We are offering groups! Art therapy for chronic pain, Teen music therapy, and expressive therapy for adults experiencing loneliness.
Create Art & Wellness is an expressive therapies collective. Our team specializes in facilitating the use of the arts for individual and group healing. This may include; music, drama, art, writing, movement, and play. When folks work with us, they may be verbally processing information as well as engaging in the creative process. Sometimes, we may practice various breathing exercises or embodied interventions, such as yoga techniques. Sessions are co-created and focus on listening to your own inner wisdom as the true guide for healing.
You do not need to have any skill or be "good" at the arts to benefit from expressive therapies! The use of the arts can be seen across time and cultures. Science is beginning to confirm what many already know - humans are wired for art. Engaging in the arts is a whole brain and embodied experience. Sometimes there is suffering that words cannot capture, and using the arts can help us to put a voice to it. The arts can help shift perceptive and gain new insights. For youth, it can support healthy brain development. The arts are kids' natural way of exploring and working things out. In arts purest form, it just feels good - allowing us to access our own inner goodness and joy.
Emily Natale is the founder of Create. She has over a decade of experience working with culturally and diagnostically diverse people. She is passionate about creating community and her own experience has lead her to build the healing arts studio - where all are welcome. Morgan Johnston, MA, a board certified music therapist, and Susie Schutt, MA, a registered drama therapist, are both associates working towards their mental health license. The team has diverse clinical experiences & shared knowing of how the arts heal.
Our practice offers individual therapy, caregiver/parent consultation and family sessions. We work with elementary age children, teens and adults. We also offer healing arts groups and workshops. We are always building and offering new arts based experiences that are grounding in enhancing wellness, so new groups and workshops are offered seasonally. We enjoy collaboration with other agencies, groups, and schools.
Our team specializes in a variety of areas; chronic pain, trauma, spirituality, college mental health, emerging adults, LGBTQ+, perfectionism, artist/musician mental health, and life transitions. We enjoy working across the lifespan; children, teens, and adults. We often support folks who struggle with symptoms anxiety and depression.
Our fees range depending upon the provider and services offered. Individual sessions can range from $85-250. Group sessions can range from $25-65/session. We provide supplies, but folks are welcome to bring their own materials if they have preferences. If you are eligible for out-of-network services, we will provide super-bills for insurance reimbursement. We also accept HSA and FSA payments.
We value deep listening and our therapeutic work can to be active. All of our clinicians believe in the power of creativity and embodiment. We value learning and continue to deepen our education in the creative arts. Emily also studies somatic experiencing, yoga for mental health, and interpersonal neurobiology. Sometimes, we may compliment traditional psychotherapy, but we can also be a primary provider.
Mind-body connection - Practicing mindfulness to draw together how the body feels physically and how the mind feels mentally; healing both physically and mentally
Chronic pain - Managing the biological, psychological, and emotional aspects of pain
Trauma - Coping and healing after threatening or scary events, such as witnessing accidents or experiencing sexual, verbal, emotional, or physical abuse
Spirituality & religion - Exploring beliefs and practices related to meaning, existence, and spiritual health and healing; enjoying a deeper felt connection with the spiritual dimension of one's life
Child mental health - Specialized strategies for common childhood disorders including attention issues, attachment problems, behavioral disorders, learning disorders, autism spectrum diagnoses, and feeding or elimination issues.
Adolescent mental health - Working with adolescents, teenagers, and parents on social, academic, and/or emotional challenges throughout teenage years; addressing anxiety, family conflicts, peer relationships, school stress, transition to college, social media pressures, self-esteem, hopelessness about the future, emotional disregulation
Create Art & Wellness, LLC is not in-network with any insurances.
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Now enrolling!! In this support group, folks will utilize the visual arts to explore their relationship with their body, pain, and what healing. No art skill needed. All types of pain, frequency and intensities welcome.
Adolescence is a time for identity exploration and development! In this group, teens will utilize music to help them explore their emerging sense of identity, build a strong sense of esteem, & release difficult emotions in ways that are teen friendly.
There is an epidemic of loneliness in the US. We are wired to be in connection and it is a healing for us humans. In this expressive arts support group, individuals will explore how the arts can help bring joy and connection into our lives.