The Tides Art Therapy

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The Tides Art Therapy

Art Therapy and Counselling Services offered virtually across Canada. Offering a person-centred, parts-informed, and somatic-based approach.

I work with adults navigating anxiety, depression, identity, trauma, grief, and more.

02/18/2026

Shame tells us to hide.
Healing happens when we’re truly seen and supported by ourselves and by safe people around us. 💛

I’m so honoured to be partnering with Eating Disorders Nova Scotia to offer my first free group art therapy workshop: Recovery Landscapes 🎨

Using paint and collage, we’ll explore where you are in your journey, without pressure, perfection, or needing any art experience. Just space for compassion, expression, and reconnecting with yourself.

🗓 February 28
🕐 1:00–2:30 PM
✨ Free • trauma-informed• all skill levels welcome

If you’ve ever felt alone in your relationship with food or your body, this space is for you.

02/15/2026

I made this collage with a friend as a vision board exercise - and so much surfaced that I didn’t consciously plan.

Spiritual symbols.
Childhood memories.
Shadow parts.
Hope and grief sitting side by side.

This is the magic of collage in art therapy. ✂️✨
It bypasses the thinking brain and lets the deeper layers of self speak through image, colour, and intuition.

Collage helps us:
• explore the unconscious
• hold complexity (not just black & white)
• reconnect with younger parts
• clarify values and longings

You don’t need to be “artistic.”
You just need curiosity and compassion for what emerges.

Our inner worlds hold so much wisdom, and sometimes art helps us hear it more clearly.

If collage is calling to you, I’d love to explore it together. I am holding a group with Eating Disorders Nova Scotia in Halifax on Sat Feb 28th, where we will be diving into collage to explore our Inner Landscapes around Recovery. I also offer collage in my 1:1 sessions - come as you are ❤️
(link in bio)

02/09/2026

I’m endlessly grateful to be trusted with your stories -
to hold space for the pain, the growth, and the courage it takes to show up.
Being a keeper of these moments is truly an honour.

Sharing these tidbits from sessions (and keeping identifying information out) helps to shed light on some of the work we can do together in therapy. The work of reconnecting to yourself, your relationships, and your purpose. The work of processing old stories, and integrating new meanings.

What do you need support in holding?

02/03/2026

Get ready with me for a session at The Tides Art Therapy 🥰🌊

Last night a client told me how safe and non-clinical my office felt, and it was the biggest compliment! This has been my goal from the beginning - cozy, compassionate care that feels supportive and human.

Because at the end of the day, that’s what this work is. Connection between human beings, supporting each other through life.

If you’re looking for support holding life’s complexities, feel free to reach out for a free consult to see if we’d be a good fit - link in bio

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01/25/2026

Resistance. Connection. Anger. Purpose.
This is a piece I made in my own Art Therapy session (as a client) this week- and it feels integral to share. The wold is so heavy, things feel uncertain. It may not feel safe to speak out - for some, it hasn’t been. If you need a safe space to process the heaviness of the world, I can offer my time, space, heart and materials. With connection and expression there is power.
Therapy is political. Art is resistance.

01/03/2026

This time of year can be loud with messages about becoming 'better', doing more, or starting over.

If resolutions feel heavy or unattainable, you’re not failing.

What if this year isn’t about fixing yourself,
but about relating to yourself with more curiosity, care, and creativity?

I've included a few alternatives to resolutions that may support this connection to yourself during this time of transition.

If you’re curious about a slower, more compassionate approach to therapy this year, you’re welcome to reach out or explore working together!

Happy New Year everyone!

12/19/2025

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Right? Well... it can be - and it can also be a really, really hard time for many of us.

The rituals surrounding the Holidays can amplify feelings of loss, disconnection and overwhelm. When coupled with expectations and pressures to be present and 'perform' in social situations, it makes sense that The Holidays are a large discussion piece in my therapy sessions with clients lately!

So my invitation to you is this: where can you find and invite in more softness? Maybe it's giving yourself more grace, and speaking to yourself in a kinder tone, similar to how you'd speak to a friend. Or maybe it's watching the Christmas movie(s) you used to like as a kid, sipping on a warm beverage. Maybe it's a moment of stillness and breath amidst the chaos.

How are you inviting softness in over the Holidays? Feel free to share in the comments below - you might even inspire a new idea for someone else 😊

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Halifax, NS
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http://www.thetidesarttherapy.ca/

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