1. How did you become an art therapist? What made you decide to take this course?

When I was a child, drawing gave me a place to escape and a bubble in which to dream freely. With her Latin background, my mother used to make us dance before doing our homework. It was from there that I chose to follow an artistic path. After my studies, I wanted to use my experience and artistic skills to help others. That’s how I began studying art therapy. 

I decided to take a more analytical course so that I could understand the processes involved in providing therapeutic support. It was important for me to understand what was involved in the creative process and what was happening to the person when they were having a creative experience.

2. What do you enjoy most about your job?

When one person creates, a whole world is set in motion, and when that movement takes shape through colours, sounds and emotions, it’s wonderful! I’m always touched to see that everyone can call on their innate creative potential to cope with life’s difficulties. 

3. How long have you been active in the Foundation’s projects?

Since the beginning of the Foundation. I was called in as a consultant, then I carried out research and today the Foundation is supporting new projects that I’m setting up with other partners.

4. How would you describe your work?

I call on the intelligence of the creative process and play, and use creative tools that are materials for opening up a dialogue with oneself, with others and with the world around us. Every encounter is different, and I try to seize on what comes up to help the person mobilise their resources to express what needs to be expressed, and in this way bring a different perspective to what is being experienced inside and outside themselves.

In concrete terms, when I go to meet a child in intensive care, I pay attention to what he’s doing, how he’s looking at me, what’s happening at that moment. I’m watching him as he watches me. Right from the start, a space opens up for playing together.

5. Which artist would you like to dine with and why?

I’d love to have dinner with Miro or Pierre Soulages, but they’re no longer with us, so I dine with their work.

An artist who is living, Edouard Baer. He has a way of playing with words that gives reality a poetic dimension!

6. What did you want to be when you were little?

When I was little I wanted to be a dancer!