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What is TheraHarmony: the Divine Expressive Arts Therapy?

A Place of Holistic, Integrative, Creative, Expressive Arts & Play Therapy 

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Theraharmony is a therapeutic modality designed by Wonhee Kang, DMin. The practices are grounded in the belief that the expression of spirituality is manifested in all human behaviors.

 

TheraHarmony acknowledges and seeks to embrace the whole-self a complex, interwoven system of body, mind, heart, and spirit. TheraHarmony combines multiple disciplines and techniques which include: Heart Prayers/Centering Prayers, Imagery and Visualization, Inner-Child Therapy, Creative & Expressive Therapy, Play Therapy, Choice/Reality Therapy, HeartMath, and Enneagram. 

 

We based the theory and practice on Psycho-Spiritual integration. Psycho-spiritual integration emphasizes the nature of spirituality, the expression of spirituality in all human behavior, the nature of the spiritual dimension, and the influence of spirituality and human behavior on health and well-being. TheraHarmony defines spirituality as the harmony of seven qualitatively distinct dimensions, with each dimension measured on a continuum of depth.

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Divine Expressive Arts Therapy (DEAT) is a form of therapy that combines the principles of expressive arts with faith-based practices to help individuals connect with their spirituality and heal from emotional and psychological issues. This therapy uses various artistic tools such as visual art, music, dance, and drama to help individuals express their thoughts, emotions, and experiences. Dr. Kang is the originator of the DEAT modality. In this therapy, individuals are encouraged to explore their faith and its impact on their lives. The therapist works with the individual to identify any spiritual blocks or conflicts that may be affecting their emotional well-being and helps them find ways to overcome them. The use of expressive arts allows individuals to explore their spirituality in a safe and non-judgmental environment, providing a powerful tool for self-discovery and healing. 

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One of the key benefits of Divine Expressive Arts Therapy is that it allows individuals to connect with their faith and spirituality on a deeper level. By exploring their beliefs and practices through artistic expression, individuals can gain a greater understanding of their faith and how it impacts their lives. This therapy can be especially helpful for individuals who have experienced trauma or are struggling with issues such as anxiety, depression, or addiction.

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Overall, Divine Expressive Arts Therapy is a powerful form of therapy that combines creativity, spirituality, and healing. It offers individuals a unique and effective way to explore their faith and connect with their spirituality while also addressing emotional and psychological issues. If you are interested in this therapy, it is recommended that you seek out a qualified therapist who specializes in this approach.

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Seven Dimensions of TheraHarmony/DEAT

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Holistic Harmonizing: Holistic growth of oneself through active doing, feeling, and knowing. Harmonizing human intelligence centers on the Head, Body, heart, and Spirit/Essence. 

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Accepting: True and complete acceptance of the unique quality and structure of one’s existence in the world. Respecting the differences of oneself from others and developing strengths. Discovering the true self unleashes growth. 

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Real Love: Body/Gut intelligence comprises one's intuitions, physical sensations, actions, or inaction.

 

Meaningful Faith: Head intelligence is the understanding and knowledge by which aim analysis can produce insight and planning. 

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Overflowing Hope: Heart intelligence is the inner stability that is created when feelings are centered on hopefulness and confidence about the future or when one can experience successful authentic relating, empathy, and compassion. 

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Now - Conscious Breath: Experiencing the state of inner freedom and consciousness when one unleashes ego-fixations, suffering, pain, unwanted behaviors, and unwholesome actions. Seeing oneself as a fluid process with a larger inter-relational to oneself, others, and the Essence, the Creative Spirit. 

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Yes to Life: Where Mind, Heart, and Head Intelligence harmonized despite challenges faced. Developing, sensing, and acting with hope, faith, and love through integrating all intelligence centers guided by the spirit/the Essence.  

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“Mystery is endless knowability.” — Richard Rohr

My approach to expressive arts therapy is shaped by more than three decades of working across two worlds that many keep separate: the sanctuary and the therapy room. As a worship artist, church musician, and Registered Expressive Arts Therapist, I've come to believe that creativity and healing are not parallel paths — they are the same path, walked with different vocabularies. Music, movement, image, and story have always been how people process what words alone cannot hold, and my training — from conducting choirs and playing organ, to earning my MA in Creative Arts & Play Therapy and my Doctor of Ministry in Arts & Theology — has taught me to trust the arts as a legitimate, rigorous, and deeply human therapeutic language.

This conviction is the foundation of the F.A.I.T.H. framework I use at TheraHarmony — School of Expressive Therapy (SET):

F — Find Peace through Expression

Creative expression — whether through art, music, or writing — offers a way to move through anxiety toward peace, not by suppressing what's difficult but by giving it a form.

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A — Acknowledge Emotions Honestly

Healing begins with honest naming. Expressive arts create a safe container for people to acknowledge pain, brokenness, or confusion without needing to explain it away first.

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I — Inspire Hope through Creativity

The act of making something — a song, an image, a movement — is itself an act of hope. It says a future is still possible, even in the middle of hardship.

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T — Transform Pain into Purpose

My own journey  taught me firsthand that pain does not have to stay pain; it can be reshaped into purpose. Working with at-risk youth, grieving families, and multicultural congregations for over 30 years has shown me the same is true for others: creative work can turn suffering into meaning and direction, rather than leaving it simply endured.

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H — Harmonize Body, Mind, Heart & Spirit

A great symphony does not stay with major chords alone — it moves through a numinous flow of combinations, colors, and shapes, from the loudest crescendo to the sound of silence. The creative process works the same way in a person: it doesn't stop at emotional insight. Music, movement, and art bring the physical, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of a person into that same kind of movement — tension and rest, sound and silence — which is where lasting integration and wholeness take root.

I bring this framework into every context I work in — supervising postgraduate students, developing therapeutic music and arts programming for youth in residential and behavioral health settings at Youth for Tomorrow, creating and offering School of Expressive Therapy programming, and directing worship arts in multicultural congregations. Across all of it, my clinical training in Creative Arts & Play Therapy, HeartMath, Enneagram, and Choice/Reality Therapy gives me the tools; but it's the F.A.I.T.H. framework that gives that work its center of gravity — the conviction that every person, regardless of background or circumstance, can find peace, hope, and wholeness through the creative act.

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