Amélie Blanchard, a registered art therapist, is facilitating a drop-in vision board session for teens at the Nanaimo Art Gallery on Wednesday, Jan. 24.
Her workshop on Wednesday will help teens focus on their goals for the year.
“A vision board can help us get clear on our goals, but it can enhance relaxation, and play,” she said. “Everybody needs some sort of creative play in their life so that we get a break from our brains.”
Blanchard moved to Nanaimo two years ago where she now operated a private practice called Helix Art Therapy. She says art therapy can help both children and adults.
“It really helps us tap into something different than using our brain all the time and seeing things from a different angle and it’s really, really powerful.”
The workshop at the Nanaimo Art Gallery is for youth between 12-17 years old.
