Daniela Garcia, MA
Expressive Arts Therapist & Consultant
Expressive Arts Therapist from the Create Institute in Toronto and the European Graduate School in Saas Fee, Switzerland with experience in Bioenergetic Psychotherapy, movement and Yoga.
Before discovering her passion for the expressive arts field, Dani also accumulated 10+ years of professional experience in the fields of entertainment and advertising, she has a long record of bringing organizational sense to diverse creative and social projects in the areas of fundraising, community work and institutional cooperation for the arts.…
Mariya Garnet
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifyng), ExAT
I work with adults in Ontario who understand their patterns but can’t seem to change them. People who function well on the outside while feeling numb, disconnected, or chronically braced on the inside. The territory I know well is complex trauma, childhood emotional neglect, dissociation, and the body-based patterns that talk therapy alone hasn’t been able to shift.…
Tracy-Lynn Glowa
EXAT
Tracy (she/her) is an Expressive Arts Therapist with River & Pine Expressive Arts Therapy; she looks forward to working with clients to create a safe, playful, and curious space with those who want to explore aging, grief, anxiety, self-confidence, creativity or any other part of themselves that chooses to come to the table.
Tracy’s professional history began with visual arts and theatre.…
Heather Goodwin, RP
Expressive Arts Therapist
Heather Goodwin is a creative and expressive arts therapist in private practice. She is also a voice-over artist, actor, web designer, and a graduate of the CREATE Institute’s Expressive Arts Therapy program. She has worked with a number of different populations including prisoners, seniors, adults living with life changing diagnoses, caregivers, children struggling in social and/or classroom situations and teens who are questioning their gender and/or sexuality.…
Rowesa Gordon, RP, EXAT
Arts-Based Psychotherapist
Rowesa Gordon, MA, CAGS, Registered Psychotherapist, Former; Director and Core Teaching Faculty at The Create Institute, is an arts-based psychotherapist in private practice who clinically supervises and consults in this field. A graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, with a Masters Degree in Expressive Therapies from Lesley University, she has a certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies from the European Graduate School.…
Tracey Gramm
Certified Expressive Arts Therapist and Master Therapeutic Counsellor
Tracey is a Certified Expressive Arts Therapist and Master Therapeutic Counsellor in private practice serving the Fraser Valley: Clovedale, Surrey, South Surrey, Langley, White Rock and Delta.
A warm and gentle client centered and person-centered intermodal approach approach goes a long way! Through the Expressive Arts, I help clients who are seeking help with issues such as trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, self esteem, life transitions, stress and wellness management.…
Katie Grossman
Certified Expressive Arts Therapist (ExAT), BA
Katie Grossman (she/her) is a certified Expressive Arts Therapist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her work is rooted in the belief that the arts are for everyone, regardless of age, gender, or socio-economic status. Her interdisciplinary, narrative-based approach reconnects clients with their imagination and sense of play, allowing them to access their inner world in a greater capacity.…
Sheryl Grossman
Registered Speech-Language Pathologist, Expressive Arts Therapist
Hi, I’m Sheryl (she/her), Registered Speech-Language Pathologist and Expressive Arts Therapist based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the traditional unceded homelands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Sheri Gundry, RP
RP, EXAT
Sheri Gundry trained as an Expressive Arts Therapist through The CREATE Institute in their Creative Integrative Arts Therapies Training Program. Sheri is a Registered Psychotherapist with The College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). Deepening skills, Sheri has trained in Trauma, DBT, Dreamwork and Trauma, and Substance Abuse. Sheri has completed some training in the Satir Method, and as a graphic designer, as well as a Bachelor of Theology in Child and Family Ministries.…
OEATA respects and honours the work of our:
- Expressive Arts Practitioners (EAP)
- Expressive Arts Therapists (ExAT)
- Peer Movement Specialists (ExA or ExAT and /or RP)
- Registered Psychotherapist, ExAT’s (RP, ExA or ExAT)
- Affiliates (Training institutes, Supportive Businesses)





