Turning Point Counselling
Creative Art & Play Therapy in Peterborough
Creative Art Therapy can help you navigate life's challenges, difficult transitions or heal trauma. For kids and teens play therapy is a great way to help them express feelings they can't put into words and explore their inner world in a safe, creative way. Sessions available in Peterborough.
Connect with your emotions through creativity
Help your child reduce stress, overwhelm and anxiety
Help your teen build emotional regulation and resilience
Cope with divorce, separation, blended families
Art and play are the silent voices that can speak when words are not enough.
Creative Art & Play Therapy can be transformative for adults, teens and children. Whether you are overwhelmed, stuck or feeling disconnected, it can offer a different path. Art & Play Therapy allows a person to access and process emotions in a way that feels safe, intuitive and deeply healing
- Like it’s hard to explain what you’re going through?
- Numb, tense, or emotionally shut down?
- Constantly overwhelmed, distracted, or anxious?
- Like their emotions come out in ways they don't understand?
- Like they are struggling in school or to make friends?
- They are struggling with a grief or a loss?
- Like their emotions come out in ways they don't understand?
- Like they are struggling in school or to make friends?
- They are struggling with a grief or a loss?
Creative Art & Play Therapy in Peterborough helps you connect the dots between how you feel, think, and act—and gives those feelings a voice.
Creative Art & Play Therapy in Peterborough
How Art & Play Therapy Can Make A Difference
Art & Play Therapy is more than painting or drawing. It’s about using creativity to support emotional expression, self-awareness, and healing. This form of Art & Play Therapy in Peterborough allows you to explore complex emotions, trauma, and life challenges without relying solely on words.
Whether you or your child, or your teen is dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma or life transitions, Art & Play Therapy in Peterborough helps by:
- Improving emotional regulation and resilience
- Building self-esteem and confidence
- Enhancing executive functioning like planning and decision-making
- Deepening the mind-body connection through somatic therapy techniques
This gentle, intuitive process meets you where you’re at and helps you express what feels too big, scary, or complicated to say out loud.
With guidance from a trained therapist, you can start to explore the unconscious, uncover patterns, and express your truth—one brushstroke, sculpture, or movement at a time.
Art & Play Therapy in Peterborough
Techniques We Use In Art &Play Therapy
Our approach blend traditional therapeutic tools with creative expression. You, your teen, or child, do not need to have any artistic experience, just a willingness to explore. Some of the creative tools we may use to help you in sessions are:
Drawing, Painting, & Collage
These hands-on tools offer a powerful way to explore and express thoughts and emotions that can be hard to put into words. Through creative expression, you can uncover hidden feelings, reflect on past experiences, and gain insight into your inner world—all within a safe, supportive space
Storytelling & Symbolism
Using narrative and imagery helps you process experiences meaningfully. By creating personal stories or interpreting symbolic elements, you can make sense of your emotions, build self-understanding, and explore how your past influences your present.
Somatic Techniques That Connect Movement & Sensation
Somatic techniques bring attention to the body as a key part of healing. Through gentle movement and awareness of physical sensations, you can release stored emotions, deepen the mind-body connection, and build emotional regulation skills.
Music, Rhythm, or Sound
Whether you’re listening, creating, or simply feeling the beat, engaging with music and sound can help soothe the nervous system, improve mood, and express feelings that are difficult to articulate. It’s a powerful tool for emotional processing and connection.
Visualization & Guided Imagery
This approach taps into your imagination to explore emotions, envision desired outcomes, and develop inner calm. By creating mental images, you can reduce anxiety, shift perspective, and support healing in a creative and non-verbal way.
Mindfulness & Body Awareness Practices
These practices encourage you to slow down, tune into your body, and notice your thoughts without judgement. By building awareness of your internal experience, you can increase emotional regulation, manage stress, and stay grounded in the present moment.
Your journey to healing through creativity starts today.
Take the first step toward emotional expression and self-discovery. Book an Art & Play Therapy session in Peterborough today, or reach out for a free consultation. Online sessions are also available across Ontario.
Paul Lavergne, , RP, SRT
Founder and Clinic Director
about Us
Why Work With
Turning Point Counselling
We love what we do, we love how we do it, and we love who we do it for.
“Speaking the truth can sometimes hurt, but it’s the fastest path to healing.”
At Turning Point Counselling, we’re not just therapists—we’re passionate guides here to help you transform your life by speaking to the truth of what’s happening to you. Whether you’re a couple struggling to reconnect, or an individual dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, or compulsive behaviours, we’re here to help. We tackle the tough stuff—the issues that have been holding you back.
As the founder of this clinic, my own breakthrough in therapy inspired me to become a therapist. That moment of clarity showed me I was meant to do this for the rest of my life.
Our team believes that no problem is too big to solve and that there’s always a way forward. With over 15 years of combined experience, we offer solution-focused therapy that gets results. We believe in finding the right approach for the right person at the right time to create lasting change.
Are you ready for your turning point? Let’s find your path forward together.
At Turning Point Counselling, we focus on what matters most:
Compassion
Sometimes, all we need is someone to listen without judgment and accept us as we are. This can create a safe space for healing and growth.
Love
Feeling connected, understood, and cared for nourishes our spirit. Being seen and heard strengthens us, and these are ways we show love to ourselves and others.
Integrity
We are committed to honesty and integrity in all we do. Our goal is to help clients find their true selves and embrace their personal power.
Our Team
Meet Our Art & Play Therapist
Christy offers Art & Play Therapy in person at our office at 191 Sherbrooke St. She creates a warm, compassionate space where clients of all ages can explore, heal, and grow through creative expression. Christy helps adults, teens and children with emotional regulation, trauma, life’s transitions, behavioural and relationship problems, separation and divorce, and blended families.
Our Approach
How our Creative Art & Play Therapy Works
At Turning Point Counselling, we guide you through a creative and supportive process that encourages emotional expression, personal insight, and lasting healing.
We get to know you through your story & creativity
We begin by hearing your story through words, images, or movement. Your experiences, emotions, and challenges help shape our understanding of what you need. We may gently introduce creative tools to support this process, all while keeping the focus on your comfort, strengths, and goals.
We create a personalized plan for creative exploration
Together, we’ll build a plan that reflects your unique needs. This may include identifying emotions, physical sensations, or patterns that arise during sessions. Through creative techniques, we explore triggers, boundaries, and past experiences, supporting emotional processing and resilience.
We help you move forward with insight & confidence
As you grow in self-awareness, you’ll gain new tools to support emotional regulation and well-being. Art & Play Therapy in Peterborough helps you strengthen your connection to yourself and others, reframe your narrative, and move forward with clarity, confidence, and creative coping strategies.
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Questions About Art & Play Therapy
What is Art & Play Therapy?
Art & Play Therapy offers an alternative form of emotional expression and healing. It may include drawing, painting, storytelling, movement, and other creative tools to explore what you’re feeling. It’s not about artistic talent—it’s about expression, process, and healing.
How does Art & Play Therapy help?
By creating a safe distance from difficult topics, Art & Play Therapy in Peterborough allows you to explore emotions and bodily sensations without overwhelm. This is especially effective for trauma, where verbal communication might feel inaccessible or triggering.
Why choose Art & Play Therapy?
Because it engages the whole self, mind, body, and spirit. Art & Play Therapy in Peterborough and across Ontario uses all five senses, helping to build emotional awareness, resilience, and regulation in an integrated, somatic way.
Who is Art & Play Therapy for?
Anyone of any age, culture, or cognitive ability. Whether you’re a child, teen, adult, or older adult, Art & Play Therapy in Peterborough can be adapted to your needs. You don’t need any experience with art to benefit from it.
How is Art & Play Therapy different from other forms of therapy?
Art & Play is the voice when words fall short. Unlike talk therapy, it bypasses verbal defences and taps into unconscious experiences through the act of creation, offering deeper emotional insight and healing.
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Positive Outcomes From Art & Play Therapy
Art & Play Therapy can be a powerful and transformative process, helping you reconnect with yourself, regulate emotions, and find clarity through creative expression. While each journey is unique, with openness and consistency, you may begin to experience:
- A greater sense of self-awareness and emotional insight.
- Improved emotional regulation and resilience in daily life.
- Reduced stress, anxiety, and overwhelm.
- A stronger mind-body connection through creative and somatic exploration.
- Increased confidence, self-esteem, and ability to set healthy boundaries.
- A renewed sense of purpose, clarity, and personal growth.
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Get Started With Christy
Ready to get started? Book a Art & Play Therapy session with Christy through our secure online platform by clicking the “Book Online” button.