Creating Horizons - Art Therapy and Psychotherapy Services

02/17/2026

I'm headed your way next week Weenusk!

If you're interested in attending the following Art Therapy series, reach out to Emilie! Her email is below in the poster.

02/06/2026

Renovating has been the most exciting and truly exhausting process of getting off the ground. However, with the first coats of yellow it truly does brighten up the perspective that this is real! ☀️

01/28/2026

My first workshop announcement as Creating Horizons through Waxwing Commons!

I have begun a series that is close to my heart and the vast variety of land that surrounds us across the globe. Inspired by attending a workshop with one of my mentors who offered the metaphor of landscape in our sessions, I wanted to share this beautiful perspective using Art Therapy with Timmins; especially in our deepest cold of winter.

We have hosted our first one last night (Muskegs, Meadows and Bogs) and can't wait for the others. It was a beautiful time to be able to just sit with ourselves, and not worry about the busy-ness of the day to day lives. Taking time to play, to explore and to take care of ourselves in community.

Click on the link for more of a description and to sign up through waxwing's workshop portal! Any questions, don't hesitate to message me! :)

01/28/2026

So the news is official!

After 7 dedicated years with Mushkegowuk Council's Youth Department, I have decided to expand my services and begin my journey into private practice based out of Timmins. For all my friends and work partners I have made up the James Bay Coast, don't worry, I still have plans to travel and be a continuous support for those that have shaped me and helped me grow all these years. The lands of the coast have my heart and so do its people.

The Art of Healing ᐅᔑᒋᑫ·ᐃᐣ ᑲᑭᒋᐃ·ᐁᒪᑲᐣ has been such a beautiful thing to bring to life and while I'm sad to let it go, I am looking forward to all the new people and opportunities that this new Horizon will invite in. My last day with Mushkegowuk Council is this Friday.

Over the next month I will be adding more to my website, a formal introduction of me, completing renovations of my office that will be in Porcupine, and updates of programming that is being offered! Feel free to email me with any inquiries you may have regarding upcoming services, and I look forward to offering these opportunities in my own back yard

STAY TUNED! ☀️

01/26/2026

"Looking Up"

There are changes to be announced this week that has left me musing over a recent, personal, art therapy experience.

While Art Therapy is often focused on process over product, sometimes, our product surprises us and is just as pleasant as the process of its creation. I always struggled with the process in my art, finding it too rushed and wanting more time to being it to a level of completion where I deamed it as finished. It has been a process of its own to work with perfectionism, uncertainty in the unfinished, and capturing my minds eye. However, my artist side is always satisfied when I process works and is visually pleasing in the product.

This piece was created in a state of process under the theme of "Canopy" in a collective group space. While jungles, bird song and the breeze filled my mind at first, I drew inward towards a familiar canopy in this frosty winter time. I'm on the trails of the north. Looking Up through the narrow passage ways of pine, spruce, birch and cedar towards the sliver of sun and flakes that surround and envelope me. I am on a journey, the horizon is visible, and even the unfamiliar path has a familiar feeling. Comforted in the cold, safe in its embrace.

11/28/2025

Long overdue love of my calendar project each year! We have our winners and they are off to the printers! Congratulations to all the artists and thank you for sharing your amazing talent with us!

10/01/2025

The time has come, I will be starting 1-1 individual Art Psychotherapy Sessions!

What is different about Art Psychotherapy you may ask? It combines the components of talk psychotherapy alongside creative expression to assist in deepening conversation through metaphor, symbolism and movement. It is not about the therapist interpreting the art, but rather using the art as another voice and communication tool within the session.

I am limited on space as I am limited on number of spaces, and any additional requests will be placed on a wait list.

To request an intake form, please reach out to erikajohnson@mushkegowuk.ca

You will be contacted if you are eligible with time slot offerings or wait list status.

Looking forward to this new level of The Art of Healing!

10/01/2025

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 3rd!!! Don't miss your chance to be featured in our yearly Calendar :)

It's that time of year again! 🎉

WE WANT TO SEE YOUR ARTWORK! Submit photos of your art for a chance to win one of 13 places in our calendar (we included the cover photo again this year!)

DEADLINE IS SEPT 26, 2025! Get your photos in to erikajohnson@mushkegowuk.ca

09/12/2025

We want to see your artwork! You have a chance to win a spot in this year's calendar! Send to erikajohnson@mushkegowuk.ca

It's that time of year again! 🎉

WE WANT TO SEE YOUR ARTWORK! Submit photos of your art for a chance to win one of 13 places in our calendar (we included the cover photo again this year!)

DEADLINE IS SEPT 26, 2025! Get your photos in to erikajohnson@mushkegowuk.ca

09/07/2025

Register for our upcoming Beads and Paint workshop for 13+ while I'm in Fort Albany and Kashechewan! Combining traditional art practices alongside artist and beader Lexie Friday.

If you're from either community, don't forget to register for our land-based retreat ages 16-19 years old.

Register for both through erikajohnson@mushkegowuk.ca

09/03/2025

KASHECHEWAN AND FORT ALBANY YOUTH!

We are hosting a land based clay workshop around release and loss alongside the shift in the close of the summer season.

Transportation, meals, and accommodations all provided.

Register by September 10th with erikajohnson@mushkegowuk.ca

09/01/2025

It's that time of year again! 🎉

WE WANT TO SEE YOUR ARTWORK! Submit photos of your art for a chance to win one of 13 places in our calendar (we included the cover photo again this year!)

DEADLINE IS SEPT 26, 2025! Get your photos in to erikajohnson@mushkegowuk.ca