Ayana Spivak Arts Based Psychotherapy

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Dance as Therapy

Have you ever danced in front of turned off the TV using it as a mirror? I think my own therapeutic journey had started there – as a child I spent hours jumping around, pretending to be someone else, dreaming and, as I understand now, dancing my worries away. At the time it seemed the very natural thing to do because dancing made me feel better whatever was happening to me. Now I am grown-up, I am an Expressive Arts and Dance/Movement Therapist and I am helping people to feel better about themselves, grow resilience and be more in peace with themselves and the world around.

Some of us as children (and as adults sometimes) did not have enough vocabulary or ability to express verbally what is going on inside. The whole inner world remains unspoken and it may create sufficient tension, problematic behavior and sometimes psycho-somatic illnesses. When people are experiencing intense, complex, or confusing emotions, the use of art in a therapeutic setting can help them learn about, manage, and communicate their feelings in ways that language cannot always accomplish.

In my work with clients, I use humanistic person-centered and somatic based approach. In therapeutic relationships, my role is to provide a safe caring environment and help my clients, both children, and adults, to explore their feelings, to raise self-awareness and to discover new coping strategies.

Play is an essential tool for changing perspective and for transformation. In therapy sessions, we use any art tools that seem helpful for a certain person on a certain day. It could be drawing, collage, musical instruments or voice, movement or clay modeling – whatever inspires you in your journey to your true self. No artistic experience is required.

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