Tanya Zajdel – Expressive Arts For Trauma Healing

Tanya Zajdel – Expressive Arts For Trauma Healing

Art speaks the language that words cannot. In the wake of trauma and grief, many find it difficult to articulate their pain—but creativity opens a doorway to healing. The Expressive Arts for Trauma Healing program is a powerful online journey into the therapeutic use of artistic expression to reprocess trauma, calm the nervous system, and rediscover playfulness and resilience.

Designed with trauma survivors and therapists in mind, this program blends 10-minute, expert-guided art exercises with six in-depth theory modules led by leading art therapists and psychologists. You’ll be introduced to techniques that activate neuroplasticity, helping you safely reframe old memories, release rumination, and reestablish a grounded sense of self.

Whether through watercolor, abstract drawing, mandalas, or symbolic sculptures, this course encourages non-verbal processing, which research shows can help reconnect mind and body. Activities include:

Expressing culture and self-identity through abstract drawing

Building self-trust and agency with container-building and decorative projects

Channeling resilience and empowerment through creative exercises

Exploring inner support systems with therapeutic circle drawings

You’ll also gain access to bonus techniques like the Intrusive Thoughts Container, Wave Breath Visualization, and a Mandala Vision Map—tools you can return to again and again.

In addition, six expert-led video modules explore topics such as:

Foundations of Art Therapy

Trauma and Phototherapy

Distinctions between “art therapy” and “therapeutic art”

Trauma-informed practice considerations

How creative expression impacts neurobiological healing

This immersive experience features renowned professionals such as:

Tanya Zajdel, RN, founder of Rewire Trauma Therapy

Trudy Kim, LPC, ATR-BC, trauma-sensitive yoga and art therapy expert

Behzad Bernous, psychologist and phototherapy practitioner

Rory O’Neill Schmitt, Ph.D., art therapy historian and educator

Jooske Honig, holistic drawing therapist and somatic practitioner

Whether you’re a clinician supporting clients or an individual processing personal grief, this course offers a sacred, expressive space to explore healing through creativity.

Let your hands speak what your heart has held in silence. Rediscover the beauty, voice, and strength within.