The Creative Psychotherapist

FEATURED GUESTS:  Peggy Kolodny MA ATR-BC LCPAT ,  is a Board Certified, Registered and Licensed Art Therapist with level 2 certificates in IFS and in EMDR, specializing in trauma treatment across the life span. She is the founder of the group private practice, Art Therapy Collective of Owings Mills. Currently, Peggy is adjunct faculty with George Washington University’s Art Therapy...

FEATURED GUESTS: Jocelyn Fitzgerald LMFT, ATR-BC, EMDR Consultant,  Empowering youth is one of Jocelyn’s greatest passions. She ran a variety of healing-centered group art projects and led guided visualizations on creativity with schools and nonprofits. One of her most transformative experiences centered around training paraprofessionals on how to use art therapy to help traumatized Erit...

FEATURED GUESTS:  Stephanie Anderson Ladd, M.A., LMFT, LCMHC,  Stephanie Anderson Ladd is a psychotherapist, artist, teacher, SoulCollage® facilitator, and author of a new book, "Goddesses of Self-Care: 30 Divine Feminine Archetypes To Guide You." She lives in Durham, North Carolina, where she facilitates SoulCollage® workshops in person and online creative courses on goddess archetypes,...

FEATURED GUESTS:  Monica Kovach,  Monica is a former art therapist and counselor turned web designer for therapists and owner of Hold Space Creative . She's passionate about making therapy more accessible by helping therapists present themselves in a more accessible way. She lives in Michigan with her two kitties, Bubbles and Pearl, and when she's not designing websites, she can usually...

Kate Shannon, LPC, LCAT, MT-BC is the host of the Creative Therapy Umbrella podcast. She offers therapist support services, private practice services and continuing education. She has spent her career supporting children with life-limiting medical diagnoses, mental health needs, and developmental differences through music therapy, play and creative expression. Kate is passionate about incorporatin...

FEATURED GUESTS: Nicole Porter Davis, ATR-BC, LCAT is the Former Director of Child therapy following the Sandy Hook School Massacre in Newtown, Ct, now a pandemic parent of a young child she finds herself producing “You and Us” a Virtual band of children’s rock n roll.  Integrating the music as a healing arts mechanism for change. Nicole Porter established the Emerald Sketch as the first ment...

I had the pleasure of speaking with Art Therapist Carolyn Mehlomakulu, LMFT-S, ATR of Creativity in Therapy. Carolyn shares how she started blogging about art therapy in 2012. The blog has helped her build her brand, fill her private practice, fill online courses and gain a publishing contract. She shares how she structures one day a week in her schedule to dedicate to plugging away at the keyboar...

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 practicing in Fort Myers, Florida. She is the owner of  Florida Art Therapy Services, LLC  where she and a small team of therapists provide in-person and technology facilitated...

FEATURED GUESTS:  David Axler, is the VP of Strategy and Business Development at Wave Accounting. He is passionate about helping small business owners take control of their finances with improved efficiency. In today's episode he shares 3 things business owners need to know about accounting as it relates to operating profitably. He also shares what to look for in an accounting platform. ...

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 practicing in Fort Myers, Florida. She is the owner of  Florida Art Therapy Services, LLC  where she and a small team of therapists provide in-person and technology facilitated...

FEATURED GUESTS: FEATURED GUESTS:  Karen Anderson Fignon  is a licensed clinical art therapist and career coach. She created the EPICS assessment tool in 2013, and uses EPICS to help individuals find meaning and purpose in their work and daily lives. The program uses the results of the assessment with brain science to craft a short- and long-term goals, highlight interests and skill...

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 practicing in Fort Myers, Florida. She is the owner of  Florida Art Therapy Services, LLC  where she and a small team of therapists provide in-person and technology facilitated...

FEATURED GUESTS:  Myriam Martinez, MA, LMFT, ATR   is a Licensed Psychotherapist, Registered Art Therapist, Women's Life Strategist, Successful Entrepreneur, and Founder of the WILD Woman’s Creative Corner Community. Myriam brings over 15 years’ experience working with women around issues of stress, self-inadequacy, and self-identity. She gently guides women towards a path of learni...

FEATURED GUESTS: Leah Guzman, ATR-BC  supports creatives with healing and manifesting their desires utilizing art media through art therapy services and coaching. She's written 3 art therapy books, “ The Art of Healing and Manifesting: Creative Exercises to Living an Abundant Life, “Essential Art Therapy Exercises: Effective Techniques to Manage Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD” , and a chi...

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 practicing in Fort Myers, Florida. She is the owner of  Florida Art Therapy Services, LLC  where she and a small team of therapists provide in-person and technology facilitated...

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 practicing in Fort Myers, Florida. She is the owner of  Florida Art Therapy Services, LLC  where she and a small team of therapists provide in-person and technology facilitated...

FEATURED GUESTS: Tanya Cole-Lesnick, LCSW PLLC, has been a psychotherapist (licensed clinical social worker) and coach since 1995. She received her master’s degree in social work from New York University after group therapy changed her life. She has extensive experience in outpatient hospital mental health, private practice, and wellness center settings. From those experiences over the years...

FEATURED GUESTS:  Stephen Quinlan grew up in the mountains of Colorado. After finishing his bachelors degree, he decided to go back to school to become a psychotherapist. In 1999, he moved to New York City to work on his graduate degree. He worked for five years in the housing projects of East Harlem at the James Weldon Johnson Counseling Center, which is well known for its rigorous training...

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 practicing in Fort Myers, Florida. She is the owner of Florida Art Therapy Services, LLC where she and a small team of therapists provide in-person and technology facilitated individual and group art...

FEATURED GUESTS: Barry M. Cohen, MA, ATR-BC Retired ,  authored the Diagnostic Drawing Series (DDS) in 1982; is the author/coauthor of journal articles and chapters; and coauthored/coedited three books, including the workbook Managing Traumatic Stress Through Art. Founder of the Eastern Regional Conference on Trauma & Dissociation in 1989, he cofounded an inpatient dissocia...

FEATURED GUESTS: Stephanie Wray is an artist, LMHC, ATR-BC , t rauma informed expressive arts therapist and yoga teacher. In her work over the last 6 years she has responded to 49 natural and human caused disasters through the arts. Stephanie has been working with clients one on one as well during this time. In addition she has taught at the University of Tampa, started an online community-The Art...

FEATURED GUESTS: Richard Gold, MA, is the retired founder/executive director of the Pongo Poetry Project and creator of the Pongo Method. Pongo establishes writing programs within sites such as detention centers and homeless shelters, and guides teens to process traumatic events while giving them a voice and showing them how to "own" their stories by connecting with others and themselves...

FEATURED GUESTS: Wanda Montemayor, LPC-S-AT, ATR-BC, ATCS, RPT-S, has been creating public art for more than 23 years. With a bachelor's in art education, a master's in professional counseling, a post-secondary degree in art therapy, and MARI training, Wanda focuses on creating large-scale works of art through group art therapy focusing on hand-made ceramics. Wanda's 10 murals adorn schools and pa...

FEATURED GUESTS:  Mimi Savage, PhD, RDT-BCT, is the Education Chair of the North American Drama Therapy Association, core faculty in the MA Counseling Psychology & Expressive Arts department at CIIS, as well as founding faculty of UCLArts and Healing SEA program. Mimi created various drama therapy programs in acute psychiatric in-patient units for children and adults, facilitated programs...

FEATURED GUESTS: Shoshana Simons , PhD, RDT, an expressive arts-centered drama therapist, voice actor, professor and former Chair of the CIIS Counseling Psychology program, Expressive Arts Therapy concentration. She earned her MA in Human Development and PhD in Human & Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate Institute, an MA in Sociology & Social Policy from London Metropolitan...