My Services

Throughout my 20 years of work as a California and Nashville psychotherapist, I have integrated art therapy through expressive arts practices, and eclectic forms of psychotherapy. As a licensed counselor, I have specialized in treating families affected by Autism, school counseling, online dating, career and life changes, codependency, abuse and trauma, and woman’s mental health. I see patients both in person and via tele-therapy in my studio office in Nashville, Tennessee.

SPECIALIZING IN:

• Women’s Issues

• Parenting

• Relocation

• Trauma Work

• Codependency

• Online Dating

• Career Transitions

• Anxiety and Depression

• Career Development for Creatives

• Expressive Art Therapy Groups

• Individual and Group Counseling for Spouses of Neurodiverse Marriages

my studio office

Nashville Counselor & ARTIST

Expressive arts and painting, much like therapy, is an exploration of looking, and exploring and accepting what has long been under the surface, and bringing it to the light for healing. Likewise, when I approach a painting, or a client in looking for comfort and help, it is the art of discovering what needs to be seen, known, and loved. 

Sometimes, in our busyness in life, we forget to look inside, or we are afraid of what we will see. Trauma, pain, and the loss of life has brought us, keeps us isolated and alone in our feelings. In the safety of therapy, emotions can be explored both verbally and nonverbally through various art therapy mediums. It is not about product, it is about the process. When we were children we knew how to freely draw or paint, without judgment, but slowly we began judging ourselves harshly, and forgot that we had emotions/colors inside that had something to say.

In my work with clients, sometimes we talk, sometimes we draw, sometimes we paint, sometimes we listen. That is why, I believe in a personalized psychotherapy approach. I also use EMDR and IFS modalities in trauma-informed therapy to explore the mind/body connection to healing. 

PAtient forms

Member:

• American Association of Art Therapists

• Nashville Area Association of Christian Counselors

• National Association of Social Workers

• American Association of Christian Counseling

• New Life Ministries Referral Network