Art Therapy

Art therapy is a method of embodied healing. Research on trauma shows that the body, not just the mind, holds our lived experience. Somatic approaches aim to repair trauma physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually: The body knows the truth.  

Similarly, your art knows the truth. Through creative play, we can externalize the invisible states and unconscious patterns of our inner landscape. As we do this, we reclaim the ability to listen to physical impulses and trust our intuition. Healing occurs when the unspoken stories held in the body meet the intuitive, symbolic language of images.

In art therapy, we learn how to speak this symbolic language. By building our capacity to engage with their messages through curiosity and play, the images begin to guide the way toward healing from within.





About

I work with clients who long to recover their true nature, heal their hearts, or are experiencing a challenging loss or transition. I integrate deep listening and questioning, transformational art processes, somatic awareness, and mindfulness-based psychotherapy to help my clients move from stuckness toward a greater sense of aliveness.

Through a combination of talk therapy, artmaking, and writing, we will listen for your inner images and approach them with curiosity. No previous art experience is necessary—we will always move at your pace and follow your unique artistic expression.

I am a licensed art therapist working in private practice with adult women and LGBTQIA+ identified individuals. I received my master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a concentration in Transpersonal Art Therapy from Naropa University in 2022. My clinical experience includes hospice and private practice, where I have worked with clients experiencing grief, trauma, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and severe mental illness.

My professional interests and continued education are in Sensorimotor Art Therapy, Somatic Experiencing®, El Duende Process Painting, and Jungian psychology.

I named my practice Elemental Art Therapy because I believe in the transformative power of the elements—earth, fire, water, and air—and their ability to mirror the cycles of healing and creation. Elemental cycles govern the changing seasons and rhythms of our creative nature.