Shelley Klammer-Expressive Art Therapy

Creativity for Healing

I am an expressive artist and for the past 5 years I have managed to create a living in the therapeutic arts. I am in the process of finishing my Registered Counseling Designation and my partner Ondrea and I are planning on starting our own therapy practice within the next year. Presently I work as a therapeutic art instructor in a government funded program for elders with Alzhiemers and Dementia.

Honest Self-Expression

I believe that, ultimately we grow and change as we learn to express ourselves honestly in connection with others. I use art-making to get honest with myself and in my work with expressive art groups I have seen that honest self-expression in an an accepting environment strengthens our connection and compassion as human beings. 

I have led expressive art groups for adults with acquired brain injuries. I also have led expressive art programs for youth in prison. I have led creativity circles for women struggling to find their own unique voices and who are longing to discover who they are underneath all of the "shoulds" of life. I create spontaneous collages and drawings as my own form of self therapy and I share my insights from this "getting honest process" with you on these online courses available on this site.