Innovative Psychotherapy Services through Drama and Expressive Arts
Are you…
- Working through grief, trauma, depression or anxiety?
- In a life transition and needing guidance?
- Scared to make a change in your life and want support?
Our intake line is available 24 hours a day.
Dial: (510) 595-5500 Ext: 10
E-mail: contact@livingartscenter.org
We offer high quality individual, couples and group psychotherapy services provided by Licensed and Pre-Licensed therapist on a sliding scale.
All of our practitioners use talk therapy, and if desired and useful, may incorporate the healing power of expressive arts and/or drama therapy.
We provide the highest standard of care under the supervision of our clinical director, Armand Volkas . . . Read more....
We offer innovative Drama and Expressive Arts Therapy workshops, groups & trainings for both personal and professional growth. Our counseling center offers high-quality individual, couples and group psychotherapy services provided by Licensed and Pre-Licensed therapists. All of our practitioners use talk therapy, and if desired and useful, may … Read more...
This 42-Hour Drama Therapy training group will provide participants with an experience of being in a drama therapy group. A variety of drama therapy techniques will be utilized, including improvisation, acting techniques, psychodrama, Playback Theatre and other action methods. The experiential porti...
September 10 - December 17
This experiential 45-hour training group will offer both a first-hand experience of the healing power of the arts as well as a foundational understanding of the theory and practice of expressive arts therapy.This training group is designed for psychologists, therapists, social workers, counselors, l...
September 11 - December 15
This 14-week training will introduce peacebuilding and conflict transformation approaches to healing generational, historical and ancestral trauma through drama therapy. The course will involve experiential learning and techniques culled from drama therapy, psychodrama, sociodrama, Playback Theatre,...
September 13 - December 13
Participants will explore formative moments in their lives and identify self-limiting beliefs transmitted by family, society and personal traumas. Group and individual therapy sessions will include an engagement with memories, images and emotions. Through the creation of your Autobiographical Therap...
September 21 - December 7
Patriarchy is a social system based on male dominance. It is a hierarchy that elevates some men over other men, and all men over women. These traumas not only shape our ways of being in the world, but perpetuate themselves across generations, and disconnect us from our full humanity. In this 7-week ...
October 11 @ 4:00 pm - December 6 @ 7:00 pmThe skillful use of drama and the expressive arts in individual, couples, and group therapy is an effective, empowering method for problem-solving. While playful and often fun, it sparks insight — promoting ease, growth and well-being.
In addition, we are affiliated with Living Arts Playback Theatre and Healing the Wounds of History.Read more....
We offer innovative Drama and Expressive Arts Therapy workshops, groups & trainings for both personal and professional growth. Our counseling center offers high-quality individual, couples and group psychotherapy services provided by Licensed and Pre-Licensed therapists. All of our practitioners use talk therapy, and if desired and useful, may incorporate the healing power of expressive arts and/or drama therapy. We provide the highest standard of care under the supervision of our Clinical Director, Armand Volkas, MFT, RDT-BCT.
Living Arts Counseling Center is one of three organizations under the umbrella of the non-profit, Center for the Living Arts. Our sister organizations are:
HEALING THE WOUNDS OF HISTORY
