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 corporate wellness · online for teams

creative wellness workshops for your team.

Live online sessions where your team uses guided art-making to reflect on something real: a challenge you’re facing, or something you want to bring into the team. Led by me, a professional Canadian art therapist. It’s therapeutic art, self-reflective and tied to your team’s focus, and no art experience is needed.

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  • online
  • 90 minutes to 3 hours
  • teams anywhere in the world

therapeutic art led by an art therapist · not individual therapy

A hand painting a bright rainbow circle with a thin brush on a sketchbook page, beside a watercolour palette
Ashleigh Gureckas

burnout prevention

healthy boundaries

coping with stress

building resilience

team communication

decision making

self-care

play

where it fits

  • team daysa creative break in the work week
  • wellness weeksone session or a series
  • offsitesonline, wherever your team is
  • virtual retreatsup to three hours together
  • staff appreciationsomething to look forward to
  • leadership daystime to slow down together

the track record

5,573+participants
57+countries reached
2,500+hours facilitated
200k+followers
  • professional canadian art therapist
  • kutenai art therapy institute graduate
  • member, cata

design your session

choose what your team needs most

Every session starts from a focus: something your team is facing, or something you want to bring into it. Guided art-making gives people a way to reflect on it, see it from a new angle and talk about it together. That’s what makes it therapeutic art and not a craft night.

  • always online
  • 90 minutes to 3 hours
  • live on zoom
  • for small teams or large ones
stream 1

stress relief

For teams who need a moment to breathe

When work gets busy, it can be hard to find a moment to slow down, especially when everyone is juggling their own responsibilities.

This workshop gives your team permission to pause and reconnect with themselves through art. We'll explore calming, repetitive ways of creating that invite people to slow their pace, notice how they're feeling, and discover what helps them unwind.

Your team will leave with a little more breathing room and simple creative practices they can return to when work (or life) feels overwhelming.

  • Gentle, calming art-making

  • Space to slow down and check in

  • Creative practices to take home

stream 2

creative unblock

For teams who could use a fresh perspective

Sometimes we get so used to doing things a certain way that we forget how many other possibilities there are.

This workshop invites your team to stretch their imaginations through playful art experiments. We'll explore what happens when we loosen our expectations, try something unfamiliar, and give ourselves permission to create without knowing how it will turn out.

Your team will have a chance to approach challenges differently and return to their projects with fresh ideas and a little more curiosity about what's possible.

  • Playful experiments that stretch the imagination

  • Freedom to explore without getting it right

  • Fresh perspectives to bring back to work

stream 3

teambuilding

For teams who want to get to know each other differently

We can work alongside someone every day and still know very little about how they see the world.

Through shared art invitations, your team will have the chance to explore how differently we each think, express ourselves, and approach the same experience. We'll make space for curiosity about one another, with opportunities to share and reflect along the way.

It's a chance to connect beyond your usual roles, appreciate what each person brings to the group, and build a greater sense of connection through creating together.

  • Shared creative experiences

  • Opportunities to discover new sides of your teammates

  • Optional group reflection and sharing

custom workshop

need something more specific?

We can build a workshop around one skill your team wants to practise, or add a short presentation alongside the art-making. We design it together, and it can mix elements of the three streams.

 
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what it brings to a team

a different way to see each other

The art is the starting point. What changes things for a team is what happens next: the chance to share, to look at your own art in a new way, and to be seen and witnessed by your colleagues.

share

a chance to share

Everyone gets time to say what they made and what came up for them, in their own words. Everyone has the chance to speak, and no one makes comments or remarks on the art.

reflect

a new way to look at your art

WeAfter we make art, we take time to see our art in a new way. The art therapist will guide the team through some simple self reflective prompts where they see their art differently, and hear its message.

witnessed

being seen and witnessed

Colleagues witness each other’s work without judging or interpreting it. Being seen this way, as a whole person and not a job title, is very different from a meeting or a party.

team

what that does for the team

A shared experience like this gives teammates a new way to understand each other, and new language for talking about pressure, change and how they work together. That can support trust and communication.

a typical session

what a session looks like

Here’s the shape of a session on video. I adapt it to your team, the stream you chose and the time we have.

An open art journal with a pink and yellow oil pastel hand drawing, with markers on the table
  1. 1arrive and set the focusWe settle in on Zoom. I welcome everyone, name the focus we chose together and explain how the session works. Taking part is up to each person.
  2. 2warm upA simple way into the materials, so nobody is facing a blank page. No finished picture is needed, and there’s no skill nor technique needed to participate.
  3. 3createParticipants follow a guided art invitation, with room for each person to take it where they creatively like. No wrong answers! Your team gets an art supply list ahead of time, but nothing fancy is needed.
  4. 4look and sharePeople look at what they made before explaining it, then share what they notice if they’d like to. Teammates witness each other’s work, and I never interpret anyone’s art. The person who made it holds its meaning, and it can be incredibly profound.
  5. 5bring it back to the teamA closing reflection ties it back: what came up, what people noticed and what they might carry into the week. Some sessions also include writing or movement.

no art experience needed · nobody is graded on technique

a kit to keep

materials, kept simple

Your team can start with simple supplies they already have. If you’d like everyone to have a basic kit to keep, give me a materials budget and I’ll build a shopping basket on Amazon or at Michaels. You place the order and have it arrive before the session, so each person can use it at home or in their own office space.

group size

how group size shapes the session

Every session is live on Zoom. The size of your group changes how much time people get together.

small team

3 to 12 people

more time together

A small group gets more room to talk, share what they made and get to know each other. There’s time for everyone to say what they noticed, if they’d like to.

larger groups

13 or more

everyone makes together

Larger teams are welcome on Zoom too. Everyone makes together and takes part in the guided reflection, with less time for sharing out loud in the big group.

Not sure which fits? Tell me your group size and I’ll suggest how to plan it.

kind words

what people say after making art with me

a gentle space“A gentle space for creativity, with several prompt ideas each time, along with the freedom to make something of your own preference. All within a supportive group setting."
play“Play and experimentation has become a lot more natural, comfortable, fun and grounding.”
one invitation, many responses“I love seeing how others take the same prompts and materials but come up with completely unique pieces of art.”

from my therapeutic art membership, The Make Space. everyone’s experience is different.

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see how a quote comes together

A session is more than the time we spend on video. I design the art invitation around your team’s focus, send a supply list ahead of time and lead the session live as a professional art therapist. Choose your options below and watch a general estimate build. It is subject to change, and I confirm your final quote after we talk.

the sessionThe price follows the length and the group size.
custom designOnly if you want a workshop built around your own skill or presentation
extrasa materials basket, a take-home guide, a recording, or several sessions in a series
your estimatea general estimate, subject to change
what does your team need most?
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general estimate

C$700

about C$58 per person

A general estimate only, and subject to change. I confirm your final quote with you after we talk.

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Estimates start at C$700 for a 90-minute online session and C$1,000 for a custom workshop. All prices are in Canadian dollars (CAD), and sales tax is added for clients in Canada. This is a general estimate and is subject to change. I confirm the final quote with you after we talk. If you’d like a kit for everyone, the materials themselves are bought by you, from the basket I build, so they aren’t part of the estimate.

booking

how booking works

I hold your date and design the session around your team, so booking works like this.

  1. 1send your requestTell me about your team at least two weeks before the date you have in mind, and earlier if you can, so we can agree on the calendar date together. You can book as early as three months ahead. Inside two weeks, send your request anyway and I’ll look at it case by case.
  2. 2we agree on a planI reply by email. We can meet on zoom or go over details by e-mail. We choose your date, your focus, and I send your quote and a booking agreement to sign. Your date is confirmed when I receive the signed agreement.
  3. 375% three days beforeI send an invoice for 75% of your quote, due three days before your workshop.
  4. 425% on the dayThe remaining 25% is due on the day of your workshop.

cancellingThe earlier you let me know, the less it costs. The fee is a share of the total cost of the workshop.

free30 days or more before
50%within 30 days (3 to 29 days before)
100%within 2 days, or on the day

changing your dateA booked date can’t be moved. If you need a different date, you cancel and book again, and the cancelling fees above apply. The new date depends on my availability.

sales taxSales tax is added for clients in Canada.
All prices are in Canadian dollars.

A hand holding a paper figure decorated with a bright heart and colourful patterns, with a scribbled yellow head

who leads it

hi, I’m ashleigh

I’m a professional Canadian art therapist. I graduated from the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute, and I later taught there and coordinated clinical placements.

Through Discover Art Therapy I’ve facilitated more than 2,500 hours of workshops and reached people in 57 countries. I plan each session around what your team is facing, then stay with the room as it unfolds.

My approach starts with making. We make first, then notice what happened. You choose what to share, and the meaning of what you make stays with you.

member of the canadian art therapy association (cata) and the association of cooperative counselling therapists of canada (acct)

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tangible benefits for your staff

what your staff can use on Monday

A session is a few hours of your team’s week. What people take from it is practical: a real break, a way to notice how they’re doing, and small habits that can support a healthier balance between work and home. Here is what each can look like in an ordinary week. The examples are everyday pictures of what can happen. Everyone’s week is different, so I don’t promise any one result.

in the middle of a busy week

a real pause

protected time away from the screen

For a stretch of the workday, nobody is answering messages or solving anything. People work with their hands, and there’s no right answer to find.

  • A break that belongs to the team
  • Time away from inboxes and meetings
  • Something to do with your hands that isn’t your phone

what this can look likePicture a Thursday of back-to-back calls. A team lead spends the session drawing with coloured pencils. When she logs back on, she might notice she’s coming to her next call with a little more room in her head.

notice

noticing how you’re really doing

Making art slows people down enough to see what they’re carrying. Nobody has to explain it out loud first, and nobody interprets the art. People decide what their own work means.

  • A moment to check in with yourself
  • A look at what’s taking up the most space lately

what this can look likeA project manager draws her week as a pile of shapes and notices, in her own words, that nothing on the page stands for rest. The next day she decides to book a proper lunch away from her desk.

words

words for what’s hard to say

Pressure, overload and change are hard to explain in a meeting. A picture gives people another way in, and a conversation something to start from.

  • An easier way to describe a full plate
  • Shared language for talking about pressure
  • Practice at saying what you need

what this can look likeSay an analyst has struggled to tell her manager that her plate is full. She uses what she made to show it, and the conversation about workload starts from something she can point to.

carrying it home, or leaving it at the door

switching off

a small ritual to end the workday

Many people finish work and keep working in their heads. A few minutes of making art can become a cue that the day is done.

  • A simple practice that fits at a kitchen table
  • Materials that are easy to keep at home
  • Even ten minutes counts

what this can look likeImagine a remote worker who closes her laptop at five and spends ten minutes with a sketchbook before dinner. Over a few weeks, the sketchbook might become her signal that work is over for the day.

good enough

practice letting it be good enough

The first thing we do in art therapy is meet perfectionism. There’s nothing to copy and no technique to master, so people practise finishing something imperfect.

  • No art experience needed
  • A chance to make something messy and keep going

what this can look likeA designer who rewrites every email five times makes a messy page and decides it’s finished. On Friday she might catch herself thinking “that’s good enough” about a report, and send it on time.

connect

time together that isn’t a meeting

People who usually talk in agendas get to know each other a little differently, through what they made rather than what they do.

  • A shared experience to talk about afterwards
  • A different way to see a colleague

what this can look likeTwo teammates who only ever talk in stand-ups share what they made, and find they’re both juggling care for family on top of work. It can make it easier to ask each other for help later.

These examples are everyday pictures of what can happen, not guarantees, and every team is different. These workshops are therapeutic art led by a professional art therapist. They aren’t therapy, and they don’t replace mental health care or your employee assistance program. If you’d like to read the research behind art therapy, ask me and I’ll send you the sources.

clear expectations

what these workshops are, and aren’t

what to expect

  • a focus you choose, so the art connects to what your team is facing
  • a session led by a professional art therapist
  • a plan agreed with you before the day
  • a supply list ahead of time, and a shopping basket if you’d like everyone to have a kit
  • taking part and sharing are always optional
  • personal sharing stays in the group, and everyone is free to talk about their own experience afterward
  • no art experience or talent needed
  • changes to suit your group’s needs. Just tell me what they are.

what they aren’t

  • individual therapy, or a replacement for mental health care or your employee assistance program
  • an art class or a paint and sip
  • a place where anyone’s art is analyzed or interpreted
  • a promise of particular results

If something big comes up for someone, I’ll gently point them toward support, such as their own counsellor or your employee assistance program.

questions

good questions, plain answers

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tell me about your team

Share who you’d like to bring together and which stream sounds right. I’ll reply by email, and we can shape a session that fits.

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