Healing Hands Creative Arts Therapy

05/23/2026

I am offering a free in person art making session for people wondering how art can help with mental health and wellness. Only 10 spots available! June 20th, 6:00pm at Alki Arts on California in West Seattle. Follow the link to get your ticket!

Tapping into our innate creative instincts can help us regulate our nervous system, promote the state of flow, and heal emotionally and mentally. Learn to apply color and pattern in abstract ways and let the art work its magic.

05/15/2026

Add some contrast. Try writing a quote you love but make the handwriting kinda messy so you can’t quite make out what it says.

05/15/2026

Next stage is to doodle with acrylic markers.

05/15/2026

What does an art therapist do to “refill her cup”? This one watercolor doodles. This is step 1, stay tuned for step 2!

02/21/2026

02/17/2026

One approach I offer at Healing Hands, and a big reason I love in person sessions, is Sand Tray Therapy. Sand Tray is much more than playing in a sand box, it's an opportunity to let your subconscious rise to the surface and gives you a peek into what's brewing underneath. Choosing from my vast array of miniatures, you'll create a small world in the sand tray, then you and I together explore what it brings up. In some cases, just making the world is enough to bring relief to a client. In others, it can open doors to a level of introspection and understanding that traditional talk therapy can't replicate. If this is intriguing to you, I encourage you to reach out and plan a session.
Healinghandscreativeartstherapy.com

02/02/2026

As someone who interned in a children's hospital and as a midlife woman who wrote a thesis on mothers in midlife, this concept of disenfranchised grief is an important one. It shows up in many different ways and is often dismissed or minimized. This is a nice article introducing the idea, and I invite you to check It out and see if it resonates. Do you have lingering regrets, resentment or sadness over how your life has played out? Art therapy in particular is a very effective approach to grief and sadness, or to coming to grips with who you are in the here and now.

There’s a particular kind of grief that often goes unnamed. It’s not the grief of losing someone we love or even the grief that accompanies a devastating diagnosis.

01/06/2026

Midlife is better when we don’t do it alone. If you’re a midlife woman looking for creative connection, understanding, and a supportive online space, I’d love to welcome you to my Women in Midlife Support Group. Come as you are—listen, share, create, and connect with other women who get what you're going through.

https://www.healinghandscreativeartstherapy.com/event-details/online-midlife-womens-support-group