Session 2: Anger

Shadow work: Shame

This group art therapy session explores anger as a vital and meaningful emotion—often suppressed, misunderstood, or held in the body. Rather than something to control or eliminate, anger is approached as a source of energy, information, and personal power. Through creative expression and mindful movement, participants are invited to bring what is hidden into awareness, give it form, and gently release what no longer needs to be held.

The session unfolds with care and flexibility, adapting to the needs of the group while honoring individual boundaries and rhythms.

Session Structure

• Opening & Grounding (30 minutes)
  The session begins with a welcoming circle and a guided meditation focused on safety and presence. Attention is brought to breath and bodily sensations, helping participants notice where anger may be stored or felt in the body. This phase creates a supportive and grounded space to approach strong emotions with awareness and curiosity.

• Visual Expression & Embodied Awareness – Creative Process (1 hour)
  Participants are guided into a visual art process using color, shape, and movement of the hand to express anger as energy rather than narrative. Through drawing or painting, anger is externalized, visualized, and explored without judgment.
  Alongside the art-making, participants are invited to locate emotions in the body and connect them to physical sensation. This is followed by gentle, accessible yoga-based movements, supporting release, grounding, and reconnection with inner strength. No prior art or movement experience is required. Gentle music and a calm environment help maintain a sense of containment.

• Reflection & Integration (30 minutes)
  In the final phase, participants are invited to observe their artwork and bodily experience, noticing shifts in sensation, emotion, or awareness. Sharing may take place within the group or privately with the facilitator, depending on individual comfort. The focus remains on personal insight, embodied experience, and self-regulation rather than interpretation.

  This session offers a safe space to meet Anger with presence and respect—allowing suppressed emotions to surface, be expressed, and gradually transformed through creativity, movement, and awareness.