Chrissandra - Expressive Arts Therapy 2.85

Chrissandra Unger is a Nanaimo based expressive arts therapist who provides a safe space for children, youth and adults who have experienced, or are experiencing, a transitional time in life. She works with a variety of person concerns such as anxiety, learning difficulties, depression, life in recovery from addiction and traumatic brain injury.

Before embarking on her Masters degree in Expressive Arts Therapy from the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, Chrissandra taught piano for 15 years and is a professional artist who has exhibited in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. She has a creative approach to verbal and non-verbal therapies including music, painting, writing and gentle movement to guide the client’s journey to become the hero/heroine of their own story.

Through the processes of art-making, we can find resources inside ourselves that may have lain dormant as an unwatered seed. Chrissandra uses the practice of mindfulness meditation and the medicine of the arts to water and shine light on the seed inside our selves so that the seed can flower. She offers compassionate one-on-one verbal therapy and deep listening in person or via Skype, as well as facilitates group workshops for community connection.