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6
Must-Know Psychological
Facts About
Experiential Therapy
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Experiential Therapy
is a category of therapeutic techniques in which
expressive tools and activities - such as role -
playing or acting, props, arts and crafts, music,
animal care, guided imagery, or various forms of
recreation - are used to allow clients to re - enact
and re-experience emotional situations from their
past or their relationships.
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The objective of Experiential Therapy

is to focus on the activities and, through these
experiences, better identify emotions associated with
success, disappointment, responsibility, and self-
esteem. Under the guidance of a trained experiential
therapist, the client can explore and cope with feelings
of anger, hurt, or shame, related to their past
experiences, that may have been ignored or pushed
away previously.
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16 Types Of Therapies That Use Experiential Therapy Include:

▪ Art Therapy ▪ Role Play
▪ Crafting ▪ ACT
▪ Music Therapy ▪ Narrative Therapy
▪ Equine Therapy ▪ Dance Therapy
▪ Adventure Therapy ▪ Psychodrama
▪ Ecotherapy ▪ EMDR
▪ Play Therapy ▪ Gestalt Therapy
▪ Trauma-informed Yoga Therapy ▪ Meditation
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The following can be treated with Experiential Therapy:

▪ Trauma and PTSD ▪ ADHD/ADD
▪ Addiction ▪ Stress
▪ Anger management ▪ Relationship and family
▪ Grief and loss issues
▪ Chronic pain ▪ Anxiety, Depression
▪ Phobias ▪ Personality disorders
▪ Shame and guilt ▪ Eating disorders
▪ Bipolar Disorder, & other mood disorders
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By participating in Experiential interventions with

guidance from a therapist, the client is thought to
gain deeper access to their own emotional
processing, creativity, inner thoughts, and
motivations that drive their interactions with
others.
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Many forms of Experiential Therapy

also call on the client to directly confront a
situation or memory that is troubling to them; in
this way, experiential therapy can help clients
resolve internal conflicts that have long been
ignored.