Sarah Teitel
EXAT
I’m an expressive arts therapist with a private practice in midtown Toronto. I see children and adults individually. I also work as a group facilitator. I’ve developed groups that serve adolescents struggling with addiction (CAMH), people with dementia and their caregivers (Baycrest Health Sciences), and seniors living with complex mental health issues (Elm Grove Living Centre).…
Meredith Thompson
Expressive Arts Therapist, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA, BEd, BFA (Dance)
I am a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and Expressive Arts Therapist with more than 25 years of experience working with children, youth, teens and families across educational, community, arts and clinical settings. I am also a dance artist, educator and art-based facilitator. Movement and creativity have been central to my work throughout my career.
My path to therapy has grown from this longstanding connection to movement, creativity, embodiment and the many ways people express themselves and make meaning.…
Dr Keith Thurlow-Bishop, MA, MSc, PhD, RCC-ACS, RCAT, REAT
Registered Expressive Arts Therapist & Clinical Supervisor
I am an English speaking Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT), Registered Canadian Art Therapist and Supervisor (RCAT-S) and Approved Clinical Supervisor (RCC-ACS) currently living and working respectfully and mindfully on the unceded ancestral lands of the Anishanaabe, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, and Iroquois Peoples of Canada. I have been working in the field of mental health since 1990, and have worked with people healing from trauma and concurrent issues relating to mood, addictions, eating disorders, and personality disorders.…
Lysa Toye
MSW, RSW, ExAT
Lysa is a Master’s-trained Social Worker and Expressive Arts Therapist with a Certificate in Palliative and Supportive Care. Based in Toronto, Lysa holds more than a decade of experience working in both private practice and pediatric and adult health, mental health, and palliative care settings. In her work as a grief counsellor at the Dr. Jay Children’s Grief Centre, Lysa works at the intersection of grief and trauma and has taught over 50 training sessions to professionals in the fields of health, mental health and education.…
Julia Tribe
Expressive Arts Therapist, Arts Educator and Facilitator
I am an Expressive Arts Therapist, Arts Educator and Facilitator, I work with people of all ages, backgrounds, and capability, meeting my clients where they are at, individually or in-groups, building supportive frameworks that extend outward into community. I combine expressive arts therapy with my theatrical expertise and community engagement to create and support unique art making and story creations, in all its various shapes and sizes.…
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)



