Group Art Therapy in Tokyo

About the Sunday Art Therapy Group at TCS

Art Therapy is a form of psychotherapy that allows for self-expression and self-awareness through image-making and reflecting on the art products and processes. This group is an opportunity for you to:

➢ Express difficult or confusing feeling in a safe and non-threatening manner
➢ Discover new ways to interact and gain self-understanding
➢ Increase and deepen self-awareness
➢ Achieve a sense of perspective and self-confidence outside your own culture

• No artistic skills required • No fluent English or Japanese required

• Materials are provided.

Approach and Information of the Workshop

Art Therapy offers an efficient way of communicating with inner and outer world both verbally and non-verbally. It provides a way to explore your inner landscape through creative expression. The three week art therapy group is now open on Sunday from 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. This group is conducted mainly in Japanese by Ms Yuko Okuyama, a Canada licenced Art Therapist, who is fluent in English. Anybody interested in self-expression and self-awareness through the making of images is all welcome. It is not important if you think you don’t know how to paint or draw.

The session will provide you the opportunity to make work through which you can develop and challenge your ideas of self-expression through art. Each week new themes are introduced. This is followed by image making and thereafter voluntary sharing of images within the group. This leads to greater insignts into your artwork and a deeper understanding and exploration of yourself at your own pace within a group setting.

Dates & Times：16,23,30 June. 2013. (Sunday) From 10.00 - 12.00 p.m.
TCS Group ： Art Therapy Group
Place： TCS's（Tokyo Counseling Services）Counseling Center in Shimokitazawa, Setagayaku, Tokyo.
Fee： ¥9,000 for three consecutive sessions
Particpants： 5 ~ 8 people

Facilitator： Ms Yuko Okuyama

(Canada Art Therapy Association Art Therapist)
Application： To apply for a place in the Art Therapy group please send an email to us with the title “Sunday Art Therapy Group” to tokyocounselingservices@gmail.com titled and with answers to the following in the body of the email:

1. Name
2. Sex
3. Age
4. Occupation
5. Your reason for wanting to participate in this group


※ If you are currently receiving treatment from a psychiatrist, please check with your doctor before applying.

Contact TCS for Individual Art Therapy and Group Art Therapy

For more information on how contact Tokyo Counseling Services' Reception for more information on Individual art therapy and group art therapy and also on how to schedule apppointments for indvidual, couples and family therapy simply follow this link to our "Appointments and Inquiries" section.