Create Your Growth:
A Creative Expression Workshop on Growth and Renewal
As the seasons shift, spring invites movement, renewal, and the quiet emergence of what has been resting beneath the surface. This in-person creative expression workshop offers a space to pause, reflect, and explore your own experiences of growth and transition through art-making.
Workshop Details
May 4th, 2026
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Date
From 5:30pm to 7:30pm EST
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Time
In person (Ottawa)
Location details will be shared upon registration
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Where
$60 + HST
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Fee
Available Payment Options
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We accept payments made by Interac E-Transfers or by Credit Card.
Our centre provides receipts, please check your Insurance Plan for coverage.
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Insurance coverage
If this workshop is not financially accessible to you, please reach out as we have a few sliding scale spots available.
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Sliding scale available
Our focus
Connect with the rhythm of spring
Spring can symbolize renewal, transition, and new possibilities. Through guided reflection and creative exploration, you will be invited to consider how this seasonal shift may mirror your own inner experiences.
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Explore personal growth and change
Whether you are moving through a transition, starting something new, or noticing subtle shifts within yourself, this workshop offers space to explore what is unfolding in your life—at your own pace.
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Express through creativity
Using materials such as drawing, painting, and collage, you will be encouraged to create intuitively. The focus is on expression rather than technique, allowing your inner world to take shape visually.
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Create space for reflection
Gentle prompts will support you in connecting your creative process to your personal experience, helping you notice themes of emergence, letting go, and possibility.
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What to Expect
This workshop offers a guided yet flexible creative process centered on the theme of spring as a metaphor for growth and renewal.
The workshop includes:
A brief grounding and creative warm-up
A main art-making process inspired by spring imagery and symbolism
Optional reflective prompts to support personal meaning-making
A space for optional sharing and group connection
All art materials will be provided.
No artistic experience is needed — just a willingness to explore and be present with yourself.
Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is open to adults who:
Are navigating a life transition or period of change
Are seeking a space for reflection and personal growth
Want to explore creativity as a form of self-care
Feel curious about using art as a form of self expression (no artistic talent or experience required)
Meet the facilitator
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Art therapist (M.A), Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) and co-founder of Ginkgo
A little bit about me:
I’m a passionate bilingual French-Canadian art therapist who believes individuals are fundamentally creative and possesses the internal means to self-actualize. I consider arts to be a unique way to get in touch with our self (our true authentic self) and I trust that the agent of healing lies within the artistic process, rather than in the outcome. My professional values are authenticity, respect and collaboration.
Areas of Experience:
My goal as an art therapist is to create a safe and caring space that promotes creativity, well-being, expression and self-knowledge. I accompany individuals experiencing various emotional and relational difficulties, among others related to self-esteem, grief and loss, life transitions, self-care, trauma, stress and anxiety. I also have experience accompanying caregivers living with a family member who has a mental health issue. I have experience working with an adult clientele as well as with children and adolescents.
Therapeutic Approach:
I am a sensitive, open and professional art therapist working from a client-centred, emotions-focused, trauma informed and strengths based approach that integrates mindfulness practices as well as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and Solution-Focused therapy (SFT) interventions.
I currently provide services in English and French to individuals living in Ontario and Quebec.