Owner and operator of Touchstone Creative Arts Therapy PLLC
Clinical Art Therapist in Private Practice in Westchester, NY

May 2010 – current                                       

• Conducted weekly individual art therapy sessions with children, adolescents, and adults.

• Developed and executed small group sessions for adolescents.

• Coordinated sessions and treatment progress with the clients’ families.

• Provided trauma assessments and focused trauma work.

• Integrated art therapy and traditional talk therapy modalities, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. 

• Served as a community and professional resource for the development of Social Emotional Learning standards for a local school district.

• Engaged community members in creating art pieces for local public works, children's groups, artist organizations, and schools.

• Advocated for expanded access to mental health care, specifically the creative arts therapies. 

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Clinical Art Therapist at Heartsong, Inc., Westchester County, NY

March 2022– April 2022

• Substituted for another art therapist on medical leave.

• Conducted art therapy groups weekly in a preschool setting for children with special needs and functioning levels from nine months to four years. 

• Conducted weekly art therapy groups at The Westchester School (for Special Children) two locations with students ranging from 5-21 years old.

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Clinical Art Therapist at Project Renewal Inc., Clinton Residence in NYC, NY

June 2018– June 2019

• Developed and executed building-wide art therapy program through grant-funded position.

• Conducted weekly individual art therapy sessions with adults with histories of chronic homelessness and mental illness, specifically schizophrenia.

• Conducted weekly open art therapy groups centering around several themes, such as emotional identification and regulation, grounding techniques, and the building of therapeutic spaces through client-created murals.

• Collaborated with Occupational Therapy Department to execute client-driven, building-wide art show.

• Presented building-wide inservice on art therapy and case study for the Project Renewal Inc. agency in Grand Rounds.

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Senior Clinical Art Therapist at Jewish Board for Family and Children's Services, J.M. Goldsmith Center for Adolescent Treatment in Hawthorne, NY
June 2007 – June 2013                      

• Managed social work cases for adolescent males with varied disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder, mood disorder, cognitive delays, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, in residential treatment under the Sanctuary Model.

• Conducted individual talk and art therapy sessions, family sessions, and groups, such as an Autism Spectrum Disorder group. 

• Supervised second-year art therapy masters level intern students, and co-facilitated weekly groups with them.

• Designed and developed safe spaces in the physical plant of the building to create a healing environment and integrate grounding techniques.

 

Clinical Intern in Art Therapy at Jewish Board for Family and Children's Services, Henry Ittleson Center in Riverdale, NY

September 2006 – May 2007                          

• Conducted individual and group art therapy sessions with pre-adolescent clients with varied disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder, mood disorder, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a residential treatment program.

 

Clinical Intern in Art Therapy in the Creative Arts Counseling Program at New York University, NYC, NY             

May 2006 – May 2007            

• Worked collaboratively with music therapy, drama therapy, and counseling masters students to prepare and present group expressive arts workshops in residence hall communities.

 

Clinical Intern in Art Therapy & Primary Facilitator of the Open Art Studio at New York University, NYC, NY            

November 2005 – May 2007      

• Co-founded and facilitated weekly open studio for residents of a freshman residence hall and used art therapy techniques to provide undergraduate students with a therapeutic group experience.

• Developed research methods to determine studio’s effectiveness for purpose of own thesis project.

 

Clinical Intern in Art Therapy at Free Arts NYC Multicultural Camp in NYC, NY  June 2006 – July 2006                                                                       

• Organized, prepared, and executed themed week of events focusing on various cultures worldwide for groups of preadolescent children.

 

Clinical Intern in Art Therapy at Camp Good Grief in Long Island, NY

June 2006 – July 2006                  

• Led art therapy groups at weeklong intensive day camp for children grieving the loss of loved ones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a small sampling of my professional training.

For more detailed information about my responsibilities and experiences, please contact me for my full resume.