Using Art to
Expand Your Potential
Art-based psychotherapy to enhance capacity in navigating our changing world
Art Therapy is an evidenced-based, experiential form of psychotherapy, using the creative process through painting, drawing, sculpting or any other creative medium that a client chooses. This process, under the guidance of a certified therapist, allows clients to safely express feelings that can be obscured in verbal expression, leading to heightened insight and self-awareness, innovation, self-esteem, empowerment and change.
Set in a relaxed environment that holds no expectation or deadline, Lauren introduces art-based tools and techniques that allow clients the freedom to explore, investigate and express their thoughts and feelings in their own time.
Build self-esteem and conquer self-imposed perceptions
Develop skills to cope with and alleviate anxiety and stress
Move beyond career-related roadblocks
Work through life’s traumatic events
Experiment and play in a safe, non-judgemental setting
Unleash the creativity that lies within you
CARL JUNG
I grew up with wonderfully eclectic parents and rare support for my creativity (with no pressure around my process or the outcome.) As an adult, I realized how central creating art was to my resilience to significant emotional chaos growing up and this laid the foundation for my becoming an art therapist. For thousands of years, cultural traditions have relied on expressive approaches for the purpose of healing and well-being. Inspired by this time-tested wisdom, my goal is to expand the wellness benefits of art-based tools and techniques I have successfully used as an art therapist to support more people as they navigate their work and life.
“I believe that if you are human, you are an artist. And an artist’s greatest sense of creativity is their humanness.”
What I love most about art therapy is how art and creative expression are used as a vehicle to give voice to the voiceless and marginalized, as well as to the marginalized voices that live in our heads. With all the pressures, responsibilities, and demands put upon us everyday, it’s often these “marginalized voices” that are at the root of our blocks to success, fulfillment and well-being.
With graduate degrees from NYU Steinhardt School of Art Therapy and Columbia School of International Affairs, my practice is deeply informed by my previous international economic development work, including serving in the Peace Corps. These experiences had a profound impact on me, showing me how important our cultural framework and sense of empowerment and belongingness are to our overall well-being. Before starting my private practice in 2020, I was a clinician at Weill Cornell Medicine, Midtown Center for Treatment and Research, an outpatient substance abuse clinic, where I worked with clients dealing with chemical addictions. I was also a consulting art therapist for Northwell Health/Phelps Memorial Hospice Program.