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Expressive  arts therapy is the practice of using imagery, storytelling, dance,  music, drama, poetry, movement, horticulture, dreamwork, and visual arts  together, in an integrated way, to foster human growth, development,  and healing. It is about reclaiming our innate capacity as human beings  for creative expression of our individual and collective human  experience in artistic form. Unlike traditional art expression,  the process of creation is emphasized rather than the final product.  Expressive therapy is predicated on the assumption that people can heal  through use of imagination and the various forms of creative  expression. Expressive  arts therapy is also about experiencing the natural capacity of  creative expression and creative community for healing.  

Play therapy is a form of therapy  utilized with children generally between the ages of 3-11 (but can be  used at any age depending on the individual’s stage of  development).  Through play, the individual has a way to express their  experiences and feelings through a natural, self-guided, self-healing  process. As children’s experiences and knowledge are often communicated  through play, it becomes an important vehicle for them to know and  accept themselves and others in the world. This approach is common to  young children and can even be used with adults as a vehicle to express  emotions and work through different stages of an individual’s trauma.