Creative arts therapy is a type of therapy practiced by licensed mental health professionals that use the creative arts to inform their therapy practices in order to help their clients achieve a wide range of goals. Creative arts therapists train in both psychotherapy and creative arts, and specialize in a particular creative arts field.

At SJFS our licensed creative arts therapist specializes in music and is also a board-certified music therapist. Click to learn more about music therapy at SJFS

In creative arts therapy, traditional talk therapy/counseling is combined with creative arts experiences and music therapy techniques. The music or art making is as frequent as the client desires and is most helpful to an individual who might be a candidate for talk therapy but would also benefit from the addition of music or other creative art modalities.  This approach is especially beneficial for children and teens because it allows them to explore the feelings they have difficulty expressing through words in a non-threatening experience.