Red Balloon Therapy Singapore | Art Therapy Services

Does Healing have to begin in a therapy room?

We don't think so.

Healing can begin wherever people are given space to connect, express themselves, learn and be supported.

At Red Balloon Therapy, we use creativity and therapeutic practice to make emotional well-being and healing more accessible; from prevention and early support to therapeutic intervention and ongoing well-being.

We believe well-being is a journey, not a crisis response.

Healing can begin...

In a community.
Around a table.
Through making something with our hands.
In a conversation.
In a moment of being heard.
In everyday opportunities to connect, express and be supported.

How we can support

From everyday well-being to deeper support.

PREVENTION

Nurturing well-being

before challenges

become overwhelming.

We create engaging opportunities to build emotional awareness, creativity, resilience and belonging as part of everyday life.

This includes:
• Art experiential workshops

• School programmes

• Workplace well-being

• Community programmes

• LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®

EARLY SUPPORT

Building resources

when challenges begin

to emerge.

We support children, families and communities in developing emotional skills, confidence and ways to express and navigate their experiences

This includes:
• ARTPLAY

• Social-emotional programmes

• Parent-child programmes

• Training & facilitation

THERAPY

Creating space for

deeper exploration

and change.

Professional therapeutic support for individuals and groups navigating emotional, relational, developmental or life challenges.

This includes:

• Art Therapy

• Sandplay & Symbol Work

• Somatic Experiencing®

• Group Therapy

• LEGO® in Therapy

ONGOING
WELL-BEING

Keeping creativity,

meaning and belonging

part of everyday life.

We create space to keep learning, connecting and growing beyond formal support, including opportunities for professional reflection and development.

This includes:

• Caregiver & Senior programmes

• Creative experiential workshops

• Community arts & collaborations

• LEGO® facilitated experiences

• Clinical Supervision

OUR IMPACT

We measure impact not only by how many people we reach, but by the opportunities we create for people to connect, express, participate and access support.

5195

Lives
Impacted

Through 295 workshops conducted for general public and various organisations

Individuals empowered through art therapy

513 Empowered
Individuals

Through 1827 individual & group art therapy sessions

16448

Awareness
Reached

Through online events

Our social impact was last updated on 31 December 2025

“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way... things I had no words for.”

- Georgia O'Keeffe

ART THERAPY

Art Therapy sessions are catered based on the unique needs and goals of each individual. Through a therapeutic, trauma informed approach, the individual is assisted by the therapist to resolve conflicts, increase coping skills and enhance emotional regulation.

Both individual and group sessions are offered, with online options available via Zoom.

CREATIVe & ART EXPERIENTIAL
WORKSHOPS

Creative and art experiential workshops provide a unique opportunity for individuals to reflect and learn through creative expression in a collaborative setting. We specialize in designing and delivering customized workshops that utilize art as an effective communication tool. Tailored to meet the specific objectives and needs of corporates, schools, and social service organizations, our workshops foster meaningful connections and enhance personal growth.

ARTPLAY
Social-Emotional DEVELOPMENT

ARTPLAY is a child-centered session that fosters creativity and imagination through process art. Welcoming children of all abilities, it provides a supportive space for peer connection and sensory-rich activities. Grounded in developmental art therapy, ARTPLAY helps children grow emotionally, socially, and creatively while enjoying the art-making process.

WORKPLACE WELL-BEINg
& WORKSHOPS

Our workshops are designed to enhance corporate wellness by fostering collaboration and emotional resilience among employees. Specializing in using art as a therapeutic tool, these sessions promote self-care and team bonding.

By participating, you contribute to a meaningful cause—part of the resources generated will be allocated to subsidise art therapy services for communities in need.

OUR SERVICES

LEGo® Serious Play®

LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method (LSP) is a facilitated methodology created by The LEGO® group. It is a proven technique to facilitate thinking, enhance communication and problem solving technique for use with organisations, teams and individuals. It draws on extensive research from the fields of business, organisational development, psychology and learning.

Sandplay Therapy & Symbol Work

Sandplay therapy is a non-verbal, expressive and sensory-based therapeutic approach that taps into the natural healing process innate in every individual. It combines play and symbolism to provide a unique and safe space for self-expression, exploration, and growth. Sandplay therapy is a creative intervention suitable for children, youth and adults of all ages.

Somatic Experiencing®

Somatic Experiencing® is a bottom up therapy approach that focuses on healing trauma and stress by exploring the connection between the mind and body. Traumatic experiences, whether big or small, can get stuck in our nervous system, leading to various physical and emotional difficulties. Somatic Experiencing helps release these unresolved traumas and supports the restoration of balance and

well-being.

ProjectS & CollaborationS

Through a communicative therapeutic approach that includes design, art-as-therapy and exhibition, we collaborate with community partners to reach out to more people to improve their psychosocial well-being.

Together we can create a positive impact! Connect with us and let's collaborate on impactful community projects!

RECENT HAPPENINGS

Happenings

Last session with this caregiver support group today.
As we reflected on the journey we’ve shared together, there was so much gratitude in the room — not just towards one another, but also towards themselves.

Caregiving can often feel invisible. So much is carried quietly, behind the scenes, while holding space for others every single day. Today, we paused to acknowledge how far each person has come — the resilience, the vulnerability, the small shifts, the moments of choosing to still show up even when things felt heavy.

We spoke about gratitude not only as a “thank you” to others, but also as a thank you to self.
For surviving. For trying again. For continuing to care while learning to care for themselves too.

At the end of the session, the group surprised me with a handmade card. I was deeply touched. Sometimes as therapists and facilitators, we hold stories, witness growth, and quietly journey alongside others without expecting anything in return. Moments like these remind me how healing is always relational and mutual in many ways.

Feeling grateful for this group, their trust, honesty, humour, and the space we created together over these sessions

#ArtTherapySingapore
#MentalWellnessSG
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Some moments in workshops stay with me long after the room has emptied. This was one of them.

At the far end of the space, a table caught my eye — every collage image laid out carefully, nothing glued, nothing combined. Just quietly arranged, almost like a small exhibition piece waiting to be understood.

Before art became my work, it was how I made sense of my own stories. Arranging, choosing, placing — it helped me understand what I was carrying, gently, piece by piece. Seeing her process reminded me of why I do this.

Sometimes healing looks like arranging the world into shapes we can live with.

Sometimes it’s creating order when life feels messy.

Sometimes it’s simply making space inside ourselves.

This table was a reminder: healing doesn’t always look dramatic.

Sometimes it looks like a careful layout of images, waiting patiently for the heart to catch up.

#RedBalloonTherapy #ArtTherapySG #ProcessArt #CreativeHealing #GentleGrowth

It’s not always easy to name what nourishes us. We all need a reminder from time to time; me included. Sometimes we only notice when something inside feels tender, tight, or tired.

This simple reflection invited participants to slow down and listen to the quieter parts of themselves — the ones that ask for gentleness, rest, or attention. The little “plants” the seniors created held those reminders:
what helps them grow, what keeps them steady, what supports both emotional and physical well-being. And of course, they have to make it cute!

A small moment of tending to the heart — the kind we all need from time to time.

#RedBalloonTherapy #EmotionalWellbeing #CommunityHealing arttherapyworkshop ActiveAgeing

One of the quiet truths we see in our work is how much courage it takes to start again. To pause, notice, and say, “This isn’t working for me… and I’m allowed to try differently.”

While creating their trees — symbols of their values, their growth, their inner landscapes — two participants made the brave decision to repaint, reshape, or completely begin anew.

One painted over her entire piece, choosing to grow again from a blank space. Another realised the environment she created for her tree felt too overwhelming, too loud — and she gently transformed it into a calmer place, one where she could actually imagine herself thriving.

These moments always stay with me.
Not because of the art itself, but because of what it represents:
the willingness to notice, to adjust, to choose differently… even when it means letting go of something you’ve already built.

This is growth.
Not perfect, not linear — but honest, alive, and deeply human.

Sometimes the bravest thing we can do is pick up the brush and begin again.

#RedBalloonTherapy #ArtTherapySG #CreativeHealing #GrowthMindset #CourageToChange

This one was special.
All we needed was a single piece of paper—and suddenly the room was filled with laughter, concentration, and the kind of furrowing of brows that brings people closer.

Some folds went “wrong.”
Some missed a step.
But no one gave up.
Stickers were celebrated like treasures.
And in the middle of all that, something softened.

A reminder that wellness doesn’t need to be complicated, and that joy doesn’t disappear with age — it just needs space to show up.

#RedBalloonTherapy #ActiveAgeing #CommunityJoy #Lifelonglearning #arttherapyworkshop

This is how bridges are built, between teacher and student, between self and other, between what is felt and what can finally be expressed.

Recently, we hosted a 3 hour training session for educators curious about how art can support communication and relationship building in their classrooms.

Instead of talking about the process, we invited them to step into it. Hands on learning, exploring. Markers scattered across the table. Creating with laughter and curiousity. Gentle reflection.

What emerged was powerful:
a shared understanding that art creates space for rapport to grow through presence, witnessing, and shared experience. It gives form to feelings that are hard to say out loud.

Watching educators lean into curiosity, vulnerability, and play reminded me of the same shifts we see in children.

#RedBalloonTherapy #ArtTherapyTraining #EducatorWorkshop #RelationshipBasedPractice #TraumaInformedEducation

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