Creative TRAUMA HEALING
(formerly known as Creative Earth Art Therapy)
Art therapist and Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner specialised in trauma, depression, anxiety, disability, minority stress and especially the trauma of living as Autistic/ADHDer/Highly Sensitive Persons (HSP) in Singapore.
Each person is like a tree; we reach deep into the earth of our mind and body for grounding and creative resources, while growing upwards towards the sun as we transform and thrive.
OUR APPROACH
Our psychotherapist uses a mix of talk therapy, art therapy, and Somatic Experiencing® to guide clients towards feeling better, gaining insight and personal growth. These approaches enable holistic and embodied healing, helping one feel more integrated and better able to live in the present moment, receive life’s joys and face its challenges.
Shu Yin’s lived experiences with complex trauma and as a highly sensitive person, have led her to seek out integrative therapies to heal her body and mind. Through her healing journey, she seeks to bring these mind-body therapies to aid her clients on their own unique journeys.
Art therapy is a form of psychodynamic psychotherapy using art materials, the artistic process and the therapeutic relationship to embody insight and growth. One does not have to be good at art to benefit from art therapy.
Somatic Experiencing® uses the body as a resource to ground and regulate in the processing of traumatic memories. The therapist follows the client’s lead and comfort level, to guide the client to process and eventually discharge any psychosomatic stress stored in the body due to previously thwarted stress responses. This enables the completion of stress response cycle and eventually releases the person from the cycle of trauma, as part of trauma healing.
“Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.”
‘Unbearable Lightness of Being’ and ‘Gravity’, in watercolour, gold ink and charcoal, by our art therapist Shu Yin
In life, we sometimes encounter situations or road blocks that evoke inner turmoil and unwanted emotions. Our unresolved issues from the past may recur, and we may observe certain patterns. We are here to listen and witness non-judgementally. By doing our own inner work and learning to see your perspective, we hope to walk beside you through difficult feelings and towards discovering your own insight.
Located close to Rochor, Bugis, Bras Basah and Bencoolen MRT, we serve adolescents and adults with a range of needs.
Planted, watercolour, charcoal and gold ink, by our art therapist Shuyin.
The therapist
chan shu yin
Art Therapist, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner MA, AThR, SEP™
Pronouns: She/her
Shu Yin uses a mix of talk, art therapy and Somatic Experiencing® (SE) when working with clients. She has witnessed art therapy and SE’s effectiveness as mind-body interventions in trauma healing both for herself and others. Shu Yin has assisted at the Somatic Experiencing training for Beginning levels I, II and III by Dr Abi Blakeslee in 2023. She was awarded the LASALLE Scholarship for MA in Art Therapy, with Distinction. She is accredited with the Australian, New Zealand and Asian Art Therapies Association (ANZACATA), and a registered MOE AMIS trainer. She is currently training in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy.
Shu Yin regularly works with adults seeking personal development, and who look to improve their relationships with their families, partners, colleagues and most importantly, themselves. Her clients have included those who are suicidal, and/or have experienced emotional, physical and sexual abuse. She has a passion for fellow neurodivergent people and has journeyed with them in therapy to heal from burnout, trauma, and uncover, discover and honour their authentic selves.
Apart from private practice, Shu Yin has provided group and/or individual art therapy to community organisations serving stroke survivors, elderly, adolescents, youths in family crisis shelters, community mental health facility, and schools.
Shu Yin is passionate about nature in healing, and was one of the artists for the community arts initiative, ‘Of Gardens and Dreams’ and co-created a public art installation with residents for Our Gallery at Taman Jurong and presented at Singapore Art Week 2020. She has worked with National Gallery Singapore to conceive and implement two walk-in art-as-therapy activities for Light to Night Festival 2021. As an artist, she has illustrated books, and for arts & non profit organisations.
Shu Yin believes in inclusivity and equality across disability, race, religion, nationality, sexual and gender orientation.
Populations: Adolescents, adults, Autistic, ADHDers, Highly Sensitive Persons
contact
EMAIL US
creativetraumahealing@gmail.com
(Or use the automated form below)
+65 8142 9417
ADDRESS
190 Middle Road, Fortune Centre, Level 15 (By appointment only)
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