Expressive Arts sessions:
creative support through life's in-between
The in-between phases can feel overwhelming — whether they concern your career, relationships, health, or something you haven't found words for yet. Through Expressive Arts, I support you in exploring new ways of relating to your experience, navigating emotional burnout, and moving through change with creativity and care.
This space invites you to listen to your body and imagination, and respond through creative forms. It can help you:
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tune into what you're feeling right now
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rediscover your resilience and inner strengths
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move through uncertainty and rebuild confidence
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find clarity, trust and a renewed sense of direction
Expressive Arts combines simple creative activities with sensory exploration. Through drawing, movement, storytelling, and play in nature, you reconnect with the vitality within and around you. The dynamics that unfold in art making — tension, release, discovery — are the same ones we navigate every day. As you explore and take creative risks, you grow more confident in shaping your own life.
At its heart, Expressive Arts practice is about connection: to your own creative power and a living world that continually offers inspiration, meaning, and nourishment.
Absolutely NO art skills needed
All activities are accessible and can be as simple as folding a piece of paper
Session structure
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Opening
We start by talking about what feels alive for you — a question, a feeling, or a life situation asking for attention. Together, we bring awareness to what needs space.
Throughout the session, we work together as creative partners. My role is to hold the space with curiosity and care, opening room for exploration.
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Unfolding
We enter the creative process, where you are invited to explore, play with different forms, and follow what feels right.
Our focus is on presence: letting expression take shape without expectation of perfection. Your senses and imagination guide you, while I am here to support and witness.
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Landing
We close by naming and reflecting on what has emerged. Some insights arrive immediately, while others ripple out over time.
Together, we explore how these experiences connect to your life beyond the session. You may feel lighter or in need of rest. Take the time you need to process and integrate.
“Creating is not only a healthy outlet to process your emotions, but it’s also a place to meet yourself, a place where you get to know yourself deeper"
Reflection from my client
"Within the expressive arts method I feel at home, safe. But not in the sense of 'limited and cramped', but in the sense of freedom. There are no limits to my expression. And if there were some, then they were internal, and the method helped me a lot to find and accept these inner blocks. To let the voice inside me speak that had been silent for a long time. To revive the joy of life that had been buried for a long time. To stand there at the end of a session and have discovered something new in myself. A new 'Aha!', a light, a new side perhaps. Falling in love with myself again :) — this is how I felt after the first circle."
Vera, participant of "The Liminal" - expressive arts circle in Berlin
How Expressive Arts supports well-being and personal growth
Holistic view of the person. Expressive Arts recognises body, emotions, mind, spirit, and environment as interconnected threads shaping your overall well-being.
Multi-sensory and intermodal. Colours, shapes, sounds, and movement become your language — opening a space beyond words. In a session, you move between different art forms. Each shift enriches your understanding: what begins as drawing might deepen through movement, or find new meaning in words.
Resource-oriented. The focus is on your strengths, not symptoms or diagnoses. Expressive Arts recognises that health and creativity are always present even in times of difficulty, and seeks to strengthen them through art and expression.
Presence-oriented. Sessions are grounded in the present moment. Guided by your senses and imagination, you engage with the creative process as it unfolds. In that openness, new possibilities emerge.
Integrating experience. Through creative expression, you integrate your life experiences — sensing them in the body, shaping them in form, and discovering words and metaphors to reflect on what has surfaced.
Your journey with me
Intro call
We start with a video call to connect and see if working together feels like a good fit.
Price: free
Duration: 20 min
Making space for gradual change
Try a single session first to experience my approach and see if it resonates. From there, I suggest moving into a commitment of four sessions. Think of it as building a mindful practice — it takes time for your mind and body to unfold, adapt and integrate.
Price: 80 €/sess.
Duration: 75 min
Online & in Berlin
Please note: I am not a licensed psychotherapist. My sessions are meant to support your well-being but are not a substitute for therapy. Sessions are not covered by health insurance.
About me
My life has been shaped by many transitions. I’m in my 30s, based in Berlin, originally from Ukraine. I’ve lived and worked in Ukraine, India, and Germany, moving homes many times. I’ve shifted careers and worked across technology, facilitation, design, and research. I've experienced the end of a long-term partnership and the separation of a shared home and project. I live, work, and study in multicultural spaces, drawn to their richness and diversity. I know what it feels like to be in between, unsure who I am and what's next. Connecting with my senses and creativity always helps me, and it informs how I walk with you through your transitions.
Sep 2022 - Jun 2023
Expressive Arts Facilitation
at step ahead! Expressive Arts Institute Berlin
2022 - now
MA in Expressive Arts Therapy with a Minor in Psychology
at The European Graduate School
Ongoing research on the pre-reflective self and perception
Jul 2021 - Dec 2021
"Art Therapy Certificates: Foundation & Advanced"
at the International Training Company "Osnova" and the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University
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