Services
Art Therapy
For individuals navigating medical or mental health issues, as well as those on a journey toward emotional, creative, and spiritual enrichment
Art Therapy utilizes the creative process of making art to improve and enhance mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
Art therapy serves as a versatile tool in achieving personal and relational objectives. It facilitates cognitive and sensory-motor enhancement, fosters self-esteem and self-awareness, nurtures emotional resilience, stimulates insight, refines social competencies, and addresses conflicts and distress, while also contributing to broader societal and ecological shifts.
Utilizing integrative approaches, art therapy engages individuals holistically, encompassing their mental, physical, and spiritual dimensions, surpassing the confines of verbal expression. Through kinesthetic, sensory, perceptual, and symbolic channels, it offers diverse avenues for communication, transcending language barriers. Visual and symbolic expressions become vehicles for personal growth, community empowerment, and societal evolution.
let us help you express yourself in a new way
How It Works
art is therapy
Making things and expressing ourselves nonverbally is therapeutic. It’s also great for makers who are really burnt out and feeling the pressure to simply make art for the sake of making art.
art as therapy
Art can act as a catalyst for more traditional psychotherapy. It works well in conjunction with EMDR because we can express and heal from trauma without having to relive every detail of it.
Our Art Therapists
Art therapists are master-level clinicians who work with people of all ages across a broad spectrum of practice. Guided by ethical standards and scope of practice, their education and supervised training prepares them for culturally proficient work with diverse populations in a variety of settings.
Gabrielle Brooks, LPCC, AT
SPECIALTIES — Trauma, drug and alcohol recovery, grief, surivors of human trafficking, LGBTQ+ population
Gabrielle is a Licensed Professional Counselor, EMDR Certified Therapist and Art Therapist. She is a Columbus native who is active and engaged within her community, as well as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Gabrielle utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Art Therapy, and EMDR to adapt to the needs of each client at each session. She believes in the power of creative expression and being the author of your own story as a path to healing.
Meredith Thorn, LSW
SPECIALTIES — Trauma and stressor-related disorders, dissociative disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, neurodevelpmental disorders, chronic pain
Meredith specializes in complex, developmental & relational trauma and dissociation. She also specializes in adoption and enjoys working with all members of the adoption triad, recognizing that each individual has their own unique experience. She is fully trained in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), DBT-Informed & incorporates mindfulness, polyvagal interventions, elements of internal family systems and somatic therapy. Her practice is rooted in diversity and she is dedicated to providing gender affirming care.
Getting Started With Therapy
Whether you’re making a referral or you are ready to become a client yourself, we’ll help you to get started.
Because everyone’s situations and needs are different, we customize the onboarding of each new client. We’ll have you fill out a brief online form and we’ll reach out to get you or your referral client informed and scheduled for the first session.
