“Using creativity to tap into our innate power for growth and healing.”
About Us
Creative Arts Therapies Canada (CATC) is an alternative and holistic healthcare organization with a mission of fostering awareness of the creative arts therapies and creative arts therapy services throughout Canada.
CATC provides in-person and virtual music, drama, dance/movement, art, and horticultural therapy services; and supports healthcare facilities, organizations, and institutions by connecting them with highly skilled and passionate licensed creative arts therapists.
What is Creative Arts Therapy?
Creative arts therapies is a collective term for evidence-based healthcare, where certified professionals (Creative Arts Therapists) use the creative process of art making to improve and enhance the development, health, and well-being of individuals of all ages and health conditions. Creative arts therapies generally specialize in a particular modality, such as drama, dance & movement, music, or art therapies. Each modality has been applied in psychotherapy and counseling.
Creative arts therapists offer a supportive environment and apply the techniques of the different art modalities in their treatment to address social functioning, communication, cognitive functioning, motor coordination, and emotional expression.
Creative Arts Therapy Programs
Creative arts therapists work in a variety of settings such as hospitals, educational institutions, community mental health facilities, long term care residences, correctional institutions, rehabilitation facilities, out patient mental health organizations, hospices, group homes, assisted living facilities, and homeless shelters.
Creative arts therapies include but are not limited to: Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Drama Therapy, Dance/Movement Therapy, Play Therapy and Horticultural Therapy.
Contact us using the form below if you are interested in having a creative arts therapist at your facility or virtually! We offer free consultations.
Click “Learn More” to learn about each specific modality.
Support for Communities
CATC's current community partnerships include but are not limited to: Long term care facilities, retirement residences, assisted living facilities, rehabilitation centres, and schools.
In addition to instilling creative arts therapy programs in various establishments across the country, CATC is pleased to announce our work in progress towards the grand opening of our respite centre in Toronto, Ontario. Stay tuned for more details!
Click on “Learn More" for resources.
“Creativity itself does not care all about results. The only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process and let whatever happens next, happen.”
Contact Us
Feel free to request for a therapist or contact us with any questions about our programs.
If you are a therapist, CLICK HERE
Email
info@creativeartstherapies.ca
Phone
(416) 284-6206
