Ms Stephanie Helene Shochat-Gruss
Registered Counsellor & Expressive Arts Therapist Expressive Arts SpaceBiography
is a registered counsellor (MPCC-P) and Expressive Arts Therapist (MAExAT) works with individuals of all ages and families supporting clients with life transitions, trauma, grief, special needs, chronic illness and home stressors. She offers a person-centered approach that integrates Expressive Arts Therapy and Therapeutic Play with somatic, narrative, CBT and nature-based informed therapy. She has 20 years experience working with families of multicultural backgrounds, supporting school-aged children and youth with special needs in schools and helping families reducing stressors in their home environments. Besides her clinical practice she offers workshops and groups online and in person in Barrhead covering topics of emotional regulation, communication in various relationships, caregiver/child tools, chronic illness (ex. rheumatoid arthritis), grief and stressors in personal and public spaces. Her clinical practice is in Barrhead and online she works in Canada and internationally.
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Thesis – Encounter on the Rainbow Bridge – Early childhood Educators Using Expressive Arts in Response to Children Diagnosed with Autism (2017, Division of Arts, Health and Society, European Graduate School)
Languages
- English
- French
- German
Areas of Practice
- ADHD
- Alzheimers
- Anxiety
- Autistic Minds
- Behavioural Issues
- Chronic Illness
- Creativity Blocks
- Depression
- Domestic Violence
- Geriatric and Seniors
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Intergenerational Trauma
- Learning Disabilities
- Life Transitions
- Neurodiversity
- Overwhelm
- Parenting
- School Issues
- Sexual Trauma
- Spirituality and Faith
- Stress
- Trauma & PTSD
5025 51 St Barrhead Alberta T7N 1A5 Canada
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)



