Smithers, British Columbia, Canada
art therapy for your mental health
Transform your life with professional art therapy for your mental health and wellbeing.
WHAT IS ART THERAPY?
Art therapy combines talk therapy with art-making to:
- build coping skills, resilience, acceptance & self-care
- improve brain function, memory, imagination, & problem solving skills
- help with pain management, stress, anxious feeling, overwhelm & burnout
WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM ART THERAPY?
individual 1:1 sessions
Families (caregiver & child or Siblings)
Families (caregiver & child or Siblings)
Children, youth, teenagers, adults, & seniors can all benefit from art therapy.
Using a person-centered, strength-based approach, art therapy helps ease anxiousness, stress, overwhelm, and pain.
Art therapy can provide insight into life circumstances to help you move forward.
Families (caregiver & child or Siblings)
Families (caregiver & child or Siblings)
Families (caregiver & child or Siblings)
Art therapy between two people builds healthy attunement, attachment, and trust.
If you and a loved one are struggling to connect, art therapy may help create emotional connection, attunement, and an opportunity to have fun together!
groups, workshops & retreats
Families (caregiver & child or Siblings)
groups, workshops & retreats
Group workshops and retreats focus on themes such as self-care, goal setting, and personal growth.
They are a fun way to build community, meet people, share stories, and support others.
Julie Chaplin, ATP, RP (Qualifying) is a Professional Art Therapist and a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) as well as a member of the Canadian Art Therapy Association (CATA).
Julie received a post-graduate Master's level Art Psychotherapy Diploma at the Canadian International Institute of Art Therapy (CiiAT) in Victoria.
As a self-taught artist, Julie has always created art for its guidance, perspective, and transformative power. Her mission is to provide a fun, non-threatening, and compassionate approach to empower clients of all ages.
Julie is grateful to live, work & play on the traditional territory of the Wet'suwet'en First Nations, at the foot of the mountain (D'ze L Kant) in the beautiful Bulkley Valley.
Originally from Guelph, Ontario, Julie resides with her family in Smithers, British Columbia, Canada.
As a Professional Art Therapist and RP (Qualifying), your extended health benefits (i.e. Pacific Blue Cross) may cover art therapy. Please check with your health plan provider to confirm.
Virtual and in-person sessions available!
art therapy groups, workshops & retreats
mindful mondays
Join us on Mondays for an hour of mindfulness practices and art to ease anxiety, worries, regulate your nervous system, improve focus, and release negative thought patterns.
Preregistration required.
Space limited to 4.
No art experience required.
Mondays @ 10:30am | 12 noon | 5pm
$40 for each 1 hour session
wise women monthly art therapy circle
The modern and historical "wise woman" embodies accumulated life experience, deep intuition, and leadership.
Are you 50+ and looking for an excuse to make art with other wise women?
Gather with other women to make art while sharing stories, wisdom, and life lessons.
No art experience required. All art materials provided.
Be curious. Have fun. Share stories. Make art.
1st Tuesday of every month from Oct-Mar
1 pm - 2:30 am
$50 per session
Contact Julie at 250.877.8271 or julie.insightarttherapy@gmail.com to register.
Space is limited to 4.
women in perimenopause art therapy circle
Perimenopause is a difficult transition for most women - menstrual cycle changes, mood swings, sleep disruptions, hot flashes, physical discomfort, emotion turmoil, and increased anxiety all while juggling life - home, work, family, to-do lists, & the emotional load.
Join us for a monthly art circle to feel validated and heard and not alone in your struggles while making art.
No art experience is required. All art materials are provided.
2nd Thursday of every month from Oct-Mar
7 - 8:30 pm
$50 per session
Contact Julie at 250.877.8271 or julie.insightarttherapy@gmail.com to register.
Space is limited to 4.
creative goal setting
perched art show & opening reception
Join us for a creative and reflective workshop to set new goals and intentions for the new year.
No art experience required.
Sunday, January 17, 2027
1-3:30 pm
$75
perched art show & opening reception
perched art show & opening reception
perched art show & opening reception
Perched
Art Show
New Hazelton Gift Shop & Gallery
Opening reception on Friday, September 10, 2027
7-9pm
art therapy for pain & trauma
perched art show & opening reception
perched art show & opening reception
Do you suffer from chronic pain?
Art therapy can help improve daily functioning for those suffering from pain and trauma.
Through a variety of somatic art directives, art therapy helps build resilience, hopefulness, acceptance, and coping with pain.
An initial intake session is required and a 6-session art therapy package is suggested.
Team BUILDING & Connection
groups, individual sessions & packages
Planning a staff meeting, team building workshop, retreat day, or event?
Whether for 1 staff or 20, Julie is available for onsite group art-based activities for team-building, improving morale, and managing stress.
Julie will design art activities based on the needs of your group with a focus on fun and engaging activities that foster connection and trust among participants.
Contact Julie for availability and fees.
All art materials provided.
No art experience necessary.
groups, individual sessions & packages
groups, individual sessions & packages
Create a Jane profile to register online for any of the above art sessions, packages, retreats, camps, and workshops!
Individual sessions available in-person or virtually.
Inquire about our 6-session package deal!
BENEFITS OF ART THERAPY
BENEFITS OF ART THERAPY
Mental Benefits: relaxing & cathartic, self-awareness, resilience, problem solving, creative thinking, new perspectives, improves memory, concentration & focus, conflict resolution, acceptance
Emotional Benefits: emotional regulation, processing & expression, confidence, hope, joy & playfulness, reduces stress & anxiety, trauma processing
Physical Benefits: pain management, nervous system regulation, release physical tension & excess energy, cathartic & rejuvenating