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Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
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Cristina Maria Fort Garcés

Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC

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New Paltz, NY 12561
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Available both in-person and online
New Paltz, NY 12561
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You've read the email fourteen times. Pulled Tarot until you got the safe answer. Explained your no in five paragraphs and still felt like the bad guy. You've done the therapy, the journaling, the rituals, and on Monday morning your chest still flutters the second you open your laptop. The missing piece isn't more insight. It's your body. I'm a somatic therapist and coach with 17+ years of clinical training — Gestalt, Hakomi, Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy, and a lifelong practice in astrology, tarot, and Andean mysticism. And I don't make you choose between the two.
I work with women, queer, and Latinx adults navigating burnout, shame, cultural expectations, identity dissolution, and spiritual awakening. Cycle-breakers. Helpers. People who have held everyone else together and are exhausted from abandoning themselves to keep the peace. If that landed in your body, not just your head, keep reading.
This is somatic therapy & coaching where your Saturn return is as relevant as your childhood wound. Where we track what your body does when someone actually sees you, and we stay there until something real shifts. Not self-improvement. Soul retrieval. Therapy (NY residents) and coaching worldwide. Book a free 30-minute consult today.
Call or Cristina Maria Fort Garcés now for a free 15 minute consultation - (518) 348-4488

My Practice at a Glance

Available both in-person and online

Creative Now Therapy & beyond

New Paltz, NY 12561

(518) 348-4488

Creative Now Therapy & beyond

Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

My website
I offer online somatic therapy in New York and somatic coaching worldwide to women and queer adults. Book your free consultation today.
I specialize in Depression, Anxiety and Self Esteem 
$225 Per Session  
Individual one-on-one therapy 
Let's Connect (518) 348-4488
Photo of Cristina Maria Fort Garcés, Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC

My Practice at a Glance

Available both in-person and online

Creative Now Therapy & beyond

New Paltz, NY 12561

(518) 348-4488

Creative Now Therapy & beyond

Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

My website
I offer online somatic therapy in New York and somatic coaching worldwide to women and queer adults. Book your free consultation today.
I specialize in Depression, Anxiety and Self Esteem 
$225 Per Session  
Individual one-on-one therapy 

Finances

Fees

  • Individual Sessions $225
  • Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible

Payment Methods

American Express, Cash, Check, Mastercard, Paypal, Venmo, Visa, Zelle

Insurance

  • Out of Network
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If you're using insurance I'm happy to help you determine your out-of-network coverage. Our sessions are reimbursable up to 70 percent.
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Cristina Maria Fort Garcés
Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (518) 348-4488
"
If you're using insurance I'm happy to help you determine your out-of-network coverage. Our sessions are reimbursable up to 70 percent.
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Cristina Maria Fort Garcés
Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (518) 348-4488

Qualifications

  • Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of New York / 001500-1 Cristina Maria Fort
  • Education and Years In Practice

  • In Practice for 18 years
  • Attended The School of Visual Arts, Master in Creative Arts Therapy, MPS, Graduated 2010
  • Additional Credentials

  • Certificate from The Center For Somatic Studes Post Graduate Somatic Psychotherapy Training / 2019
  • Certificate from The Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy Post Graduate Clinical Fellowship in Gestalt Psychotherapy / 2016
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I am a certified Developmental Somatic Psychotherapist and Gestalt psychotherapist. Additionally, I am a Hakomi Somatic Practitioner and have a license and master's in Creative Arts therapy. I approach art therapy from a nature-based stance and include indigenous practices related to my heritage.
Photo of Cristina Maria Fort Garcés, Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
Cristina Maria Fort Garcés
Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (518) 348-4488
"
I am a certified Developmental Somatic Psychotherapist and Gestalt psychotherapist. Additionally, I am a Hakomi Somatic Practitioner and have a license and master's in Creative Arts therapy. I approach art therapy from a nature-based stance and include indigenous practices related to my heritage.
Photo of Cristina Maria Fort Garcés, Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
Cristina Maria Fort Garcés
Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (518) 348-4488

Specialties and Expertise

Top Specialties

  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Self Esteem

Expertise

  • Alternative Healing Practices
  • Bisexual
  • Codependency
  • Coping Skills
  • Family Conflict
  • Grief
  • Lesbian
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Coaching
  • Life Transitions
  • Mood Disorders
  • Relationship Issues
  • Sex-Positive & Kink Friendly
  • Spiritual Exploration
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Transgender
  • Trauma and PTSD
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Life happens in the present, but often the folks I work with find themselves trapped in painful patterns borne from the past or anxious about every move. When trauma, big or small, anxiety, or depression remains unresolved, it can be incredibly painful. I work collaboratively with women and queer clients struggling with these issues to create organic coping skills so they can find some relief.
Photo of Cristina Maria Fort Garcés, Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
Cristina Maria Fort Garcés
Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (518) 348-4488
"
Life happens in the present, but often the folks I work with find themselves trapped in painful patterns borne from the past or anxious about every move. When trauma, big or small, anxiety, or depression remains unresolved, it can be incredibly painful. I work collaboratively with women and queer clients struggling with these issues to create organic coping skills so they can find some relief.
Photo of Cristina Maria Fort Garcés, Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
Cristina Maria Fort Garcés
Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (518) 348-4488


Client Focus

Age

Adults
Elders (65+)

Participants

Individuals

Communities

Bisexual Allied
Gay Allied
Intersex Allied
Lesbian Allied
Non-Binary Allied
Queer Allied
Racial Justice Allied
Sex Worker Allied
Transgender Allied

Ethnicity

Hispanic and Latino

I also speak

Spanish

Age

Adults
Elders (65+)

Participants

Individuals

Communities

Bisexual Allied
Gay Allied
Intersex Allied
Lesbian Allied
Non-Binary Allied
Queer Allied
Racial Justice Allied
Sex Worker Allied
Transgender Allied

Ethnicity

Hispanic and Latino

I also speak

Spanish

Treatment Approach

Types of Therapy

  • Art Therapy
  • Attachment-based
  • Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
  • Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy
  • Gestalt
  • Hakomi Mindful Somatic Therapy
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Relational
  • Somatic
  • Trauma Focused
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The blending of Somatic, Gestalt, & Creative arts therapy generates a dynamic, holistic, and experiential therapy that focuses on your present moment experience & encourages our natural movement toward creativity, spontaneity, & growth. Sometimes "thinking" or "talking" about problems is not enough, & a deeper level of experience & creativity is needed to get to the heart of a difficult situation.
Photo of Cristina Maria Fort Garcés, Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
Cristina Maria Fort Garcés
Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (518) 348-4488
"
The blending of Somatic, Gestalt, & Creative arts therapy generates a dynamic, holistic, and experiential therapy that focuses on your present moment experience & encourages our natural movement toward creativity, spontaneity, & growth. Sometimes "thinking" or "talking" about problems is not enough, & a deeper level of experience & creativity is needed to get to the heart of a difficult situation.
Photo of Cristina Maria Fort Garcés, Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
Cristina Maria Fort Garcés
Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (518) 348-4488

Location

Primary Location

Creative Now Therapy & beyond

New Paltz, NY 12561

(518) 348-4488

Additional Location

Creative Now Therapy & beyond

Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

(518) 348-4488
"
I offer online somatic therapy in New York and somatic coaching worldwide to women and queer adults. Book your free consultation today.
Photo of Cristina Maria Fort Garcés, Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
Cristina Maria Fort Garcés
Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
Call for a free consultation now - (518) 348-4488
"
I offer online somatic therapy in New York and somatic coaching worldwide to women and queer adults. Book your free consultation today.
Photo of Cristina Maria Fort Garcés, Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
Cristina Maria Fort Garcés
Art Therapist, Somatic, and, Gestalt, LCAT, ATR-BC
Call for a free consultation now - (518) 348-4488