Expressive Art Therapies use a wide range of modalities in the service of human growth, development, and healing. Examples include: art (visual/digital arts), music, movement, dance, poetry, bibliotherapy, play, sand tray, drama, role-playing and storytelling. These therapeutic approaches are often used with individuals, couples, families, groups, and in community-based programs.

The Expressive Arts Special Interest Group provides a dynamic community for LA-CAMFT Members and Friends who identify as expressive art therapists. Our monthly meetings are a joyful laboratory of artistic expression in a safe space. We engage in hands-on experiences and open dialogue about the arts and the creative process in our personal journey and professional path. For scheduled events as well as cultural and social gatherings, please contact our chairs below.

Questions? Contact the Committee Chairs! 

Gina Balit, LMFT, ATR

Expressive Arts: Special Interest Group Chair

Gina Balit, LMFT, ATR, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Registered Art Therapist. She works in a private practice setting in the San Fernando Valley. Gina has a deep and life-long love for children and art. She works solely with young children and specializes in children of divorce and abuse. She is bilingual in Armenian (western and eastern dialects). She has extensive experience in school-based settings. She has Domestic Violence certification and has worked with women and children individually and in groups in agency, shelter, and transitional home settings. She has also worked with autistic children and has provided home-based Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA).

Contact Information
Phone: 323.316.6425 | LA-CAMFT Email: co-administrator@lacamft.org
Work/Private Practice Email: gb1105@gmail.com