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ART THERAPY

How can we help?

Assessment & Early Intervention

Gentle, relational assessments that use art and visual communication to understand emotional needs, regulation, sensory supports, strengths, and goals.

Creative Arts Therapy & Support

1:1 or group art therapy for children, teens, adults, families, and neurodiverse clients. Trauma-informed, expressive, supportive, and growth-focused.

Workshops, Training & Resources

Workshops and psychotherapeutic tools for parents, educators, and health professionals to support early intervention, communication, & emotional development.

Benefits of Art Therapy

Emotional Wellbeing

  • Regulate emotions, reduce overwhelm and anxiety

  • Build confidence, resilience, and self-awareness

  • Support recovery from trauma or life transitions

Creative Expression & Growth

  • Explore feelings through art, play, nature-based and visual modalities

  • Discover personal strengths and creative potential

  • Use creative tools for lifelong coping and communication

Connection & Communication

  • Improve social skills, attachment, and relational understanding

  • Strengthen communication for neurodiverse children and adults

  • Provide safe spaces for families, parents, and caregivers to engage

WHO WE SUPPORT

It is through art-making, play, and creative exploration, clients discover a safe haven where feelings can be expressed, understood, and transformed.

We commonly work with:

  • Children and teens experiencing big feelings, anxiety, overwhelm or confidence challenges

  • Neurodiverse individuals across all ages

  • Pregnant women, new mothers and families needing emotional or attachment support

  • Young people and adults recovering from distressing or traumatic experiences

  • Individuals navigating stress, transitions, grief or relational challenges

 

Every session is tailored to support emotional regulation, confidence, communication, attachment, and personal growth.

Meet Our Founder & Clinical Arts Therapist

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Elizabeth Riach - AThR

Founder & Clinical Arts Therapist

Wildflower & Willows Vision

My practice offers trauma-informed creative arts therapy for children, young people, and families, with a particular focus on safety, regulation, and relational repair. I work with clients who may have experienced trauma, abuse, attachment disruption, neurodiversity-related challenges, anxiety, mood difficulties, or complex emotional and behavioural needs.

 

Creative arts therapy provides a gentle, non-verbal way to express experiences that may be difficult to put into words. Art-making supports emotional regulation, meaning-making, and the rebuilding of agency at a pace that feels manageable and safe. Sessions are guided by the client’s readiness, with an emphasis on choice, predictability, and relational attunement.

My vision is to provide a safe, compassionate, and trauma-informed space where children, young people, and families can restore a sense of regulation, agency, and relational safety. Through creative arts therapy, I support clients to express and make meaning of their experiences in ways that feel gentle, empowering, and accessible beyond words. Guided by readiness, choice, and attunement, my work honours each person’s pace while fostering emotional resilience, connection, and healing.
 

Wildflower and Willows Art Therapy Christchurch - Creative Self Development and Growth
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