The Creative Psychotherapist

FEATURED GUESTS:  Dr. Lucy Barbera, LCAT is a New York State Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, Art Teacher, and School District Administrator, whose work spans the medical, psychiatric, and educational settings. Dr. Barbera served on the faculty of The Humanistic Multicultural Education Graduate Program, at the State University of New York (SUNY), at New Paltz, for twenty-three years, where she de...

FEATURED GUESTS:   Sally Brucker, LCSW-C, ATR-BC, CAGS is a visual artist, art therapist, social worker, and certified life-cycle celebrant. Her work as an art therapist spans over 40 years. She was director of the Women's' Growth and Therapy Center for over 15 years and the founder of Studio Downstairs (www.createartcenter.org) in Silver Spring, Maryland. She has extensive international e...

FEATURED GUESTS: Stefan Oliva Stefan is the co-founder of FrameShare, a digital art therapy platform designed to expand access to creative mental health care. With a background in mission-driven tech entrepreneurship, Stefan helped launch Yale University’s first student-led impact investment fund and was an early team member at Gro Intelligence, a global agriculture and climate platform founded in...

FEATURED GUESTS:  Reina Lombardi, ATR-BC, ATCS, LMHC-QS is a Registered Board Certified Art Therapist, Art Therapy Certified Supervisor, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor Qualified Supervisor. She owns Florida Art Therapy Services, LLC , a full-fee group practice, where she and a team of therapists provide in-person and technology facilitated individual and group art therapy and counseling serv...

FEATURED GUESTS:  Dr. Mimi Savage is an associate professor and core faculty member in the Master's of Counseling Psychology with Expressive Arts program at CIIS in SF. She has an extensive background in acute milieus and has researched adopted young women and boys from foster care using narrative inquiry, arts based and participatory research on the topic of intersectionality and self identit...

FEATURED GUESTS: Christine Brooks, PhD is a Professor and the Chair of the Expressive Arts Coaching and Community Building program at California Institute of Integral Studies. Her research interests include adult development, intentional childlessness, qualitative research methods, and transformative processes in coaching. She is a consultant and coach with expertise in social and emotional intell...

FEATURED GUESTS:   Reina Lombardi, ATR-BC, ATCS, LMHC-QS is a Registered Board Certified Art Therapist, Art Therapy Certified Supervisor, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor Qualified Supervisor. She owns Florida Art Therapy Services, LLC , a full-fee group practice, where she and a team of therapists provide in-person and technology facilitated individual and group art therapy and counseling ser...

FEATURED GUESTS: Richard Sims MSME, MSMT, CTP Richard Sims is a Master Somatic Movement Educator/Movement Therapist, Mindfulness, Embodiment and Body Awareness Educator, Certified Trauma Professional, Aikido Instructor, and Somatic Specialist in the areas of stress, fear, anxiety, pain and trauma. He is currently the Board President for ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy...

FEATURED GUESTS: Ericha Scott, PhD, ATR-BC, REAT, LPCC917 Dr. Scott is a healer who walks the fine line between mysticism and evidenced-based psychotherapy. She is a licensed psychotherapist (LPCC917) with additional certifications as a registered and board-certified art therapist (ATR-BC), registered expressive arts therapist (REAT), internationally certified advanced alcohol and drug counselor (...

FEATURED GUESTS: Reina Lombardi, ATR-BC, ATCS, LMHC-QS is a Registered Board Certified Art Therapist, Art Therapy Certified Supervisor, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor Qualified Supervisor. She owns Florida Art Therapy Services, LLC , a full-fee group practice, where she and a team of therapists provide in-person and technology facilitated individual and group art therapy and counseling servi...

FEATURED GUESTS : Jasmine Parker is a Registered Art Therapist and holds a dual master’s degree in both Mental Health Counseling and Art Therapy. Her clinical experience covers a wide range of settings to include: Residential Treatment, Public Schools, Community Agencies, Psychiatric Hospitals, Medical Hospitals, Juvenile Correctional Centers, and private practice. Jasmine’s vision is to empower y...

FEATURED GUESTS: Reina Lombardi, ATR-BC, ATCS, LMHC-QS is a Registered Board Certified Art Therapist, Art Therapy Certified Supervisor, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor Qualified Supervisor. She owns Florida Art Therapy Services, LLC , a full-fee group practice, where she and a team of therapists provide in-person and technology facilitated individual and group art therapy and counseling servi...

FEATURED GUESTS: Sharon Itkoff Nacache ATR-BC LCAT LPAT PMH-C is a trauma-informed, attachment-based, relational clinician with a virtual practice serving New Jersey and New York. As a perinatal art therapist with almost 15 years of clinical experience, she specializes in supporting those who identify as caregivers–personally or professionally–in cultivating creative resilience in the workplace, t...

FEATURED GUESTS:  Reina Lombardi, ATR-BC, ATCS, LMHC-QS is a Registered Board Certified Art Therapist, Art Therapy Certified Supervisor, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor Qualified Supervisor. She owns Florida Art Therapy Services, LLC , a full-fee group practice, where she and a team of therapists provide in-person and technology facilitated individual and group art therapy and counseling serv...

FEATURED GUESTS: Dawn Burau, ATR-BC, LMHC worked in a therapeutic classroom for 13 years at a school in Lexington, MA. The school works with children with social, emotional, behavioral, neurological and academic struggles and their families. She is currently a therapist in their outpatient program. Dawn was core faculty at Lesley University in the Graduate School of Expressive Therapy form 2016-20...

FEATURED GUESTS: Juliet L. King, PhD, ATR-BC, LPC, LMHC is an Associate Professor of Art Therapy at The George Washington University and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Juliet has over two decades as a clinician, administrator, and educator. She developed and implemented the graduate art therapy program at Herron School of Art & Design-...

FEATURED GUESTS: Robert L. Bray, Ph. D., LCSW has worked in the field of traumatic stress recovery for over 40 years. Beginning as volunteer on a crisis hot line and throughout his professional career, he has always focused on the impact of traumatic stress on the mental and physical health of individuals, families, and communities. Dr. Bray has extensive experience as a clinician helping in recov...

FEATURED GUESTS: Bridget Steed is a licensed therapist, Person-Centered Expressive Arts Practitioner, and intermodal artist with a Master’s Degree in Art Therapy. She is passionate about using “art as healing” and believes that creative expression is an inner resource available to everyone. Bridget is the Arts & Recovery Team Lead for Disastershock, an international humanitarian relief organiz...

FEATURED GUESTS: Emery Mikel, ATR-BC, LCAT (NY), LPAT (NJ) is based in New York City and is the founder & director of Water & Stone, a Creative Arts Therapy PLLC (a contemplative creative arts therapy group practice) and Firefly & Phoenix LLC (a company supporting psychotherapists’ entrepreneurial ambitions). Emery has spent over 15 years bringing a creative and contemplative approach...

FEATURED GUESTS : Dr. Jenn's dedication to working with those transforming their lives after trauma and addiction has led her to embrace a body-first approach to healing that is grounded in over two decades of clinical practice and knowledge regarding complex trauma, psychology, neuroscience, play, and embodiment, along with her own trauma survival journey and lived experience. Her innovative...

FEATURED GUESTS: Charity graduated from Walden University with a doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC 15667 and Qualified Supervisor for Clinical Mental Health Counselor Interns, EMDR trained, Certified Integrative Mental Health Provider (C-IMHP), and a Nationally Certified Christian Counselor (NCCC). Dr. Charity Godfrey is originally fr...

FEATURED GUESTS:  Mary Adkins is a writing coach and founder of The Book Incubator, a 12-month program to write, revise, and pitch your novel or memoir. She is author of the novels When You Read This (Indie Next Pick, “Best Book of 2019” by Good Housekeeping and Real Simple), Privilege (Today.com “Best Summer Read,” New York Post “Best Book of the Week”), and Palm Beach (recently named one of the...

FEATURED GUESTS: Dr. Tom Murray is a distinguished figure in the field of intimate relationships and sexuality. He has been featured in various outlets, including the Washington Post, Huffington Post, and The Daily Mail. His expertise extends across radio, television, and podcasts, including notable appearances on “The Practice of Being Seen” and “Shrink Rap Radio.” Widely recognized as a dynamic...

FEATURED GUESTS: Kasey Compton is a dynamic speaker, therapist, self-love advocate, and accomplished entrepreneur who has led four thriving businesses, propelling her mental health practice into multi-million-dollar territory. Her journey took over a decade to uncover the transformative missing piece in her life. LISTEN & LEARN:  The major benefit of duplicating yourself in your business.  Sig...

FEATURED GUESTS : Carmen Reed-Gilkison is an Online Business Manager, a Whole Person Certified Coach with over 25+ years of marketing experience, and the co-founder of Encore Empire. Carmen specializes in mindset in entrepreneurship and marketing. Carmen and her business partner, Deirdre Harter, teach their clients the business of business through their year-long coaching programs with the goal of...