When its hard to talk about the things that are worrying, you can use, art materials like paint, paper, pencils, clay, glitter, chalks or crayons to help you. You don’t have to be good at art.
Sometimes feelings can get pushed down, when feelings get stuck we can get headaches, stomach upsets, aches and pains that are hard to explain. Sometimes making art can help you discover new things about your feelings and help you understand them a bit better over time.
Finding the right words to describe feelings can be very difficult and you might want or need some help to do that.
Art Therapy can be helpful if you are, feeling shy or nervous, feeling sad, having bad dreams, worried about school or feeling angry.
An art therapists can work with you at school. Your teacher or parent can arrange a meeting for you with an art therapist and you can decide if you would like to work with them.
The art therapist will work with you in a way that is ok for you. You can decide if you want to make some art or just talk about what has been difficult or upsetting for you.
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