Resourceful Me Art Therapy

Supporting children and their families to creatively overcome difficulties.

To love a child is to allow a piece of your heart to exist outside of your body. And watching that child struggle is the most intense heartbreak in your world.

It hurts because you want only the best for them, and you would do anything to help in any way you can. It also hurts because it brings up hurt for your own inner child, as you see pieces of your childhood pain reflected back through their experience.

You want your child to have the help and the tools that you needed, deserved, and may not have received when you were little. You hope that they can learn what you’re still learning now, what you had to learn the hard way, or what you know will make such a difference for their future.

That’s why you’re here. You’ve done all that you can on your own, and you’re wondering if art therapy might be able to help now.

Welcome. I’m so glad you’re here. You’ve already done the hardest part - you are exploring your questions.

I hope that this site will help you to find some answers - about art therapy, about my specific approach to working with kids and families, and about whether this feels like a good fit for you and your precious little one right now.

If this doesn’t feel like what you’re looking for, I hope it might help you to gain some clarity about other options too, so that you can continue to pursue what feels right for you.

  • You are resourceful. You can find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties.

  • There's no right or wrong way to make art.

  • You can do hard things. If something feels TOO hard, you can ask for help.

  • Your ideas are important.

  • There are no bad feelings. Your feelings show up to help you, and you can learn to be friends with all of them.

  • You can trust yourself.

  • Mistakes happen and it's okay when they do. They're such an important part of how we learn.

  • You have a say in the story of your life. If you don't like how the story is going, you can change it. We can find a new story that feels like a better fit.

  • It's okay to think and do things differently.

Services

  • I work one on one with children ages 4-13, providing individual art psychotherapy to help kids learn to befriend their feelings, including (and especially) anxiety.

    Our work happens in the context of an ongoing therapeutic relationship, so I do not provide one-time sessions.

    Art therapy sessions are 50 minutes long and cost $169.50 per session.

    Learn more here!

  • If we work together, your child will be my client, but parents / caregivers are essential team members who play a very important role as kids work towards their goals.

    I meet with parents (separate from kids) at several key points in their child’s therapy journey.

    Parent meetings cost between $84.75 - $254.25 depending on the length of the meeting.

    Learn more here!

Hi! I’m Rubi. I am an artist, an art therapist, and an outdoor adventurer.

My pronouns are she/her/hers.

I love playing with puppets, visiting the children’s book section of the public library, exploring in the forest, and making whimsical cardboard creations.

I’m a Registered Psychotherapist (RP) and a Registered Canadian Art Therapist (RCAT). I meet with kids for lots of different reasons, helping them to creatively work through challenges. My main areas of focus are anxiety support and emotion regulation.

I use a client-centred, strengths-based approach, which means that I believe YOU are the best person to ask about what might help when you’re facing a challenge, and that you have what it takes to do all kinds of hard things.

I also use ideas from narrative therapy that help us to understand challenges as separate from who we are, and to remind us that we have power to shape the stories that make up our lives.

Have a question? Ready to learn more?