Shannon​ Gallogly MPS, ATR

About

Art therapy in a neurocognitive disorder setting helps patients to cope with the experience. It allows them to take an active part in their own healing. Art therapy places the value on art making as a tool for insight and discovery. Making art does not require words to express feelings. It engages the right side of the brain, the part of the brain responsible for intuitive, creative and imaginative impulses. Developmentally, this works well for neurocognitive patients because art making reveals their internal experience in a safe, secure way.

​

My theoretical approach is rooted in psycho-dynamic theory. I follow family systems when working in a family therapy session. I and the client contextual ecological factors such as cultural identities, variations of human sexuality, diversity, spirituality, and the impact family development. Emphasis is placed on patients' verbal and non-verbal styles of communication and their treatment process. The overall intervention is the growth of the individual as he/she passes through tasks of life.

During individual sessions and the daily art group, patients engage in a wide variety of mediums and techniques, which are developmentally appropriate, enjoyable and open to the entire family, thus allowing families a place to participate in normal activities.