Therapy for Creatives

Those in creative industries experience a unique set of issues that sometimes make life feel stressful, chaotic and can put pressure on close relationships. With over a decade spent working in the arts, I remain passionate about artistic expression and provide specialized services for creatives ready to get inspired and thrive.

My arts background affords me special insight into the stresses and nuances of the inner world of the creative, making me uniquely positioned to help those in creative spheres. I combine talk therapy with somatic and experiential treatments to serve the personal and professional growth of clients in any life stage, creative field, or artistic discipline. 

I offer help with:

  • Healing stress, anxiety & depression

  • Reducing performance / public speaking anxiety

  • Dissolving creative & career blocks

  • Eliminating self-doubt & negative self-talk

  • Overcoming perfectionism & imposter syndrome

  • Expanding creativity & performance

  • Dealing with rejection

  • Learning the art of self-compassion

  • Developing a healthy relationship to money

  • Maintaining life/work balance

  • Cultivating healthy relationships

creativity & PERFORMANCE EXPANSION

There is a strong connection between creativity and psychological health. For those impacted by trauma and painful past experiences, creativity can play an important role in survival, resilience, restoration, and recovery. In turn, creativity and confidence flow more freely when inner obstacles and blocks are dissolved. Trauma, when not processed and released, is often the root cause of creative and performance issues.

I have adapted contemporary models of trauma treatment to the creative dilemma and use these techniques daily in my practice. I am excited to offer state of the art tools from Brainspotting, EMDR, Somatic Embodiment, Positive Psychology, and Mindfulness to reduce the symptoms of performance anxiety, fear and depression often at the root of creative and performance blocks. Brainspotting is one of the newest cutting-edge techniques for the treatment of trauma, and also in healing creative blocks and performance issues. This brain-body therapy is ideal for helping creatives heal from the past, ignite their talent, and pursue their dreams and career with all cylinders.

“A block is a pause on the path to healing. When Brainspotting heals an artist of their wounds, their spectrum of creativity widens dramatically”
— David Grand, Ph.D. 

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