Sure there are several forms of art that we can draw from to help express ourselves: paintings, sculpture, photography, drawings. It helps so much when trying to express ourselves when the words just aren't "there". Through our art, we are able to use symbols and metaphors which will help our T get a true visual of what we are trying to express typically with our words.

For instance, we try to express ourselves through journaling ... words are very powerful...bringing a pic of a famous work of art -Or not even well-known -that resonates with us (such as "old man in sorrow" van gogh), we can literally show our T how we are feeling.

We can put together a collage, too. Posterboard, glue, scissors, a bunch of images and single words clipped from magazines ... we can put together a visual representation of how we feel we look or appear to ourselves... I can write that i feel charred black inside but if I bring a photo of a devastated burn area after a major wildfire to my T, it helps even more. Or for example bring two or three pieces of art...how you felt before the incident and after.

It helps also when out T asks "what does it look like to..."

It can be extraordinarily therapeutic

I hope this was helpful.