SENSORIMOTOR ART THERAPY

Sensorimotor Art Therapies involve a bottom-up approach to therapy, where the emphasis is not the story of trauma, but instead, the trauma held within the body.

Ballarat Art Therapies offers both Work at the Clay Field and Guided Drawing. These modalities work from the view that your body knows what it needs to heal itself. 

These are touch therapies, where the focus in on the sensorimotor feedback loop that occurs during the process (rather than on object creation).

Work at the Clay Field helps people sort through issues, heal trauma & improve relationships. 

The clay is contained within a wooden box. You move the clay around and your hands express the story (it’s like sorting through your "stuff"). You will be guided to follow the impulses of your hands and connect with your internal landscape. 

There is no expectation of making objects or knowing what to do. Your therapist will hold the space and guide you through the process, you can experience an internal shift and your issue/s release or shift. This is then where you can discover a new perspective and find yourself on new ground and within safe parameters. 

This deconstruction & reconstruction in clay work may help form new pathways in the brain as it utilizes touch (senses) and the kinesthetic actions of the hands. This is a very safe way to explore conflicting experience, regulate emotions and find a new equilibrium with a specialist.

 Work at the Clay Field is a unique sensory-based therapy.