Smithers, British Columbia, Canada
art therapy for your mental health
Transform your life with professional art therapy for your mental health and wellbeing.
WHAT IS ART THERAPY?
Art therapy combines talk therapy with art-making to:
- build coping skills, resilience, acceptance & self-care
- improve brain function, memory, imagination, & problem solving skills
- help with pain management, stress, anxious feeling, overwhelm & burnout
WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM ART THERAPY?
individual 1:1 sessions
Families (caregiver & child or Siblings)
Families (caregiver & child or Siblings)
Children, youth, teenagers, adults, & seniors can all benefit from art therapy.
Using a person-centered, strength-based approach, art therapy helps ease anxiousness, stress, overwhelm, and pain.
Art therapy can provide insight into life circumstances to help you move forward.
Families (caregiver & child or Siblings)
Families (caregiver & child or Siblings)
Families (caregiver & child or Siblings)
Art therapy between two people builds healthy attunement, attachment, and trust.
If you and a loved one are struggling to connect, art therapy may help create emotional connection, attunement, and an opportunity to have fun together!
groups, workshops & retreats
Families (caregiver & child or Siblings)
groups, workshops & retreats
Group workshops and retreats focus on themes such as self-care, goal setting, and personal growth.
They are a fun way to build community, meet people, share stories, and support others.
Julie Chaplin, ATP, RP (Qualifying) is a Professional Art Therapist and a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) as well as a member of the Canadian Art Therapy Association (CATA).
Julie received a post-graduate Master's level Art Psychotherapy Diploma at the Canadian International Institute of Art Therapy (CiiAT) in Victoria.
As a self-taught artist, Julie has always created art for its guidance, perspective, and transformative power. Her mission is to provide a fun, non-threatening, and compassionate approach to empower clients of all ages.
Julie is grateful to live, work & play on the traditional territory of the Wet'suwet'en First Nations, at the foot of the mountain (D'ze L Kant) in the beautiful Bulkley Valley.
Originally from Guelph, Ontario, Julie resides with her family in Smithers, British Columbia, Canada.
As a Professional Art Therapist and RP (Qualifying), your extended health benefits (i.e. Pacific Blue Cross) may cover art therapy. Please check with your health plan provider to confirm.
Virtual and in-person sessions available!
art therapy groups, workshops & retreats
Friday Lunch Time Art
Curious about art therapy? Want to try it without a commitment?
Join me in my studio every Friday at lunch for a drop-in art making session.
By donation.
Suggested donation $10-$20
All materials provided.
No art experience required.
102-3827 Broadway Ave.
Space is limited to 4.
Preregistration recommended.
Pre-teen art Camps
Build critical thinking skills, improve confidence and self-esteem, learn coping and self-regulation tools and have fun making art!
Fall Session - FULL
October 10 - November 28, 2025
Winter Session
January 9 - February 27, 2026
Spring Session
April 3 - May 22, 2026
$280 for each 8-week session.
Preregistration and payment for all 8 sessions required.
Space is limited to 4.
Camps are located at 102-3827 Broadway Ave.
Creative Self Expressions
Creative solstice celebration
Creative Expressions is a workshop rooted in the concept of using art for self-expression.
In this workshop, we will explore self expressions using a variety of art materials in simple, fun, therapeutic directives to help you tune into your own inner creative.
No art experience required.
All supplies included.
$50 member/$55 non-members
Workshop held at the Creation Station, 3868 Unit 2, Broawdway Ave.
Creative solstice celebration
Creative solstice celebration
Join Julie and Clare for a glitter filled creative workshop to welcome back the light!
Sunday, December 21, 2025
1-3 pm
$75 per person
This workshop is for ages 8-14.
Located at Creation Station at 3868 - Unit 2 Broadway Ave.
All art materials provided.
No art experience necessary.
Tea & snacks provided.
Contact Julie to register.
Creative Goal Setting
Visualize your dreams and goals using intuition, imagination, and creativity!
This creative goal setting workshop focuses on reflecting on 2025 and setting intentions for 2026!
Saturday, January 3, 2026
1-3 pm
$75 per person
102-3827 Broadway Ave.
All art materials provided.
No art experience necessary.
Contact Julie if you have a group of 3 or 4 friends/family for a private workshop.
Altered Book Collage Workshop
Rewrite the story of you in this altered book collage workshop.
Saturday, February 21
1-3:30 pm
$75 per person
102-3827 Broadway Ave.
All art materials provided.
No art experience required.
Pre-registration required as space is limited to 4 people.
BENEFITS OF ART THERAPY
Mental Benefits
- relaxing & cathartic
- self-awareness
- resilience
- problem solving
- creative thinking
- new perspectives
- improves memory
- concentration & focus
- conflict resolution
- acceptance
Emotional Benefits
- emotional regulation, processing & expression
- confidence
- hope
- joy & playfulness
- reduces stress & anxiety
- trauma processing
Physical Benefits
- pain management
- nervous system regulation
- release physical tension & excess energy
- cathartic & rejuvenating
art therapy for pain & trauma
Do you suffer from chronic pain?
Art therapy can help improve daily functioning for those suffering from pain and trauma.
Through a variety of somatic art directives, art therapy helps build resilience, hopefulness, acceptance, and coping with pain.
An initial intake session is required and a 6-session art therapy package is suggested.
Team BUILDING & Connection
groups, individual sessions & packages
Planning a staff meeting, team building workshop, retreat day, or event?
Whether for 1 staff or 20, Julie is available for onsite group art-based activities for team-building, improving morale, and managing stress.
Julie will design art activities based on the needs of your group with a focus on fun and engaging activities that foster connection and trust among participants.
Contact Julie for availability and fees.
All art materials provided.
No art experience necessary.
groups, individual sessions & packages
groups, individual sessions & packages
groups, individual sessions & packages
Create a Jane profile to register online for any of the above art sessions, packages, retreats, camps, and workshops!
Individual sessions available in-person or virtually.
Inquire about our 6-session package deal!