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Express & Heal Workbook

A Trauma-Informed Therapeutic Art Workbook

Created by Mikayla Mary | Trauma Therapist & Expressive Arts Practitioner

Why This Workbook?

What if healing didn’t have to be explained with words?

When you’ve experienced trauma, it’s common to feel disconnected from your body, your emotions and even your sense of self. Sometimes, talking about it isn’t just hard but feels impossible.

Express & Heal offers a gentle and creative alternative. 

Grounded in Judith Herman’s 3-phase model of trauma recovery, this workbook supports you to rebuild safety, process what’s been held and reconnect with your inner world - through therapeutic art.

Inside, you’ll find 15 therapeutic art activities designed to help you:

  • Regulate your nervous system

  • Reclaim your story, at your own pace

  • Express what words can’t always hold

No art skills needed - just a willingness utilise expressive practices and show up for yourself with compassion. 

🎨 What’s Inside:

  • 15 therapeutic art activities grounded in trauma theory

  • Based on Judith Herman’s trauma recovery phases:

    1. Safety & Stabilisation

    2. Remembrance & Mourning

    3. Reconnection & Integration

  • Simple instructions, symbolic prompts, and reflection space

  • Gentle creative invitations using colour, collage, shape & metaphor

  • Designed for both print and digital (iPad/tablet-friendly)

✍️ Example Activities:

  • Drawing Your Breath

  • The Body Map

  • Joy Map

  • Mosaic of Me

  • Ritual Release

  • Symbols of Strength

  • The Unsent Letter

Each activity includes:

  • A gentle Prompt

  • Creative Try This instructions

  • Thoughtful Reflection questions

🧠 Is This Workbook for You?

✔ You find it hard to talk about your experiences, but still want to process them
✔ You’re looking for a gentle way to reconnect with yourself and your emotions
✔ You want tools for emotional regulation that don’t require words
✔ You’re drawn to expressive, symbolic or creative healing practices
✔ You need a safe, empowering space to explore your feelings - on your own terms

If any of this resonates, Express & Heal was made for you.