Sometimes in art therapy, your therapist might sit alongside you and make art too. This isn’t to take the spotlight—it’s a way of saying you’re not alone here. Creating together can make it easier to begin, soften the space between you, and help you feel truly seen and supported.

If your life has been thrown up into the air following a diagnosis, here are some ways art therapy could help you rebuild

Life with chronic illness can bring up all kinds of mixed feelings. But I urge you to keep going! Give hope a fighting chance.

Health-ache and heartache. Art therapy for the brokenness that comes with chronic illness

Fatigue and chronic illness using art therapy to describe the experience of living with chronic illness

I share a short video demonstrating a structured art exercise to help with stress and anxiety.