Art Therapy in Westchester
Creative Arts Therapy in Eastchester, NY and New Jersey
Welcome! I’m Emily, a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist and Anxiety & Trauma Specialist in Westchester.
I specialize in helping women and parents break free from unhelpful relational patterns with themselves, and others. As an Art Therapist, I’m a Masters-level Licensed mental health professionals with extensive training in Art Therapy and Psychotherapy.
I’m a NY Licensed Creative Arts Therapists (LCAT) and Nationally Registered Board-Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC) with over 16-years of clinical experience providing art and “talk” therapy for adults struggling with anxiety and trauma.
What is Art Therapy?
Art Therapy is a form of psychotherapy involving creative self expression through art making with the assistance of an Art Therapist.
It’s a therapeutic practice that uses creativity to promote emotional well-being and healing. Art therapy provides a unique and powerful approach to mental wellness.
What can Art Therapy help with?
Art therapy is a powerful form of psychotherapy that supports healing from anxiety, depression, and trauma. When life feels overwhelming, the rational mind often tries to “think” its way out of distress—but overthinking is usually a symptom, not the solution.
Art therapy helps you move beyond the limits of words and logic to access deeper parts of yourself. Through creative expression, you can process emotions, calm the nervous system, and gain new insight and perspective.
In short, art-making helps you quiet the mind so healing can begin
What does a session look like with an Art Therapist?
We’ll talk, you’ll make art (if you want to) and process using art as a tool to deeper self-understanding, and resilience. During an art therapy session, clients engage in creating art guided by a licensed art therapist. Sometimes, you may only want to talk, that’s okay too!
Often times, I’ll infuse art therapy with evidence-based “talk” therapy techniques that I’m trained in such as; EMDR, ERP, DBT and Mindfulness. This collaborative process fosters greater emotion regulation, awareness, and personal growth.