Lenna  Salbashian
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Lenna Salbashian

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Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC Registered Yoga Teacher, RYT Registered Art Therapist, ATR
Massachusetts Accepting Online
Updated April 19, 2022

Specialties & Expertise

  • Identity development
  • Eating disorders & disordered eating
  • Mindfulness
  • Women's mental health
  • Artists' mental health
  • Existential crisis & challenges

Professional statement

Lenna Salbashian is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Art Therapist in New York and Massachusetts who specializes in treating disordered eating and body image, identity, anxiety, and life transitions. Lenna also provides services as a life coach and as an executive business coach specializing in burnout resilience and performance enhancement.

Lenna’s integrative person-centered approach is rooted in the principles of holistic treatment. As a registered yoga teacher and expressive arts therapist, she helps clients access the mind and body to feel more grounded on a physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental level. She also often works from a psychotherapeutic standpoint that is skills-based and mindfulness-based; she incorporates techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), as well as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), including fostering improved interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, and self-awareness. Her approach integrates visual arts in a way that supports the expression of each individual client and enhances play and insight through the therapeutic process.

Prior to entering private practice Lenna gained years of experience in hospitals and outpatient treatment centers, most recently working as a holistic psychotherapist for Monte Nido Eating Disorder Center. When working with clients who are overcoming eating disorders, Lenna will facilitate or communicate with other providers like psychiatrists and dietitians to ensure care across multiple levels.

Lenna works with each of her clients to help them forge their own healing path, unblock their creativity, and find greater meaning in life through a combination of verbal and artistic expression within a space of mindfulness and non-judgment.


Message to clients

My practice, Creative Health Therapy offers a space of freedom to be who you are, as you are, while feeling heard and held in exploring the depths and possibilities within you. Within this space, talking is only one of the many forms of communication in a range of expression through visual arts, movement, and yoga. My practice is currently accepting new clients through telehealth. Please visit Creative Health Therapy website to schedule a free consult.


Specialties

Identity development - Understanding, accepting, and strengthening one’s sense of self through the exploration of family, work, and personal values

Eating disorders & disordered eating - Reducing unhealthy eating patterns, beliefs, and behaviors, such as restricting, purging, and binging; healing the emotional pain surrounding disordered eating

Mindfulness - Developing practices to encourage a state of active, open attention on the present

Women's mental health - Expertise in working with adult women; providing a safe and understanding space to address life challenges and promote physical and mental health

Artists' mental health - Understanding of highly creative minds; goal setting related to the artistic and creative process; support finding meaningful balance in one’s life

Existential crisis & challenges - Supportive exploration of meaning and purpose in one’s life; finding one’s path in the face of existential anxiety, dread, and feelings of meaninglessness




Clientele

  • Adults (24+)
  • Young adults (18-24)

Insurance

Lenna Salbashian is not in-network with any insurances.

Read about the benefits of seeing an out-of-network provider here.


Out-of-pocket fees

  • Individual sessions: $225 (55min)
  • Sliding scale: $195 - $225
  • Initial session: $300 (75min)
  • Couples sessions: $400 (60min)

Additional session information

Out-of-network billing options

This provider can support you in getting reimbursement from your insurance company if you are seeking out-of-network reimbursement. Here are the out-of-network billing options they provide:

  • Super billing
Payment options
  • Credit Card
  • Debit Card
  • Venmo
Session frequency

Frequency of sessions this provider offers to see clients once you are an established client.

  • Weekly
  • Monthly
  • Every other week
  • Multiple times a week
  • As needed
Therapist's note

Lenna offers a free 10 minute consultation call.

Prior to consult please note that no insurance can be accepted- self-payment only.


Location(s)

Online Sessions (Massachusetts)
Accepting new clients online
Currently Available Times
  • Morning (Before 10am)
  • Daytime (10am - 1pm)
  • Afternoon (1pm - 5pm)
  • Evening (After 5pm)
  • Weekends
Regular Hours
  • Mon 3pm-7pm
  • Tue 3pm-7pm
  • Wed 3pm-7pm
  • Thu 3pm-7pm
  • Fri Closed
  • Sat Closed
  • Sun Closed

Work and Education

Years of Experience: 7 years

Private practice, 2019 - Present
Eating Disorder Center of Boston, Therapist, 2016 - 2019

Lesley University Graduate School, Masters in Mental Health Counseling and Art Therapy, 2016
Laughing Lotus Yoga School NY & India, Yoga Teaching Certification, Reiki, Ayurveda, 2010
Syracuse University, BA in Textile Design and Business, 2008


Languages

Armenian

English