SIMUL✺ grounds in the core beliefs of authenticity, emergence, togetherness, and multimodality. We practice from a human-centered, collaborative, and inclusive therapeutic lens. SIMUL✺ trusts in the value of exploring the creative arts therapeutically and the offering it holds for people, in being able to access the deeper parts of their experiences. We acknowledge that words can sometimes be hard to express, so we honor privileging the creative arts process as a way to explore emotional and mental states. This creative process might look like, drawing, painting, sculpting, playing, dancing and so much more. At the end of each session, SIMUL✺ will offer a space of reflection where the person is welcome to discuss any themes or noticings from the creative arts therapy process, which is entirely led by the participant. This discussion can be helpful when trying to make sense of our art-making process and artwork, as it can assist in gaining further clarity to what is being experienced.

SIMUL✺ admires that the process of Creative Arts Therapy focuses on the individual needs and the strengths of each person, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. We place an incredible amount of sensitivity around supporting participants to explore their own experiences; the good, unpleasant, and everything in between.