toward greater self-awareness. I approach my work with compassion and empathy, using creative methods to foster self-awareness and emotional healing. Drawing on my experience as a high school educator in French as a second language, I integrate creativity and self-expression into my therapeutic practice.…
Norah Kathleen Mooney
Expressive Arts Therapist
My name is Norah Mooney(she/her); I am an artist, and expressive arts therapist.
I am the youngest of six children and a mother of one. From an early age I began using my own artistic process to help myself navigate the joys and challenges of life.
I have a diploma from CREATE institute – a centre for expressive arts therapy.…
Anwar Nasr
Artist and Expressive Arts Therapist
My name is Anwar Nasr and I am an artist and an Expressive Arts Therapist working in the Metro Vancouver area. I am also a son, a brother, an uncle, and a human being with all their simplicities, complexities, beauty, and their challenges. I have been through my own healing journey and it has inspired me to shift my career to focus on facilitating such journey for others. Along my path, I have encountered, explored and experienced the arenas of permission, play, voice, movement, drama, masks, clown, puppetry, somatic experiencing, and reiki.
I employ a client centered intermodal approach to therapy that is catered to you. There are no problems to fix or symbols to interpret. It is all about you and your journey. One that is facilitated by imagination through creativity with me holding the space. You do not need previous arts training or experience, and you don’t need to consider yourself artistic or creative to benefit from this work. Simply bring your curiosity to explore the arts and yourself.
Melanie Nesbitt, RP, EXAT, REAT
Registered Psychotherapist,
Melanie Nesbitt is a Registered Psychotherapist and Board Certified Dance Movement Therapist. She graduated from York University and the European Graduate School. Melanie has over 30 years’ experience working with the arts as a psychotherapist, teacher, and supervisor. In her private practice she sees people of all ages, individually and in small groups. She helps clients deal with trauma, relationship issues, grief and loss; that may lead to stress, anxiety, depression, and panic. …
Bonnie L. Nish
Dr.
Dr. Bonnie Nish is a certified Expressive Arts Therapist, educator, and writer with over 20 years of experience leading workshops across North America. She is Executive Director of Word Vancouver, teaches at UBC, and serves on the faculty of the Vancouver Expressive Arts Therapy School, where she supervises theses. Bonnie creates safe, creative spaces for expression and growth and has extensive experience supporting individuals and groups in high-risk situations.…
Elizabeth Norris
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Dance/Movement Therapist, Dance Movement Therapist Supervisor
Elizabeth, MA, is a Registered Dance/Movement Therapist, Dance Movement Therapist Supervisor and Registered Psychotherapist who holds an eclectic theoretical stance with a focus on Person-Centred and Solution-Focused therapies combined with Chacian dance/movement therapy approach. She has experience working with families of the military community, grief, children on the spectrum, families of children on the spectrum, young adults with special needs, and older adults with varying ability.…
Carrie Nyitrai
MSW, RSW, Expressive Art Therapist
I am a registered Master of Social Work (MSW) Counsellor and Certified Expressive Art Therapist (EXAT). I obtained my MSW from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, ON and my area of specialty has been trauma counselling in the area of domestic violence with women and children, children’s mental health and grief and loss.
My areas of expertise include anxiety, depression, loss, and healing from traumatic events.…
Erin O’Neill
EXA, Movement Artist
Hi, my name is Erin (she/her), Expressive Arts Practitioner, Movement Artist, Community Arts Facilitator and Career Coach. I have also completed my 200 Hour Hatha Yoga Teacher certification, Restorative Yoga certification, and I have an educational background in Environmental Studies and Political Science. I am currently in the process of completing my Social Service Worker (SSW) Diploma, and my personal focus is on Resilience and Compassion.…
Sarah Osborne, RCT
Expressive Arts Therapist, Registered Counselling Therapist, MA
Sarah Osborne is a Registered Counselling Therapist with the Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists and a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist with the Ontario Expressive Arts Therapy Association. With eight-years of experience working with school-aged children, youth and adults, Sarah continues to provide a person-centered approach to therapy. Certified in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Sarah offers creative ways to enhance quality of life.…
Maria-Helena Pacelli
RP(Qualifying), AT, ExAT
Maria-Hélèna (she/they) is a compassionate art and expressive arts therapist in training. Maria-Hélèna’s work rests on humanistic, feminist, anti-oppressive and mindfulness and body-based approaches. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts, a Master’s in Feminist and Gender Studies (formerly Women’s Studies) and as Yoga Teacher Training. She is currently pursuing her Dual Diploma in Art and Expressive Arts Therapy at the Winnipeg Holistic Expressive Arts Therapy (WHEAT) Institute.…
Bee Pallomina
Expressive Arts Therapist, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MFA
I am an Expressive Arts Therapist and Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying). I come to therapy through the arts. After working for several decades as a dance artist and movement educator, I earned an MFA in dance, focusing on improvisation and collaboration. I am deeply interested in the choreography of our lives—the ways we can notice and work with the places where we get tangled, and how we can move with greater freedom and ease.…
Steph Paolucci
M.A., Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Yoga Teacher and ExA
Everything we experience impacts both our mind & body. Unfortunately, more often than not we end up living in our head as a result of things like stress & anxiety. While our mind can be an insightful place, it can also be isolating if we spend too much time there. Spiralling thoughts can become so all-consuming that you begin to disconnect from your body.…
Faye Ann Paris, Ph.D.
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Living on the west coast of British Columbia, offers challenging activities and explorations. Academic challenges began at Simon Fraser University where Faye attained a Bachelor of Arts (1st class honours) in psychology. Then she was granted a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of British Columbia. While pursuing the latter degrees Faye worked as a researcher at Forensic Psychiatric Services and InfoWest Consultants.…
Rosalinde Pecino Tamburro
Expressive Arts Therapist
As an Expressive Arts Therapist, I am passionate about helping young people tap into their full potential. Through my holistic, whole-child approach, I see your child for who they are – the child behind the diagnosis, the child behind the disappointing report cards and the child behind the pointing fingers of their peers. I will take my time to get to know your child, to gain their trust, to develop a relationship, and when they’re ready, work from a resource-oriented perspective.…
Lisa Peers, BFA, MFA, EXAT
“Art is a space where freedom tests its wings.” – Marty Rubin
Terri Roberton, RP, BFA, MLIS, ExAT
RP, ExAT, BFA, MLIS
Terri Roberton, (RP, ExAT, BFA, MLIS) is immersed in the arts from various angles having practiced painting, illustration and animation for many years.
Framework
The ExAT framework includes relational, person-centred, experiential, arts-based, somatic, transpersonal, existential, and phenomenological. Using an Intersectional Anti-Oppression Feminist (IAOF) framework, Terri, an Abolitionist Feminist, has worked with clients on the following issues: Confidence, sexuality, stigma, addictions, relationships, trauma, depression, anxiety, isolation; identity, equity, intersecting, or compartmentalized worlds, age, class, image, physical/developmental/emotional ability.…
Samuel Enrique Romero
Expressive Arts Therapist
As an Expressive Arts Therapist I employ creative modalities to facilitate the journey of healing and personal growth. Grief, trauma, depression, anxiety, personal and relational issues can be difficult to verbally communicate. I believe the body and imagination offer other ways to help express and self-understand. ExAT is an experiential mode of therapy which means one is invited to journey through their inner world and discover other ways of seeing oneself.…
Mireille Rosner
Expressive Arts Practitioner
I welcome people to make art with joy and satisfaction so they can explore self-expression and expand their creative horizons.
Art has always been a source of sustenance and discovery for me. It allows me to think differently, explore my imagination, and ground myself in the present through specific symbols and mindful works. By deepening my exploration through different art forms, I find satisfaction in the creative process and connect to the heart of my inspiration.…
Patricia Sai-Chew
RP, ExAT
Trish is a Registered Psychotherapist with the CRPO and an Expressive Arts Therapist, graduating from the school now known as CREATE in 2007. She enjoys full-time private practice with students, adolescents and adults both in-person and virtually over video. Trish also offers Supervision for Expressive Arts Therapists and students. Valuable work experience includes 12 years providing Expressive Arts Therapy for adults living with complex disabilities, and offering Expressive Arts and Play workshops to Indigenous communities.…
Heather Saluti (Prost)
Expressive Arts Therapist
Heather Saluti (they/them) is white settler of Italian and Ukrainian descent. They are a queer, nonbinary, neurodivergent expressive arts therapist, multimedia visual artist, and poet. Heather has worked with a diverse range of clients, including queer, trans, and gender diverse folx, disabled and neurodiverse folx, seniors including those with dementia and Alzheimer’s, as well as those who are grieving.…
Jotika Chaudhary Samant, EXAT, RSW
Expressive Arts Therapist, Registered Social Worker
My name is Jotika! I am a Queer, Femme of Colour, a cis woman, and a settler on the lands I live. I am also an Interdisciplinary Artist, a Community Organizer, a Social Worker and an Expressive Arts Therapist. I am deeply passionate about the arts as a profound and powerful tool to support a coming back into our bodies.…
Sofia Sanchez
Expressive Arts Therapist
As a mother and artist educator, Sofia focuses her work predominantly around early learning and motherhood. Sofia is proud of her background as an immigrant and is extremely familiar with the hardships immigrant families endure as newcomers. Born in Caracas, Venezuela into a creative family who raised her surrounded by dance, Sofia draws inspiration from her culture for her work and her approach to Art.…
Angela Sauve
Expressive Arts Therapist
My passions include art, people and culture. I love learning about people and the places they chose to call home. Everyone has a story and I long to hear it. I have been fortunate enough to travel to Malawi, Cambodia and Kolkata to work with people. Most recently I worked at a Crisis Recovery Centre in Kolkata, India directly with girls rescued from human trafficking and trained the staff how to utilize Expressive Arts principles in their existing practice.…
Elke Rielah Scholz, RP, REAT, MA
Therapist/Author
Third Edition Loving Your Life book , by award winning author, Elke Scholz has everything to do with using art as a drug-free therapy to help youth and adults live life to the fullest as they navigate through life’s trials and tribulations, and maintain a clear and healthy mind, body and spirit. …
Shambhvi Sharma, RP, RSSW
RP, RSSW
I am a Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO) and Registered Social Service Worker (OCSWSSW) with over nine years of experience providing therapy to individuals and couples. I use an integrative approach, drawing from CBT, DBT, Narrative Therapy, mindfulness-based practices, psychodynamic therapy, Gottman Method, and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). I also incorporate expressive arts and creative movement therapy to support holistic and embodied healing.…
Ms Stephanie Helene Shochat-Gruss
Registered Counsellor & Expressive Arts Therapist
is a registered counsellor (MPCC-P with CPCA) and Expressive Arts Therapist (MAExAT) that works with individuals of all ages and families supporting you in difficult life transitions, grief, challenges with special needs, chronic illness and home stressors.
He/Him Iven Simonetti
Expressive Art Therapy & Addiction Counselling
Hello, my name is Iven. Before my career as a counsellor, I dedicated most of my time to music and art making. Now I use music and visual art for my own self care or to create Mental Health Art which I call Medicine Art. I mostly offer confidential videos calls but also have a shared Counselling Office in Vancouver, for in person Expressive Art Therapy sessions.…
Jennifer Sneller
Expressive Arts Therapist, Theatre Educator
Jen Sneller (she/her) is the founder of Imagine Able, and is an advocate for the imagination. She believes we are all innately creative and have the right to creative expression in safe, judgement-free spaces. In her work she takes a whole person approach. She believes in the importance of listening to our bodies, self-expression through art and movement, and trusting the process of creating.…
Estephania Solis
Expressive Arts Therapist & Consultant
I’m Estephania, the heart of Alkehmia, dedicated to transforming personal and collective awareness through art, psychology, and spirituality as healing technologies.
I’m an Expressive Arts Therapist and Consultant.
I work with the imagination, the key to your reality. Where your quality of life is enhanced by aligning with peace of mind, emotional integration, and inner joy.…
Ayana Spivak, RP, EXAT
Registered Psychotherapist, MA Psychology, Expressive Arts Therapist, Dance/Movement Psychotherapist
Ayana is an EXAT with a solid background in Dance and Movement. She has her private practice in Richmond Hill, ON, providing individual psychotherapy for children and adults. Ayana is a group facilitator with over 15 years of experience in working in different settings with a variety of populations such as refugees, seniors, children and adults with Mental Health challenges and complex disabilities, and individuals with ambulatory disabilities.…
Emily Springgay, RP, EXAT, MEd
Registered Psychotherapist
I’m Emily (she/her). I’m a Registered Psychotherapist offering individual virtual psychotherapy for youth and adults. My therapeutic approach is rooted in a relational perspective, and I integrate experiential, phenomenological, person-centered, and arts-based methods into my sessions. I have a deep appreciation for imagination, creativity, and playfulness, and I value culturally aware, anti-oppressive, anti-racist, 2SLGBTQIA+ affirming, and trauma-informed care.…
Lauren Stein
MA, BA, ATCL, Expressive Arts Practitioner, Improvisational Theatre Performer, Facilitator
Working within a framework of fun, Lauren believes that people have the capacity to play within any boundaries or stresses that life gives them. She tailors her practice to every individual and group she works with.
Credentials:
- Master of Arts, Expressive Arts Therapy, European Graduate School
- Bachelor of Arts, Drama, University of Guelph
- Expressive Arts Therapy certification from ISIS Canada
- Associate of Trinity College London, Speech and Drama, Trinity Guildhall
- Professional Certification, Effective Communication, Trinity Guildhall
- Master Improvisation Retreat and Per4mance New York Intensives, Artistic New Directions
- Awarded a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts to travel to Australia and New Zealand to perform and teach improvisational theatre and story-telling
- Written a book titled “Fun at Work: Improvisational Theatre as Expressive Arts Modality”
Lesley Swartz, RP, EXAT, MA
Expressive Arts Therapist, Registered Psychotherapist, M.Ed.
I am a registered psychotherapist and expressive arts therapist based in Toronto and have worked as a therapist both in private practice and at community agencies for over ten years. I am core teaching faculty at The CREATE institute and also have experience supervising therapists. I work with families, couples and individuals (children and adults) and have experience with people challenged by grief/loss, family/relationship conflicts, anxiety, depression, life transitions, stress, self-esteem, body image, trauma related struggles, creative blocks.…
Sarah Teitel
EXAT
I’m an expressive arts therapist with a private practice in midtown Toronto. I see children and adults individually. I also work as a group facilitator. I’ve developed groups that serve adolescents struggling with addiction (CAMH), people with dementia and their caregivers (Baycrest Health Sciences), and seniors living with complex mental health issues (Elm Grove Living Centre).…
Dr Keith Thurlow-Bishop, MA, MSc, PhD, RCC-ACS, RCAT, REAT
Registered Expressive Arts Therapist & Clinical Supervisor
I am an English speaking Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT), Registered Canadian Art Therapist (RCAT) and Approved Clinical Supervisor (RCC-ACS) currently living and working respectfully and mindfully on the unceded ancestral lands of the Coast Salish Peoples on the west coast of Canada. I have been working in the field of mental health since 1990, and have worked with people healing from trauma and concurrent issues relating to mood, addictions, eating disorders, and personality disorders.…
Lysa Toye
MSW, RSW, ExAT
Lysa is a Master’s-trained Social Worker and Expressive Arts Therapist with a Certificate in Palliative and Supportive Care. Based in Toronto, Lysa holds more than a decade of experience working in both private practice and pediatric and adult health, mental health, and palliative care settings. In her work as a grief counsellor at the Dr. Jay Children’s Grief Centre, Lysa works at the intersection of grief and trauma and has taught over 50 training sessions to professionals in the fields of health, mental health and education.…
Julia Tribe
Expressive Arts Therapist, Arts Educator and Facilitator
I am an Expressive Arts Therapist, Arts Educator and Facilitator, I work with people of all ages, backgrounds, and capability, meeting my clients where they are at, individually or in-groups, building supportive frameworks that extend outward into community. I combine expressive arts therapy with my theatrical expertise and community engagement to create and support unique art making and story creations, in all its various shapes and sizes.…
Carla Vinczeffy-Rose, RP, EXAT
Expressive Arts Psychotherapist
Carla is an expressive arts therapist and Registered Psychotherapist practicing in northwestern Ontario. Her gentle, client-centered approach involves sensitivity and attunement to each client’s unique needs.
Carla has been engaging Indigenous children and youth and their families in expressive arts psychotherapy for the past ten years through her work with the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority and, more recently, in private practice and consultancy with local organizations.…
Ms. Jaime Vinderine
When it starts to get uncomfortable – that’s when the magic happens ~ Jaime Vinderine
Janet Walker, MA, RCC, ExAT, BCRPT, CPRT Level 1
Registered Clinical Counsellor, Certified Expressive Arts Therapist, BC Registered Play Therapist
The three foci of therapy, education, and the arts have been important for me throughout my life. I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor, a Certified Expressive Arts Therapist, a BC Registered Play Therapist, and an International Certified Child-Parent Relationship Therapist (Level 1).
My core counselling approach is Expressive Arts Therapy, which facilitates self-expression and personal growth in clients of all ages. …
Songqin Wei
Registered Psychotherapist, Expressive Arts Practitioner
As a Registered Psychotherapist and Expressive Arts Practitioner, I believe that everyone is an innate artist, capable of using art to explore their inner worlds, uncover hidden strengths, and heal. This belief underpins my conviction that each person has the capacity to flow through life’s challenges and grow in resilience. Inspired by the concept of flowing like water—fluid, flexible, and resilient—I support clients in embracing life’s ups and downs, fostering growth and transformation.…
Valerie Weiss, RP (Qualifying), ExAT, BA
Welcome! I’m Valerie— a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), Expressive Arts Therapist (ExAT), and a lifelong artist. I’m also someone who knows that when life gets heavy, words aren’t always enough. This is where the arts can offer a different way to approach your life.
Art has been my “constant companion” and a powerful resource in helping me navigate life’s ups and downs.…
Ruth E Wilgress, RP, ExAT
Psychotherapist/Expressive Arts Therapist Practitioner
I run my private practice in Muskoka, Ontario. I work primarily with children and youth in one-on-one settings with a play therapy approach. I am also play therapy trained with the Canadian Association for Play Therapy. I also work with adults of various ages.
People come to see me with these issues: depression, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, relationship issues, divorce/separation, life-transitions, adoption issues/foster care/attachment, grief/loss, PTSD, TBI, sexual/physical abuse, eating disorders, self-care, anger management, behavioural issues, sensory issues, and self identity/self discovery.…
Yan Sin Wong
RP, REAT, ExAT
Yan Sin Wong
RP(Q), ExAT
Markham, Ontario
Cell Phone: 289 588 8423
Personal Email: wongyansin@gmail.com
Biography
I am Yan Sin Fani Wong, Registered Psychotherapist (Independent Practice) (CRPO #11570), experienced music educator with a demonstrated history of working in the health wellness and education industry, having a Master of Expressive Arts Therapy, Master of Music Education, and Postgraduate Diploma of Music Therapy. …
Ms Ellen Eun Young Yang, PhD(c), CAGS, RCC, RCC-ACS, RCS, REAT
The Founder of TTA
Ellen is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, Expressive Arts Therapist, educator, and clinical supervisor with over 30 years of experience supporting neurodivergent individuals and people of all ages. She integrates trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming, and culturally responsive care, shaped by her lived experiences with intergenerational trauma, gender-based cultural challenges, and immigration from South Korea to Canada.…
Jaime Jiechao Zhao
EXAT/RCT-c
English/Mandarin/Cantonese
Hello and welcome! At Jaime’s practice, you’ll find a supportive environment where therapy is tailored to help you overcome specific challenges such as anxiety, depressive feelings, trauma, and emotional turmoil.
As an expressive art therapist, Jaime uses a variety of creative modalities—including visual art, music, drama, somatic/body movement, and writing. Her approach also incorporates play therapy and sandtray therapy, making each session both innovative and deeply therapeutic.…
Jessica Zupan
RP(q), ExAT
Hi, I’m Jessica.
I’m an Expressive Arts Therapist and Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), offering individual and group Expressive Arts Therapy sessions both in-person and online.
With over a decade of experience in both community and private practice settings, my approach is continually inspired by the people I work with. I offer a trauma-informed, body-centered therapeutic space that integrates expressive arts with relational therapy, parts work, mindfulness, somatic practices, and attachment-focused approaches.…
OEATA respects and honours the work of our:
- Expressive Arts Practitioners (EAP)
- Expressive Arts Therapists (ExAT)
- Peer Movement Specialists (ExA or ExAT and /or RP)
- Registered Psychotherapist, ExAT’s (RP, ExA or ExAT)
- Affiliates (Training institutes, Supportive Businesses)