Art Therapy and Counseling Services

Art Therapy is a mental health profession in which clients work with an art therapist.  Clients use art media, the creative process, and their artwork to explore their feelings, reconcile emotional conflicts, foster self-awareness, manage behavior and addictions, create and maintain healthy relationships, develop social skills, reduce anxiety, and increase self-esteem.

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• Family and Individual Therapy

• Group Therapy

• Professional Supervision

• Community Programs

• Community Art Therapy Studio

• Consultation

• Presentations

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A Holistic Approach

 

The practitioners at Bloom integrate counseling and art therapy to serve the community and provide access to art for healing and self-expression.  Bloom is a place to get clinical mental health services, where the focus of treatment is on wellness and strengths while attending to the client's issues of concern.  Clients are encouraged and empowered to feel successful in their lives.  This holistic approach to wellness and mental health is the cornerstone of what Bloom endeavors to plant in others.

 

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Art Therapists are credentialed professionals...

trained in both art and therapy.  They are knowledgeable about human development, psychological theories, clinical practice, spiritual, multicultural and artistic traditions, and the healing potential of art .  Registration (ATR) is granted upon completion of graduate education and post-graduate supervised experience.   Some states regulate the practice of art therapy and in many states art therapists can become licensed as counselors or mental health therapists.

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arttherapy.org

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Questions about ethical standards of art therapy? Contact ATCB.org