Counseling Center of Expressive Arts
The Counseling Center of Expressive Arts, located in El Paso, Texas, focuses on providing mental health services through expressive arts therapy. This unique approach combines traditional counseling with creative methods such as play and art therapy. The center caters to all ages, including children as young as two.
The mission of the Counseling Center of Expressive Arts is to deliver quality mental health services with creativity, compassion, and openness. They tailor their counseling methods to be developmentally appropriate for each age group and prioritize individual differences in learning and perception.
- Flexible Appointments: Open six days a week, offering appointments from 8 am to 8 pm on weekdays and 8 am to 5 pm on Saturdays.
- Expressive Arts Therapy: Combines traditional counseling with creative therapeutic approaches like art and play therapy.
- Diverse Counseling Options: Provides individual, couples, family, and group therapy tailored to different age groups.
- Child-Parent Relationship Training: Strengthens parent-child relationships using basic play therapy skills.
This center addresses mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, and trauma, providing specialized services for individuals, couples, families, and groups of all ages.
- 16 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 2 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 12 Therapies & Programs
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
Recovering from any type of substance abuse is a long process, but it is one of the most worthwhile and life changing events any addicted person will ever go through. This is a combination of detoxing the body, rehabilitation, and recovery. There is also therapy, aftercare, and support during the entire process.
While substance abuse can take over a person’s life, it is something that can also be overcame by professionals at Counseling Center of Expressive Arts in El Paso, TX
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Drug Rehab, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Outpatient treatment can be considered the lowest intensity level of addiction treatment in El Paso, TX. It is ideal for early phase addiction or lower intensity addictions. Counseling Center of Expressive Arts peer group support, 12-step programs, and individual counseling may still be involved.
Counseling Center of Expressive Arts‘s Therapies & Programs
Individual professional counseling or individual therapy refers to the one-on-one interaction between a patient and his or her counselor. Individual therapy allows for more privacy, one that group interactions can’t provide. Therefore, it becomes easier for a person to unload and become more open to his or her counselor.
Another benefit of individual therapy at Counseling Center of Expressive Arts in El Paso, TX is that all sessions aim to speed up a single person’s progress. It makes it easier for the counselor and the patient to deal with the central issues, which are likely the culprits of substance addiction.
Once the roots of the problems are addressed, it becomes less challenging for a recovering patient to maintain sobriety and brush off temptations.
Families are not always as supportive as they could be, but by opting for family therapy, many recovering addicts are able to understand their addiction and get the support they need to get sober. These therapy sessions at Counseling Center of Expressive Arts in El Paso, TX involve all members of the family who play a role in the recovering person’s daily life. They work together to overcome past issues, avoid triggers, and remain strong and supportive of each other.
In group therapy, the patient undergoes sessions with other patients dealing with similar problems under the guidance of a trained counselor. The members of the group interact with each other and talk freely about their issues. The recovery of members of the group from the problems that they face gives the patients confidence that they can also overcome their addiction.
Group therapy at Counseling Center of Expressive Arts reduces the feeling of loneliness and improves the coping skills of the patients. Group therapy provides patients with continuous feedback from other members. The group dynamics ensure that members start having some structure and routine in their lives.
Patient Experience
Creative Arts
In creative art therapy, the therapist encourages the patients to express themselves through activities like sketching, painting, sculpting, coloring, collaging etc. The therapy can be administered at an individual or a group level. Creative art helps the patients to express their emotions consciously or unconsciously.
- Patients are often able to communicate effectively, through creative art, what they cannot verbally.
- The therapy helps patients to handle stress and anxiety in a better manner.
- They become more self-aware and develop higher self-esteem.
- The therapy improves their communication skills and ability to process past traumatic events.
- Creative art helps the patients to improve their physical, mental and emotional well-being.
Experiential Therapy at Counseling Center of Expressive Arts
Experiential therapy can involve acting, props, arts and crafts, animal care or other tools. It can help revisit and heal from past traumas. Trust between the therapist at Counseling Center of Expressive Arts and individual is important for success and grown over the stay.
Payment Options
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Location & Contact
300 Thunderbird Dr
El Paso, TX 79912
Phone Number
(915) 845-3122
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Location
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300 Thunderbird Dr
El Paso, TX 79912 -
(915) 845-3122
Accepts
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GenderFemale, Male
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AgeChildren (0-12), Teenagers
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ModalityFamily, Group, Individuals
Listed June 20, 2021
Updated July 25, 2024
El Paso, Texas Addiction and Treatment
Texas is one of the primary hubs for drug smuggling into the country. The border between Texas and Mexico is more than 1,000 miles long. More than 10 million residents use alcohol every year and more than 25% of those are minors. Alcohol and drug use has become so common in Texas that almost 15% of all deaths can be attributed to these substances.
El Paso boasts an outdoor paradise with its massive urban park and desert climate. Yet this city faces a surging opioid crisis, with fentanyl overdose deaths skyrocketing 256% from 2019 to 2021 and a 55% spike among ages 15-24.
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