cc (formally cecilia) is an art therapist (DTATI), Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO independent practice), Registered Canadian Art Therapist - Supervisor (RCAT-S), educator (OCT), and social justice advocate in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada. Their goal is to promote mental wellness for all ages through therapeutic art experiences and various forms of communication, building respectful, compassionate, and trusting relationships with people. As a student of mindfulness, cc often uses the teachings to reinforce relationship-building. 

ABOUT ME

cc has worked with folks from many different walks of life in one-on-one, small-group, and large-group settings, including schools, institutions, hospitals, shelters, studios, homes, and outdoor spaces. cc has worked with children and youth requiring specific needs in the school system, including those with IEPs.

cc is an active participant in equity and inclusion topics in their community. They have worked with organizations serving racialized and marginalized folks, including individuals with long-term illness, refugees, individuals with PTSD and depression, people affected by homelessness, individuals who identify with 2SLGBTQIA+, people living with disordered eating, and survivors of abuse. 

Overall intentions of Arts and Crafts Therapy are to:

  • create and nurture a space where mental wellbeing is an integral part of overall wellness

  • be a collective of practice that is responsive and accountable of our shared messages and actions 

  • continued expansion of personal, communal, and collective awareness of the importance of our interconnectedness with the world we are in 

  • be responsible for our connections to humans and other nonhuman folks respectfully interacting in a good way on Earth Mother

  • Philosophy

    Shaped by the simple yet intriguing lens of Dao/Tao, the path (of Life), our ideal state is felt when we experience balance in our mind, body, and soul. We focus on the balancing of all five elements within us, an active and ongoing process that requires self awareness and humility. When we reach harmony, we are ready to rebuild. Using the lessons of Confucius, we reconstruct our self based on the fundamentals of life. This continuous unlearning and rebuilding, responsive to the surroundings is the vision of how we define our decolonized practice.

    These words are written through a self-reflective process of bringing in ancestral knowledge passed down by familial and cultural stories along with the studying of the Tao Te Ching and San Zi Jiang. The coming together of these two books are the two schools of thought: Tao and Confucius.   

  • The world meets art therapy

    When people hear “art therapy”, the top 3 responses are: 

    “I don’t do art.”

    ”I’m not an artist.”

    “You mean like those coloring pages?”

    Within Canada, Art Therapy is a mental health discipline that is regulated. In order for someone to use the title Registered Canadian Art Therapist (RCAT), and practice as a professional art therapist within Canada, the individual must meet the academic and practice criteria listed on the Canadian Art Therapy Association and/or the provincial art therapy association where the therapist practices. Additionally, the therapist must show dedicated ongoing professional development of skills and knowledge related to the practice in order to remain their qualifications.

  • Download CATA’s art therapy brochure:

    What is art therapy?

    Art therapy for children

    Art therapy for older adults

    Art therapy for trauma recovery

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