Art Therapy South Africa

22/01/2026

Exploring body mapping through the 4 elements of fire, air, earth and water. An 8 week course with

20/01/2026

Manifest Your Best Year Yet! 🎨✨

Are you ready to clarify your dreams and creatively set your intentions for 2026?

Join our Art Therapy Vision Board Workshop (via Zoom) — a joyful, guided space where you use colour, images, words and art therapy techniques to visualise what you want to invite into your life. No art experience needed! 🧠💛

📅 Dates:
✨ Monday 26 January 2026 — 09:30am–12:00pm (SAST)
✨ Tuesday 27 January 2026 — 17:00pm–19:30pm (SAST)
💻 Online via Zoom — join from anywhere!

In this workshop you will:
🎯 Identify and creatively set meaningful goals for the year ahead
🌈 Explore what matters most to you using art as expression
🖼️ Make a personal vision board that becomes a visual reminder of your intentions — turning dreams into something you can see, feel and work towards!

📌 Perfect for anyone who wants focus, clarity, inspiration and creative joy in 2026.

👉 Book now and secure your spot:
🔗 https://www.arttherapy.co.za/product/art-therapy-vision-board-online-workshop-via-zoom/

Spaces are limited — don’t miss out! 🌟

Colour, pictures, words. Identify, explore and creatively set your goals.

31/12/2025

An active Conscious Ending: Saying Goodbye to 2025 ✨
Needing to work with the ending of 2025 somatically - allowing what needed to be processed and released to move, shift, and transform through art.
So I wrote down my 2025 difficult words and experiences the year carried, letting them spill out onto the page. I scribbled, smudged, added water and made a delightful mess. Then I tore it all up!
The fragments became something new - a mosaic, a background, a holding surface on a brown package.
The words dissolved. The past was let go...
I placed the "BYE 2025" on top- ready to be released.
A reminder that endings can be processed, felt, moved through and consciously acknowledged.
If you’re craving a gentle transition into the new year, try this:
Let the mess come out, let it change form and shape, and choose what you want to carry forward 💛

29/12/2025

The world is moving faster than our nervous systems can keep up. AI can support creativity and efficiency, but it can’t replace human connection, presence or the healing power of art-making. In 2026, Art Therapy matters more than ever.

Read this blog to explore how AI and Art Therapy can work together — ethically, creatively and humanly.

Can AI replace Art Therapy?

17/12/2025

AI Therapy may have missed a crucial step, as the NEDA chatbot offered problematic advice to an individual in eating disorder recovery.
Safety measures in AI therapy are imperative.
How can Art-Therapy provide a human touch and ensure safe mental health support in crucial moments like these?
Learn more about Art-Therapy and its evidence-based interventions in trauma recovery and emotional regulation. https://www.arttherapy.co.za/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-body-knows-the-way-home/202511/ai-therapy-skipped-the-most-important-step

Tessa, the NEDA chatbot, gave problematic eating disorder advice to someone in recovery. AI therapy needs safety measures.

11/12/2025

As 2025 comes to a close, many of us are feeling stretched! This year has brought fast change, subtle “micro-endings,” and a sense of being constantly switched on.

December invites us to pause. My latest blog explores Conscious Endings — how slowing down, reflecting and creating can help us process the year and prepare meaningfully for 2026.

If you’re longing for grounding, clarity, or creative reconnection, this one’s for you. 💜

Reflect on your year with this creative exercise.

08/12/2025

Corporate Art Therapy Teambuilding 🎨🤩 Dec 2025
This managerial team stepped away from screens, deadlines, and year-end pressure - and into colour, creativity, and connection.

Through guided art therapy processes, the team explored communication, connection and new ways of seeing one another. It’s amazing what happens when people slow down, make art, and reconnect with themselves and their colleagues.

Thank you to this wonderful team for showing up with openness, curiosity and of course their innate creativity.
If your organisation is looking for meaningful teambuilding or wellness experiences, feel free to reach out. www.arttherapy.co.za

04/12/2025

The Power of Art Therapy
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” Thomas Merton
Art is magic for the mind. Here's how it works:
FIND YOURSELF: Art lets you discover and explore who you are. It’s a mirror for your inner world.
LOSE YOURSELF: It's a great way to escape stress and get absorbed in the moment. Pure presence.
FIND BALANCE: Art enables you to balance self-discovery with a peaceful escape.
Drop a 🎨 if you agree! How does art make you feel? 👇

27/11/2025

✨ Do you want to learn more about Art Therapy? ✨

Join the next 2-Hour Art Therapy Taster Workshop, which serves as an introduction to this unique field and provides an understanding of Art Therapy as a profession. You’ll also get a hands-on experiential taste of what Art Therapy is all about.

This workshop is run by Samantha Davis, internationally trained and HPCSA registered Art Psychotherapist with over 25 years of experience.

No art or psychology background is required. The workshop sells out fast, so reserve your space soon. 

Find out more and book here:

https://www.arttherapy.co.za/product/art-therapy-taster-workshop/

20/11/2025

Do you feel stuck – creatively, emotionally, or in life? Like no matter how much you try, things just aren’t shifting? You long for movement, inspiration, and the freedom to expand.

“From Stuck to Flow: An Art Therapy Journey” is a 2-hour online workshop which explores stuckness – how it manifests in our minds, bodies, and creativity – and what it means to step into flow. We’ll examine the contrasts we experience: resistance and release, structure and fluidity, separation and unity.

Through guided Art Therapy exercises, we’ll use creativity as a tool for insight, integration, and transformation.

This is an opportunity to reconnect with your innate creative flow, move beyond limiting beliefs, and unlock new possibilities within yourself.

No art experience is needed – just an open mind and curiosity.

Join this 2-hour online workshop, expertly facilitated by Samantha Davis, internationally trained (UK) and registered (HPCSA) Art Therapist, with over 25 years of experience holding safe, transformative spaces.

Spaces are limited. Book now: https://www.arttherapy.co.za/product/from-stuck-to-flow-an-art-therapy-journey/

13/11/2025

Need to step away from the noise and reconnect with yourself?

The Creative Reset Workshop (60 minutes) is a gentle, guided online session facilitated by Samantha Davis (UK trained, HPCSA registered Art Psychotherapist) with 25+ years of experience.

No prior art experience is needed – just a few recommended materials and your willingness to explore. This workshop fills up fast.

Book your space now:
https://www.arttherapy.co.za/product/creative-reset-workshop/

18/10/2025

Regulation and restoration are found through the sound of your internal beat.