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My areas of focus are Art Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and Cognitive Behavior Art Therapy.  

Art Therapy enriches clients through art-making, creative processing, and the human connecting experience of our therapeutic relationship. Through art-making, we explore our emotional landscapes and discover underlying meanings we can apply to make necessary changes.  

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy shown to be effective for a range of problems including obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, and anxiety disorders. CBT is based on the concept that our challenges come from unhelpful ways of thinking that affect how we feel and behave. People can learn better ways of coping by gaining awareness of the thoughts and emotions and lead to shifts in thinking and behaviors. 

Cognitive Behavior Art Therapy merges Art Therapy with CBT. This entails structured art activities that provide cognitive behavioral tools, or less structured interventions that explore core cognitive behavior concepts such as thought processes and held beliefs.