Expressive Arts Therapists in 95404

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Erin Clinton
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
I work with children, adolescents, teenagers, and adults, and have clinical experience with sand tray, art, expressive arts, and play therapy techniques.
I enter the therapeutic space with curiosity, compassion, and non-judgment, and without preconceived notions of who you are or what you would like to gain from therapy. I practice cultural humility and open-mindedness, and truly believe that every individual is unique and holds authority over their own identity and story. I welcome ALL people to my practice. My goal is to build a safe space with you that allows me to meet you where you are, and at the same time challenge you to take hold of opportunities for growth when you are ready.
I work with children, adolescents, teenagers, and adults, and have clinical experience with sand tray, art, expressive arts, and play therapy techniques.
I enter the therapeutic space with curiosity, compassion, and non-judgment, and without preconceived notions of who you are or what you would like to gain from therapy. I practice cultural humility and open-mindedness, and truly believe that every individual is unique and holds authority over their own identity and story. I welcome ALL people to my practice. My goal is to build a safe space with you that allows me to meet you where you are, and at the same time challenge you to take hold of opportunities for growth when you are ready.
(707) 329-3689 View (707) 329-3689
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Louisa Gluck LMFT : Buddhist Psychology
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA
Verified Verified
Santa Rosa, CA 95404  (Online Only)
Some of the tools I use are: expressive arts, somatic therapy and meditation.
You deserve a compassionate therapist. Someone with whom you feel safe, secure and connected. Whether you are in college, a single parent, a busy professional, someone who has never experienced therapy before, please call for an initial consultation. My goal is to support you and guide you to live from your heart and authenticity.
Some of the tools I use are: expressive arts, somatic therapy and meditation.
You deserve a compassionate therapist. Someone with whom you feel safe, secure and connected. Whether you are in college, a single parent, a busy professional, someone who has never experienced therapy before, please call for an initial consultation. My goal is to support you and guide you to live from your heart and authenticity.
(707) 368-5573 View (707) 368-5573
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Karena Slade Weil
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
My approach to therapy draws from a wide range of healing experiences and modalities, including expressive arts, (music, song, writing, movement, visual art, imagery), somatic-based work (connection with the body), and mindfulness practices.
Welcome. If you are looking for guidance and support finding balance, more joy, and less emotional stress, I can help. For many of us, it is difficult to prioritize our own needs; we care for everyone else, and not ourselves. If you are feeling ready to dive in and move on from old patterns, let's work together. I support my clients to work through blind spots, shift limiting beliefs, and live to their full potential- hopefully we will even have some fun along the way. My style is warm, trauma-informed, and goal-oriented. I bring 15+ years of experience as a therapist with diverse folks around the Bay Area.
My approach to therapy draws from a wide range of healing experiences and modalities, including expressive arts, (music, song, writing, movement, visual art, imagery), somatic-based work (connection with the body), and mindfulness practices.
Welcome. If you are looking for guidance and support finding balance, more joy, and less emotional stress, I can help. For many of us, it is difficult to prioritize our own needs; we care for everyone else, and not ourselves. If you are feeling ready to dive in and move on from old patterns, let's work together. I support my clients to work through blind spots, shift limiting beliefs, and live to their full potential- hopefully we will even have some fun along the way. My style is warm, trauma-informed, and goal-oriented. I bring 15+ years of experience as a therapist with diverse folks around the Bay Area.
(707) 285-9095 View (707) 285-9095
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Erin D Jackson
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
I am a Marriage and Family Therapist with specialties in Art Therapy and EMDR. I work with older teens and adults who are struggling with living their lives to the fullest. I can help you look at and reprocess traumas that have happened through out your life. I can offer tools to help you live more in the present and strive for the future you want. I believe that everyone can grow with their experiences and learn to thrive in their life. Together we can take this journey of self discovery.
I am a Marriage and Family Therapist with specialties in Art Therapy and EMDR. I work with older teens and adults who are struggling with living their lives to the fullest. I can help you look at and reprocess traumas that have happened through out your life. I can offer tools to help you live more in the present and strive for the future you want. I believe that everyone can grow with their experiences and learn to thrive in their life. Together we can take this journey of self discovery.
(707) 385-1207 View (707) 385-1207
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Diego J. Hall
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Santa Rosa, CA 95404  (Online Only)
I work with clients inspired to change. Let's work together from where you are, with what you have right now, to create a stable and enjoyable life. I can help guide you in controlling your anxiety, depression, and mental suffering with evidence-based practices.
I work with clients inspired to change. Let's work together from where you are, with what you have right now, to create a stable and enjoyable life. I can help guide you in controlling your anxiety, depression, and mental suffering with evidence-based practices.
(707) 216-0567 View (707) 216-0567
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Diane Camurat
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
The issues that bring us to therapy serve as openings to our true nature, and as bridges to self-compassion. When we discover or remember who we are beyond our suffering, and attend to the authentic being that has been neglected in the process, healing can begin to happen.
The issues that bring us to therapy serve as openings to our true nature, and as bridges to self-compassion. When we discover or remember who we are beyond our suffering, and attend to the authentic being that has been neglected in the process, healing can begin to happen.
(707) 987-6169 View (707) 987-6169
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New Moon Counseling
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Santa Rosa, CA 95404  (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Halito! Specializing in Personal & Professional Growth & Development: Are you ready to shed your old skin and live the life you were meant for? Does your grieving seem unending? Do you desire a deeper connection with your life's purpose? Are you not advancing professionally? Do you continue to have the same conflicts with your partner, but nothing seems to change? Does fear keep you running in the same joyless circles? If so, it would be an honor to accompany you on your journey. For individuals and couples, I am only able to offer video sessions at this time.
Halito! Specializing in Personal & Professional Growth & Development: Are you ready to shed your old skin and live the life you were meant for? Does your grieving seem unending? Do you desire a deeper connection with your life's purpose? Are you not advancing professionally? Do you continue to have the same conflicts with your partner, but nothing seems to change? Does fear keep you running in the same joyless circles? If so, it would be an honor to accompany you on your journey. For individuals and couples, I am only able to offer video sessions at this time.
(707) 387-0138 View (707) 387-0138
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Kristy Hellum
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified Verified
Santa Rosa, CA 95404  (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
My clients tend to be creative and sensitive souls, ready to transform unhealthy relationships & patterns and embrace more joy. I work well with those who have a spiritual practice to lean on while integrating psychological insights for lasting change and healing. Among other things, I specialize in couple's communication skill building, healthy sexuality & healing from relationship trauma/intimate betrayal. Let's explore the roots of suffering/stuckness and open new paths to wholeness. Everyone has an innate capacity to grow & change in profound ways. I would be honored to help you feel more peace, love and joy. LGBTQ ally.
My clients tend to be creative and sensitive souls, ready to transform unhealthy relationships & patterns and embrace more joy. I work well with those who have a spiritual practice to lean on while integrating psychological insights for lasting change and healing. Among other things, I specialize in couple's communication skill building, healthy sexuality & healing from relationship trauma/intimate betrayal. Let's explore the roots of suffering/stuckness and open new paths to wholeness. Everyone has an innate capacity to grow & change in profound ways. I would be honored to help you feel more peace, love and joy. LGBTQ ally.
(707) 513-4226 View (707) 513-4226
Photo of Lani Lee, MA, MFT, Marriage & Family Therapist
Lani Lee
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Do you want to feel more connected to yourself and others? Do you feel like your potential Self is clouded with overwhelm, worries, doubts, old patterns, or a lack of motivation? I can help you sort through the mire and feel your way to more fulfillment in peer relationships, love life and career. I work with each client to cultivate resilience, encourage healthy self-expression, build self-esteem, access creativity, develop positive relational patterns and communication skills, heal from trauma, and grieve loss. Call to schedule your free 1/2 hour in person consultation. Visit LaniLeeMFT.com for more information.
Do you want to feel more connected to yourself and others? Do you feel like your potential Self is clouded with overwhelm, worries, doubts, old patterns, or a lack of motivation? I can help you sort through the mire and feel your way to more fulfillment in peer relationships, love life and career. I work with each client to cultivate resilience, encourage healthy self-expression, build self-esteem, access creativity, develop positive relational patterns and communication skills, heal from trauma, and grieve loss. Call to schedule your free 1/2 hour in person consultation. Visit LaniLeeMFT.com for more information.
(707) 549-6562 View (707) 549-6562
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Aleta Greenspan
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
The word “heal” comes from “to make whole.” Psychotherapy, more aptly psyche-therapy, is a sacred process of tending to the soul wound and waking more fully to one’s aliveness and inherent wholeness. I am deeply passionate about supporting you in healing the fragmented and disowned parts of self that hinder you from living a life of meaningful connections, purposeful self-agency and joy. We work collaboratively to creatively transform unconscious and limiting belief structures, access your resiliencies, welcome emerging truths, skillfully navigate adversity with new tools, and integrate insights for profound and evolving change.
The word “heal” comes from “to make whole.” Psychotherapy, more aptly psyche-therapy, is a sacred process of tending to the soul wound and waking more fully to one’s aliveness and inherent wholeness. I am deeply passionate about supporting you in healing the fragmented and disowned parts of self that hinder you from living a life of meaningful connections, purposeful self-agency and joy. We work collaboratively to creatively transform unconscious and limiting belief structures, access your resiliencies, welcome emerging truths, skillfully navigate adversity with new tools, and integrate insights for profound and evolving change.
(707) 475-3119 View (707) 475-3119
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Adam Chase Kahn
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Verified Verified
Santa Rosa, CA 95404  (Online Only)
I support people of various ethnic groups, sexual orientations, gender identities, and socioeconomic backgrounds to bring meaning to their lives, connect with their aliveness, and expand their sense of personal choice and freedom.
I support people of various ethnic groups, sexual orientations, gender identities, and socioeconomic backgrounds to bring meaning to their lives, connect with their aliveness, and expand their sense of personal choice and freedom.
(510) 661-3478 View (510) 661-3478
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Bridges to Understanding Family Therapy Services
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, RPT-S
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Children, Families, Adults, no matter what path you took, you are welcome here. We are a group practice in Healdsburg, offering individual, group, couples, and parenting services, niche focused in play therapy and neurodiverse-affirming care. Our team provides comprehensive care to support the emotional health & well-being of clients of all ages. Searching for help can be a difficult task, & finding someone whom you feel comfortable with can be even harder. We offer a safe place, listening ear, & confidential atmosphere. We guide you through healing from the past, grounding in present, & setting goals for the future.
Children, Families, Adults, no matter what path you took, you are welcome here. We are a group practice in Healdsburg, offering individual, group, couples, and parenting services, niche focused in play therapy and neurodiverse-affirming care. Our team provides comprehensive care to support the emotional health & well-being of clients of all ages. Searching for help can be a difficult task, & finding someone whom you feel comfortable with can be even harder. We offer a safe place, listening ear, & confidential atmosphere. We guide you through healing from the past, grounding in present, & setting goals for the future.
(707) 395-7550 View (707) 395-7550
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Patty Bechtold
Counselor, MS, LPCC, BCC
Verified Verified
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Are you a woman who feels like something's missing in your life, or in you? Do you tend to put your needs last or minimize your problems? Maybe you're hard on yourself or have been pulled off balance by: stress, anxiety, self-doubt, depression, grief, life transition, relationship struggles, or a general sense of dissatisfaction. I counsel and coach women just like you through challenging life passages and complicated times. I'll help you reclaim the wise, empowered woman within and also encourage you to see yourself as worthy and good enough. The result: self-compassion, self-belief, deeper connections, more aliveness.
Are you a woman who feels like something's missing in your life, or in you? Do you tend to put your needs last or minimize your problems? Maybe you're hard on yourself or have been pulled off balance by: stress, anxiety, self-doubt, depression, grief, life transition, relationship struggles, or a general sense of dissatisfaction. I counsel and coach women just like you through challenging life passages and complicated times. I'll help you reclaim the wise, empowered woman within and also encourage you to see yourself as worthy and good enough. The result: self-compassion, self-belief, deeper connections, more aliveness.
(707) 205-3079 View (707) 205-3079
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Jan Gabrielle Galinanes
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
I am an ATR-BC and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and have been licensed for over 5 years and have practiced mostly in California and via telehealth. I have experience working in schools, hospitals, outpatient/ inpatient, residential crisis programs, and fieldwork with many different cultures, seeing adults, children, and families struggling with, mental illness, grief and loss, serious medical/ psychiatric issues, trauma, death/dying, dementia/ Alzheimer’s, personality disorders, and a variety of other issues.
I am an ATR-BC and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and have been licensed for over 5 years and have practiced mostly in California and via telehealth. I have experience working in schools, hospitals, outpatient/ inpatient, residential crisis programs, and fieldwork with many different cultures, seeing adults, children, and families struggling with, mental illness, grief and loss, serious medical/ psychiatric issues, trauma, death/dying, dementia/ Alzheimer’s, personality disorders, and a variety of other issues.
(949) 996-0119 View (949) 996-0119
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Jan Ogren
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Verified Verified
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
My passion is helping people heal from trauma and culturally limiting beliefs so they can connect to a loving universe and be their authentic selves. Do you feel something is lacking in your life? Do you feel like you’re not able to be your authentic self in the world? Often in our busy lives we forget the spiritual connection. Tapping into our intuition and our higher selves can bring wisdom for our professional and personal lives and help with physical and emotional healing.
My passion is helping people heal from trauma and culturally limiting beliefs so they can connect to a loving universe and be their authentic selves. Do you feel something is lacking in your life? Do you feel like you’re not able to be your authentic self in the world? Often in our busy lives we forget the spiritual connection. Tapping into our intuition and our higher selves can bring wisdom for our professional and personal lives and help with physical and emotional healing.
(707) 988-5772 View (707) 988-5772
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Samuel Arthur Malkemus
PhD, MA
Verified Verified
Santa Rosa, CA 95404  (Online Only)
As a holistic counselor I aim to create a safe space of acceptance, healing, and awakening. My focus involves helping you to gain awareness and clarity in relation to your life situation, and helping you to access your own inner wisdom and innate capacity for healing. My goal is to help you to fully flourish and reconnect to the life-force within. I bring my experience working with clients from a diverse range of backgrounds, facilitating groups both in the bay area and internationally, and teaching as a professor of clinical psychology and consciousness studies at John F. Kennedy University.
As a holistic counselor I aim to create a safe space of acceptance, healing, and awakening. My focus involves helping you to gain awareness and clarity in relation to your life situation, and helping you to access your own inner wisdom and innate capacity for healing. My goal is to help you to fully flourish and reconnect to the life-force within. I bring my experience working with clients from a diverse range of backgrounds, facilitating groups both in the bay area and internationally, and teaching as a professor of clinical psychology and consciousness studies at John F. Kennedy University.
(707) 505-9526 View (707) 505-9526
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Tara Stafford
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Santa Rosa, CA 95404  (Online Only)
YOU are here! I invite you to take your hands to your heart and sit for a moment to really feel this present moment. In this moment, you have come SO far! You are now in the first step in your healing journey. Acknowledging that you are showing up for yourself here, and looking for support from a therapist, is something to be celebrated! Acknowledging that you need help is a journey. Perhaps you have lost yourself and your mood is impacting your energy and motivation. How we are feeling on the inside effects how we are showing up in the world. By working with me I will help get you get to your desired mood and goals.
YOU are here! I invite you to take your hands to your heart and sit for a moment to really feel this present moment. In this moment, you have come SO far! You are now in the first step in your healing journey. Acknowledging that you are showing up for yourself here, and looking for support from a therapist, is something to be celebrated! Acknowledging that you need help is a journey. Perhaps you have lost yourself and your mood is impacting your energy and motivation. How we are feeling on the inside effects how we are showing up in the world. By working with me I will help get you get to your desired mood and goals.
(925) 281-3520 View (925) 281-3520
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Life Calibrations Counseling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, RPT-S
Verified Verified
Santa Rosa, CA 95404  (Online Only)
Shutting the world out for a while sounds like a relief. It also sounds lonely and stressful to do it for as long as it would take to fill your bucket. If you gave into that feeling you wouldn’t get anything done which then would make it all worse. So you hold it together, press on, and tell yourself it isn’t that bad and you are ok. Deep down you know you need some kind of help with all of the negative thoughts, imposter syndrome, and up and down emotions. What’s missing is the enthusiasm, connection, and true joy. Today something has shifted and it feels like now is time to stop going through the motions and start living fully.
Shutting the world out for a while sounds like a relief. It also sounds lonely and stressful to do it for as long as it would take to fill your bucket. If you gave into that feeling you wouldn’t get anything done which then would make it all worse. So you hold it together, press on, and tell yourself it isn’t that bad and you are ok. Deep down you know you need some kind of help with all of the negative thoughts, imposter syndrome, and up and down emotions. What’s missing is the enthusiasm, connection, and true joy. Today something has shifted and it feels like now is time to stop going through the motions and start living fully.
(916) 579-7337 View (916) 579-7337
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Keystone Therapy & Training Services
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Sometimes looking for what you need is harder than you thought. Our Keystone team provides services that meet people in the different stages in their lives and goes along side you through your own self-determined growth process.
Sometimes looking for what you need is harder than you thought. Our Keystone team provides services that meet people in the different stages in their lives and goes along side you through your own self-determined growth process.
(707) 602-3812 View (707) 602-3812
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Kinship Counseling Collective
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Verified Verified
Santa Rosa, CA 95404  (Online Only)
We work with all different types of people and issues. Kinship Counseling Collective's mission is to provide our clients with culturally relevant therapy, creative choices, and genuine connections. We want to inspire you to deepen and lead your healing journey and acquire the tools to live a more liberated life.
We work with all different types of people and issues. Kinship Counseling Collective's mission is to provide our clients with culturally relevant therapy, creative choices, and genuine connections. We want to inspire you to deepen and lead your healing journey and acquire the tools to live a more liberated life.
(415) 903-9201 View (415) 903-9201
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Expressive Arts Therapists

What happens in expressive arts therapy?

In an expressive arts therapy session, the therapist will provide the space and materials necessary to encourage the client to express themselves creatively. These can include art supplies, musical instruments, a journal, a camera, and more. The therapist offers careful guidance throughout the creative process, often noticing and talking about psychological issues as they arise. Many clients also benefit from the mind-body connection—the physical act of making art can help them feel more grounded and present.

How long does expressive arts therapy take?

An expressive arts therapy session will typically last between 50 minutes and an hour. Group sessions may run longer. Sometimes, a client might only need one or two sessions of expressive arts therapy in conjunction with talk therapy to resolve a psychological issue. Others might find a fixed number of sessions over the course of either weeks or months to be beneficial. The duration depends on the client and their individual needs and goals for therapy.

How does expressive arts therapy help children?

Creativity is an important part of normal child development. Expressive arts therapy proves a safe outlet for child clients to learn to identify their emotions and express them in healthy ways. In expressive arts therapy, children can build their self-esteem, discover more about their personality and strengths, and feel a sense of normalcy in an otherwise chaotic world. This therapeutic approach can be particularly helpful for children with developmental disabilities, autism, ADHD, speech impairments, and other conditions.

What are the limitations of expressive arts therapy?

Sometimes individuals have physical limitations that can affect their ability to express themselves artistically in certain mediums. For example, someone with hearing problems might find it difficult to make music. Sickness and mobility issues can make some types of art physically inaccessible (e.g., sculpting, dancing, etc.). Sometimes, clients are overly skeptical and have trouble letting go and engaging with the creative process. Individuals who require a higher level of care may be better served with other types of therapy.