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About
As an art therapist, I believe in the importance of exploring home within yourself to lead you toward compassionate self-love. I'm committed to listening and meeting you where you are to support you on your journey. Whether you have had previous art experience or none at all, I believe that you have the potential to express and engage with your inner world through creativity. Working with children and adolescents in therapeutic day schools and a variety of community-based settings, I've learned that collaboration and storytelling through creativity, humor, imagination, and play helps bring new perspectives to troubling times.
Being a 2nd generation Filipina American, I believe that it's important to invest time in taking care of yourself as much as your loved ones. I empathize with the guilt and shame that comes with setting boundaries and prioritizing yourself. My hope is to help you realize, explore, and practice self-agency to thrive in your relationships and communities.
I strive to co-create with you a space in which you feel safe and brave to freely express yourself. Whether you need help grounding yourself or processing emotions and thoughts that are difficult to verbalize, we can engage in creative expression to shed light on new perspectives.
Call or Email Abbey Monsalud for a free 15 minute consultation now - (312) 584-2221
Finances
- Session Fee: $150 per session
- Sliding Scale: Yes
Pay By:
Cash, Check, Mastercard, Visa
Accepted Insurance Plans
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Cigna and Evernorth
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
Verify your health insurance coverage when you arrange your first visit.
Qualifications
- Years in Practice: 3 Years
- School: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Year Graduated: 2022
- Supervisor: Kay Warren
- Supervisor License: Illinois / 149.016080
Location
Specialties
- Anxiety
- Self Esteem
- Relationship Issues
Issues
- ADHD
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Career Counseling
- Child
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Developmental Disorders
- Dual Diagnosis
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Intellectual Disability
- Life Transitions
- Peer Relationships
- Racial Identity
- School Issues
- Self-Harming
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women's Issues
Sexuality
- Bisexual
- LGBTQ+
- Lesbian
Client Focus
Ethnicity:
Asian and Pacific Islander
Age
- Adults
- Teen
- Preteen
- Children (6 to 10)
Communities
- Body Positivity
- Non-Binary Allied
- Queer Allied
- Racial Justice Allied
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Art Therapy
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Expressive Arts
- Feminist
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Multicultural
- Music Therapy
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Relational
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Individuals
- Couples
- Family
Last Modified: 1 Dec 2022
(312) 584-2221