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Artxpressive, Art Therapy

Therapy using traditional art together with new tech such as vr painting. Debra Irizarry ATR-BC, LCAT Fine artist, Digital artist, Art Therapist Debra Irizarry.

My goal is to help people empower themselves with the use of multimedia and traditional art. I’ve had six years working at clinical settings developing a myriad of directives for groups and individual sessions. I have learned to develop a voice of my own using narrative psychology inspired directives. According to the American Psychological Association,
“The tales we tell hold powerful sway over our memories, behaviors and even identities, according to research from the burgeoning field of narrative psychology”. When people turn episodes from their lives into anecdotes, it’s not just to entertain friends. Stories allow us to make sense out of otherwise puzzling or random events. "Stories help us smooth out some of the decisions we have made and create something that is meaningful and sensible out of the chaos of our lives.” (Retrieved on November 23, 2014 from http://www.apa.org/

10/07/2025

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El Búho, Tamada · Dandelion · Song · 2025

08/30/2025

Simple joys I would like to share. Today was a beautiful day filled with action. Started my morning kayaking at an unexpected beautiful place. Biased by the word reservoir, I had avoided this place but was astounded by its beauty ❤️ The other activity for today was planting a tree in front of my house. This tree is considered by Native Americans to be the tree of life (Western Red Cedar). It will grow very big indeed but it does belong in the space it now has 🙌

08/25/2025

Learning needle felting, creating soft, fluffy creatures to later animate in a felt created background. I love the process so far!!❤️

04/30/2025

So proud of the kids at our Full circle Chemawa Indian school groups that participated in the group show at the school this year! Incredible talent ❤️ and courageous to show visually what is difficult to say in words🙌🙏❤️

01/02/2025

Welcoming 2025 with mask making and a little family ceremony by the ocean with our recycled material masks ❤️

11/10/2024

Nothing like healing within trees ❤️

10/01/2024

Halloween masks created by Chemawa Indian school students attending my groups. A perfect way to work with shadows and discuss generational traumatic events in the healing journey.

09/06/2024

I learned the Kintsugi pottery method used in art therapy. Wonderful method to use in trauma informed care.

08/26/2024

At the Sedona Expressive Arts Summit in Sedona, Arizona this week. Today learning in a workshop about the use of Kensugi, beauty in the broken. 🙏

08/02/2024

Today I was honored and received an award for the work I’ve done at the Chemawa Indian school using technology in therapy 😊

07/30/2024

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Actually true

07/17/2024

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Salem, OR
97304

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https://artxpressivetherapy.com/

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Debra Irizarry, MA, ATR-BC, LCAT

Fine artist, Digital/New Media artist and Art Therapist . My goal is to help people empower themselves with the use of traditional arts and new media technology. Mixing media creatively can stimulate the senses and bring out the story that is within. “The tales we tell hold powerful sway over our memories, behaviors and even identities, according to research from the burgeoning field of narrative psychology”. When people turn episodes from their lives into anecdotes, it’s not just to entertain friends. Stories allow us to make sense out of otherwise puzzling or random events. "Stories help us smooth out some of the decisions we have made and create something that is meaningful and sensible out of the chaos of our lives.” (Retrieved on November 23, 2014 from http://www.apa.org/)