MEET JULIA
A passionate advocate of expressive arts and creative writing, dedicated to supporting individuals and groups on their journey of self-discovery and healing.
With a background in social work since 2001, Julia has been exclusively engaged in Expressive Art Facilitation since 2011. She holds degrees in both Social Work and Art from the University of Memphis in Tennessee and has acquired certifications in Trauma Informed Care and Expressive Arts Facilitation.
EXPRESSIVE ARTS
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Originally based in Nashville, Tennessee, Julia now calls Sarajevo, Bosnia, her home since 2012, and reaches out to clients globally, offering both in-person and virtual sessions.
In addition to one on one sessions, Julia hosts a variety of workshops to engage in the Expressive Arts in a communal setting.
FAMILY SESSIONS
SUPPORT GROUPS: ADDICTION RECOVERY
WORKSHOPS
SERVICES PROVIDED
GROUP WORKSHOPS: COMMUNITY BASED
In expressive arts, the art is the therapy, and the healing power of the creative process can be experienced. Spontaneous creative processes are curated and facilitated to guide the individual in the creative process.
While Expressive Arts is shown to have a positive impact on mental and emotional health, the strength based, hope inducing directives create an invitation to express honest emotions and thoughts, and is not clinical mental health treatment. Housed in an atmosphere of unconditional acceptance, space is held for individuals to experiment with spontaneous art, poetry, movement, sculpture, music, and creative writing.
Julia offers group workshops in various forms, to include multi modal forms of expression of dance, visual arts, music, journal practices, poetry, imagery, meditation, and improvisational drama. Workshops offer a safe community space to foster emotional healing, resolve inner conflict, and awaken individual creativity.
In community, we can allow ourselves to support one another through the expressive art process. We are not concerned about the beauty of the visual art, the grammar and style of the writing, or the harmonic flow of the song. Together, we use the arts to let go, to express, and to release. We can also gain insight by studying the symbolic and metaphoric messages. Our art speaks back to us if we take the time to let in those messages.
ONE ON ONE EXPRESSIVE ARTS SESSION
COUPLES SESSIONS
SELF CARE RETREATS
SUPPORT GROUPS: FOR EXPATS