​​A life affirming way to move imaginatively towards an embodied sense of connection and purpose
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Noriko Oka, MA, RCC
​Expressive Arts Therapist
Registered Clinical Counsellor​
Designation of the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors​
EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY
Rooted in a somatic, sensory and play-based approach, expressive arts therapy fully engages the right brain.  Shape your world using sound, movement, visual art, drama and writing with a beginner's mind.  From a sense of ease and spaciousness, discover where movement trickles and tickles (laughter is a potential side effect).  Follow this thread and make sense by diving into this co-creative, experiential and process-oriented healing arts that can sometimes cut to the heart of the matter,  No background in art is necessary...just a sense of curiosity.
​Expressive arts therapy is IDEAL for those seeking a dynamic creative alternative that gets you out of the seat:
  • Engage your body and senses 
  • Be mindful in the here & now
  • Follow your creative flow
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  • Make sense of your world
  • Shape stories anew
  • Be moved by the image
  • Enhance your response-ability
  • Be surprised
  • Play with a sense of wonder
Since 2005, Noriko has ​been fortunate to serve diverse communities ​across the whole spectrum of life in various clinical and community settings.  She found her way to this field while immersed in her love of clay and inspired by the resilient war time stories of Japanese Canadian elderly with whom she was working.  The merging of these two realms set her on a path towards her calling as an expressive arts therapist.
Photo: Carmina Articona
So blessed to have this opportunity as an uninvited guest to work, play and create within the unceded lək̓ʷəŋən territory also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt nations.  Embracing indigenous wisdom to learn how to cherish the world, honour interconnectedness and live in harmony with nature.