Creative and Expressive Arts Therapy Children who are hospitalized for illness or trauma need all the help we can offer them, and creative and expressive art therapy is one of the best means available. At UPMC Children’s Hospital, we know that the Creative and Expressive Arts Therapy program shines a light of hope and healing - helping even the youngest patients cope and communicate. Our extensive Creative and Expressive Art Therapy program, staffed by certified child life specialists, music therapists, and art therapists enhances the good and diminishes the bad for patients and their families. With your support we can customize care based on each child's needs and abilities and deliver it in the best environment, beyond the monotony of their hospital room or right at their bedside. Because these services are not reimbursed by insurance, the generous support of donors like you make it possible for us to offer them to all families at no charge and continue to develop new programs that make every day brighter for the children in our care.