Expressive Therapy Activities

Reference: Cathy Malchiodi’s book, Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy

Movement

dancing 

yoga

energy arts (tai chi, Qi Gong, Aikido)

Play

walking a labyrinth (there is one off taylorsville road and out at Mt St Francis)

Sound

singing 

drumming

playing an instrument

humming

chanting/prayers

vibration

listening

Storytelling

Drama

enactment

role play-improv

art making

image making

doodling

coloring

costume and mask making

creative writing/writing lyrics

ceremony and ritual

Silence

mindfulness

meditation

contemplation

art making

yoga

watching the arts on tv or computer (theater, dance, performance)