Elemental Expressive Arts
Countryside Acres Traditional Lands of the Sapponi Tribe Ringgold, VA The home of Elemental Expressive Arts was built on the Newton Family farm. My paternal great aunt and uncle were the only owners/ occupants prior to our purchase. My paternal grandfather drew the blueprints for both homes at Countryside Acres. You’ll see the similarities to […]
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Integrative Expressive Arts Therapy
Expressive Arts Therapist & Board Certified-Registered Art Therapist Learn how the nervous system contributes to emotional roller coasters & meltdowns. Explore flow & meditative altered states through multi-sensory experiences (art, breath, movement, sound, entheogens, ketamine, etc.). If you’re curious about creative expression or drawn to videos about embodiment or somatic release, I invite you to […]
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Ecocentric Polyvagal EXAT
🌿 Expressive Arts Therapy Supervision Groups – 2026 Openings! 🌿 In our recent group, we explored anchoring to natural rhythms through an ecocentric polyvagal expressive arts therapy approach. I offered an ecocentric reframe for the polyvagal ANS Wheel moving into what I call polyvagal flow. Paths for integrating this model with current theoretical approaches were […]
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Maiden, Mother, Crone
🎭 Maiden, Mother, Crone — Reframed Beyond the Binary 👥 In March (2nd Fri) & April (1st Fri), we’ll explore the Maiden, Mother, Crone concept & how theoretical models can guide deeper therapeutic explorations. We’ll use Feminist theory to deconstruct archetypes, psychosocial theory, & Jungian shadow work bridged with IFS language to take it beyond […]
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Befriending Pain with Expressive Arts Therapy
🌿 Expressive Arts Therapy Supervision Groups – Fall Openings! 🌿 In our recent group, we explored pendulating and titrating pain through a nature-based expressive arts process — learning to move gently between discomfort and soothing with creativity and compassion. ✨ Our session began with a guided visualization and grounding meditation, inviting each participant to connect […]
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From Art, Words Emerged
🎭 From art, the words emerged. A patchwork-colored mask of my face, no distinct features emphasized. I couldn’t risk choosing the “wrong” face. The head opens to reveal two figures playing patty cake. “It feels like people playing patty cake in my head. I don’t know the rules or how to play the game.” In […]
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Finding Release with Expressive Arts Therapy
“How does a release happen? What tells us that release or shedding of layers has occurred?” A colleague recently asked me this question bringing the pause needed to try to find the words to explain the internal shifting I experience through my personal engagement in expressive arts practices. I believe knowing a release or shift […]
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Sarah Newton-Penston
Expressive Arts Therapist Licensed Professional Counselor Board Certified-Registered Art Therapist Sarah is an expressive arts therapist and licensed professional counselor with lived experience of trauma, neurodivergence, & chronic illness. Creative expression has been vital for finding & staying in touch with myself. She intuitively works with each individual to co-create an adventure in healing through […]
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Ladder out of Burnout
Climb the ladder out of burnout with Expressive Arts, Movement, Sound, & Breath We all face burnout at some point and need strategies to help us climb the ladder back to our desired state of being. A monthly expressive arts therapy group focused on movement & somatic therapy. Explore expressive movement as a form of […]
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