{"id":48,"date":"2011-03-28T10:32:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T14:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccpa.scottbuckingham.ca\/blog\/?p=48"},"modified":"2015-07-03T16:29:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T20:29:27","slug":"creativity-is-it-in-all-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ccpa-accp.ca\/fr\/creativity-is-it-in-all-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity: Is it in all of us?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/shutterstock_38506225.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-126\" title=\"shutterstock_38506225\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/shutterstock_38506225-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>I am very excited to be writing my first blog entry for Counselling Connect.\u00a0 Every two weeks I\u2019ll be bringing you information and opinions about Creative Arts Therapies including best practices, tips, techniques and news from the art therapy community in Canada and around the world.\u00a0 Many people in the counselling field have heard of art therapy but are still not quite sure what it entails.\u00a0 I look forward to sharing this wonderful and creative therapeutic modality with all of you.<\/p>\n<p>Art therapists help individuals explore their feelings and emotions using a variety of materials.\u00a0 In my practice, clients have the option of choosing paints, pastels, markers, clay, fabric, collage materials and repurposed every day objects amongst other things. They often begin with art materials they are comfortable with but with gentle encouragement, others begin to explore new ways of expressing themselves.\u00a0 It is often an enlightening, exciting and safe experience for clients.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>But what about those people who may be hesitant about trying art therapy or resist it all together, insisting that they are not creative or cannot draw?\u00a0 It is in those instances that simple exercises can be introduced, such as drawing squiggly lines to relax.\u00a0 I might even ask the client to draw the ugliest picture they can, to take the pressure off of making \u201cpretty art\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>At its core, art therapy supposes that all individuals are inherently creative.\u00a0 Whether they were never given the chance as children to develop their creativity or excelled in other areas such as math or athletics, many adults believe that they are not capable of imaginative expression.\u00a0 A common belief is that they were just born that way.\u00a0 However, some of these people may be creative in other ways without even realizing it.\u00a0 They may enjoy experimenting with cooking, photography while traveling, or take pleasure in colourful book covers while browsing in a bookstore.\u00a0 When clients start to appreciate the many ways in which creativity can exist and acknowledge their own innate originality, they begin to find new ways to express themselves.\u00a0 This may naturally lead some to consider trying art therapy whereas they might not have before.<\/p>\n<p>As counsellors and therapists, we can help to reframe the idea of creativity and remove the notion that only certain people have an artistic spirit. Creativity is indeed in all of us.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, it is possible that by helping clients tap into their creative potential that they may also connect to a whole new world of emotional expression. And when new methods to express feelings and emotions emerge, new creative problem-solving skills may develop for clients as well.<\/p>\n<p>Nalini Iype, MC:AT, CCC is an art therapist and counsellor in private practice in Toronto.\u00a0 For more information visit www.ArtTherapySolutions.com or email her at Nalini@ArtTherapySolutions.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am very excited to be writing my first blog entry for Counselling Connect.\u00a0 Every two weeks I\u2019ll be bringing you information and opinions about Creative Arts Therapies including best practices, tips, techniques and news from the art therapy community in Canada and around the world.\u00a0 Many people in the counselling field have heard of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001051,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,1],"tags":[25,27,28],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creativearts","category-uncategorized","tag-counselling","tag-creative-therapy","tag-problem-solving"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Creativity: Is it in all of us? 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