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The Art Works

by Toni-Cara Stellitano, LCSW

Images can capture hard-feeling places, relationship dynamics, and act as a release for emotional experiences that would otherwise feel confused and disorganized, leading to miscommunication, emotional eruptions, and feelings of being off-balance.  The following images are wonderful art therapy tools for clinicians, acting as a catalyst for communication around wordless feeling places,  to help clients express themselves and their subconscious stirrings, as well as helping clients feel less alone. These images are also great prompts for parents to use with their children to initiate conversations around feelings, and can of course be used as wall art for personal enjoyment.

   

Toni-Cara works primarily in oil pastels, Prisma Color colored pencils on journal paper,  and mixed media. 

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Email for prints

northshoreclinician@gmail.com 

Farewell
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"Farewell"

Themes:

  • Reparenting

  • Inner Child

  • Divorce

  • Separation 

  • Goodbyes 

  • Grief  

Wild
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"Wild"

Themes:

  • Wild

  • Courage

  • Bravery

  • Change 

  • Strength 

Miss Communication
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"Miss Communication"

Themes:

  • Communication

  • Boundary Setting

  • Verbal abuse 

  • Indirect Communication

  • Trust 

Rescue Me
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"Rescue Me"

Themes:

  • Mothers and Daughters

  • Co-dependence

  • Rescuer

  • Parentified Children 

  • Instability

  • Stability

Ambivalent Mother
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"Ambivalent Mother"

Themes:

  • Nervous Mother

  • Uncertainty

  • Fear of Loss

  • Inadequacy

  • Nurturing

  • Ambivalence 

  • Trust

  • Safety

Revival
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"Revival"

Themes:

  • Renewal

  • Rebirth

  • Resurrection

  • Cleansing

  • Purification 

  • Pardoning

  • Forgiveness

Flail
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"Flail"

Themes:

  • Fear 

  • Ungrounded

  • Overwhelmed

  • Surrender 

  • Flailing

  • Uncertainty 

  • Helplessness

  • Hopelessness

  • Powerlessness 

Great Mother
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"Great Mother"

Themes:

  • Compassion

  • Understanding 

  • Peaceful

  • Safety

  • Grace 

Roots
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"Roots"

Themes:

  • Grounded

  • Solid

  • Growth

  • New Life

  • Hope

  • New Thoughts

  • Change

  • Fertility 

Round Bush
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"Round Bush"

Themes:

  • Grief

  • Loss

  • Sadness

  • Anguish 

  • Love

  • Emotional Release

  • Woe

Queen of Hearts
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"Queen of Hearts"

Themes:

  • Loss

  • Separation

  • Intimacy 

  • Marriage

  • Uncertainty 

  • Divorce

  • Sadness

  • Reconciliation

Tug Of War
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"Tug of War"

Themes:

  • Loss of Direction

  • Overwhelm

  • Off-balance 

  • Uncertainty 

  • Uncertainty 

  • Powerlessness

  • Confusion

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