Art Therapy for Children, Teens & Adults
Online Teletherapy and In-Person in Midtown Manhattan & Bronxville, New York
Express, Explore, Empower.
At Davenport Creative Arts Therapy, we believe that in order to transform your mental health, you can’t simply “talk” in therapy. That’s why we combined creative, cognitive, mind-body, and behavioral methods.
Art making opens doors to new ways seeing, understanding, and expressing yourself.
Art Therapy and Psychotherapy for Anxiety, Depression and Trauma.
If you or a your child is struggling with anxiety, depression or trauma, the therapists at Davenport Creative Arts Therapy can help. You don’t need to do it alone. We offer cutting-edge integrative treatment modalities and personalized care.
Learn more about our philosophy, and our specializations.
Work with a Licensed and Board-Certified Art Therapist.
Art Therapists are Masters-level and Licensed mental health professionals who have completed extensive training in Art Therapy and Psychotherapy. Our Art therapists are NY Licensed Creative Arts Therapists (LCAT). All of our Board-Certified Art Therapists have completed at least 1,500 hours of post-graduate supervised clinical experience.
What is Art Therapy?
Art Therapy is a type of psychotherapy involving creative self expression through various art making materials within a therapeutic relationship.
You do not need to be “artistic” in order to experience the benefits of art therapy. We approachable Art Therapy services complimented with various holistic psychotherapy methods.
Art Therapy and Psychotherapy designed for Children, Teens and Adults.
We offer Art Therapy and holistic psychotherapy for children (5+), teens and adults. We specialize in blending cutting-edge psychotherapy such as EMDR, CBT and DBT Skills with Art Therapy.
We infuse Art Therapy with these methods:
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) is an interactive psychotherapy technique used to relieve psychological stress, and process traumatic memories. Learn more about EMDR Therapy here.
CBT & TF-CBT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a form of structured psychotherapy that focuses on identifying and changing the automatic negative thoughts and perceptions that can contribute to emotional difficulties, depression, and anxiety. Learn more here.
DBT Skills
DBT is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) that effectively addresses how to manage intense emotions, build relationships, and tolerate distress through a skills-based approach to therapy. Learn more about DBT here.
How can Art Therapy help?
Traditional talk therapy has limitations.
When we create art, we utilize a different part of our brain that cannot be accessed when we simply talk in therapy.
To effectively address trauma, leading experts recommend therapies that activate the limbic system (the emotional part of the brain that stores trauma). Hence, anxiety, depression and trauma doesn’t just live in our head. That’s why pure talk therapy is sometimes ineffective.
The Research on Art Therapy
Mounting research has shown that Art Therapy helps regulate mood, promotes overall emotional wellbeing, enhances healthier perspectives and reduces physical pain (Malchiodi, 2016).
In nine studies, it was found that art therapy significantly reduced depressive symptoms in six of those cases.
In seven studies examining anxiety, six of those studies showed a strong decrease in anxiety.
: In the three studies addressing trauma, all of them showed a reduction of trauma symptoms.
Get a Taste of Art Therapy
Learn how to increase mindful insight and awareness through Tarot and art therapy! This is an example of a quick and fun art therapy directive!