Expressive Arts sessions – a space for you
Losing touch with yourself can feel like exhaustion, a fading taste for life, tension in relationships, or changes in health. I know this terrain. Learning to hear my own voice beneath all the other voices has been an ongoing journey for me.
This 1:1 space is an invitation to come back to yourself through creativity and care. You’ll be guided to listen to your body, your senses, and that fertile inner presence where every impulse begins. From there, different art forms become ways of following what draws your attention and what wants to express itself.
A shape that calls you.
A movement your body wants to make.
A sound that wants to be heard.
A story that suddenly arrives.
Each expression reveals a unique facet of you. Together, they create a landscape rich with sensation, image, feeling, and unexpected possibility.
The dynamics that unfold through making art — tension, release, discovery, uncertainty, surprise — are also part of how we move through everyday life. As you explore creatively, you may find yourself taking small risks, becoming more courageous in letting yourself be seen, and growing more trusting of your own way of shaping life beyond the studio.
These sessions can help you to:
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Tune into what you’re feeling right now
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Reconnect with your sensitivity, imagination, and playfulness
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Rediscover joy and the inner strengths that are already yours
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Find greater clarity, trust, and a renewed sense of direction
At its heart, Expressive Arts practice is about connection: to your senses, to creative life force, and to the living world around you — a world that continually offers inspiration, meaning, and nourishment.
And most importantly, it is an invitation to show up for yourself.
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
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 everyday 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 a line of poetry.
Resource-oriented. The focus is on your strengths, not symptoms or diagnoses. Expressive Arts recognises that health and creativity are always present, even in difficult times, and strengthens 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 feelings and experiences — sensing them, giving them form, and finding the words 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 usually suggest committing to several sessions. Think of it as building a mindful practice — it takes time for your body and mind to integrate
Price: 70–100 €/sess.
Duration: 75 min
Online & in Berlin
Disclaimer: 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
Research on the pre-reflective self & embodied 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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