Online Women’s Art Therapy Group
for Mindfulness & Stress Relief
Tuesday Nights 6-7:45pm ET on Zoom
What if the path to mental health didn’t have to be so lonely?
Practice self-care and relieve stress through creative self-expression in a supportive group setting, from the comfort of your home.
The path to mental health can be lonely, especially when we are stuck in the hustle and bustle of daily life, leaving us feeling exhausted, burnt-out, and uninspired.
Having a sense of belonging and community to share our challenges and celebrate our accomplishments with can help us develop acceptance and growth within ourselves.
Allow me to show you how to tap into your creative wisdom and release emotional tension through creative self-expression.
Sessions focus on mindfulness-based creative approaches – including drawing, painting, sculpting, and writing combined with mindful meditations, authentic movement, and breathing exercises to help you move through daily stressors with more ease, while being in a supportive community.
Group members report feeling more self-aware, patient, vulnerable and accepting of themselves and the world around them.
Together, through deep self-exploration, creativity, movement, and play, we can find an artful path to a more meaningful life.
In this group, you will…
Engage in creative prompts designed to help you trust your inner creative wisdom and access your inner guides.
Gain tools to cultivate a mindset of calm, acceptance of what is, and being fully present in the here and now to help you move through everyday challenges with more ease, patience, and self-awareness.
Feel supported, understood, and validated by both your facilitator and women in your group.
Practice letting go of limiting beliefs and self-doubt with the non-judgmental support of facilitator and peers.
Gain awareness on the way you communicate and relate with others by receiving honest feedback from group members.
Release emotional tension by entering flow states.
Required Materials & Skill
Participating in this art therapy group requires no previous art skills or training. It is designed to be simple and accessible. A list of basic art materials will be provided.
FAQ
Where and when do sessions take place?
Sessions take place every Tuesday night from 6-7:30pm ET on Zoom.
What is the cost?
$150 per month ($37.50 per session).
How many participants are in the group?
This is an intimate group setting. There are only 10 spots available.
How do I sign up?
Schedule a 15 minute introductory phone call to meet & determine if this group is right for you.
Fill out consent forms sent to you after intro call.
Make your payment. Payment options will be emailed to you.
Testimonials
Banksy says: Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. Ella embodies this quote. She guided me through my discomfort with compassion, non judgement and curiosity. As a therapist I know the greatest learning happens at the edge of discomfort but when it comes to creating art my inner critic is loud and judgy. With Ella's gentle and direct facilitation and encouraging the group to support each other, that voice dimmed and she gave us permission to play and experiment with ease.
-Inez
Ella’s group was a restorative space for me every week. I got to slow down and open up with others as well as open up with myself. I loved the meditations before starting our art and I enjoyed all of the art that was created each session! We all need time to check in with ourselves, relax and let our creativity flow and that is the space Ella is providing!
— Candis
Meet Your Facilitator
Ella Raphëlle Dufrene is a French-Haitian-American visual artist and art therapist. Ella believes that art is our most primitive style of communication and expression, dating back to our earliest forms of art making in prehistoric cave paintings. Driven by the instinctual knowledge of the innate and powerful healing powers of art, Ella received her Masters in Art Therapy & Creativity Development from the Pratt Institute in 2015.
Deeply connected to the restorative flow and wisdom fostered by Mother Earth, Ella began exploring eco-art therapy techniques, and moving toward an ecological artistic context that emphasizes ritual, ceremony and connection to our Mother Earth. This led her to facilitate her first Eco-Art Therapy Retreat in 2016 in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.
Currently, Ella is based out of Asheville, NC where she works as an art therapist in private practice. She has experience working with people on the autism spectrum, at risk youth, children and adults with special needs and developmental delays, drug/alcohol addiction, psychiatric rehabilitation, eating disorders, as well as adults and children in both individual and group settings. She is a former mentor at Guitars Over Guns and continues to volunteer on her spare time. Ella emphasizes a holistic approach to wellness and utilizes a playful ‘person first’ approach to therapy.
Ella has worked with people who felt disconnected from their happiness and uninspired by the pressures of life. Through the magic and science of art therapy, she’s seen them transform into happier, more curious, more satisfied versions of themselves.
All of those that know and work with Ella can feel her passion for the healing properties of nature, art, travel and movement. She approaches her day to day and work-life with a zest for life, a youthful spirit and a contagiously open mind.
Ella has been featured in exhibitions in Miami’s Wynwood Art District during Art Basel and in galleries including Jakmel Art Gallery, Performing Art Exchange (PAX), GAB Studios, Art Miami, and Arteamericas. Her art is currently featured at Sculpted Studios in Miami, Fl.