Expressive Art Therapies

Offered in your home throughout Greater Boston and at the following locations:

Maximize the Moment

Using music, dance, and art, our expressive art therapists provide psycho-social support to seniors experiencing a wide range of issues, including adjustment to aging, health status changes, depression, and anxiety. Expressive art therapies are also proven highly effective for those living with memory loss.

If you are homebound due to a chronic illness or recent hospitalization, and within our in-home care service area or in a Hebrew SeniorLife senior living community, expressive therapies can be brought to you as part of palliative care through our home health service. 

Learn more about Home Health

Great Days for Seniors, our adult day health program, includes regular sessions with music, art, and dance therapists, along with pet therapy visits.

Learn more about Adult Day Health

We are committed to helping residents make the most of the cognitive abilities they have at all times. One way we do this is through music, dance, art, and poetry, which provide channels for self-expression with proven therapeutic benefits.

Learn more about Memory Care Assisted Living

Our expressive art therapies provide a safe, secure setting where patients can express themselves on both verbal and nonverbal levels. Increased connection to others and the environment decreases a patient’s level of distress and psychological discomfort when adjusting to long-term chronic care.

Discover benefits of expressive art therapies

Music therapy is among the complementary services integrated with our whole-patient approach to hospice care.

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An older man sits at a piano next to a woman, playing the piano together as a part of music therapy.

See Music Therapy in Action

The arts have an amazing power to heal, especially for seniors. Expressive therapies at Hebrew SeniorLife help patients connect with others, soothe distress and anxiety, boost energy, and provide an overall sense of well-being. Watch the video for more about our services.