Catherine Adams
Director of Art Therapy, LPC, ATR, RYT-200

Catherine is Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Art Therapist who works with teens and adults.  She provides a Person Centered & Humanistic approach with an emphasis on personality exploration and parts work to promote awareness, a more well-rounded sense of self, compassion & positive self-regard. She also includes the importance of basic necessities for a healthy lifestyle  such as water, sleep, exercise and nutritious eating.  In addition, she is passionate about the power of visual expression and it can access the stored unconscious wounds, memories narratives that can dictate the conscious behaviors, habits and patterns we engage in daily.  Expression through art, meditation and a compassionate energy and space for healing can help to shift the negative mindset and invite a more open, curious, aware and mindful system of belief and connection tot he whole self through a healthy mindset. 

 

She specializes with individuals struggling with anxiety, control, overthinking & stress driven by perfectionism, identity exploration, social anxiety, life transitions, toxic messages, emotional dysrugation and duress and processing fears resulted from trauma or traumatic events.  She accentuates the importance of a balanced lifestyle to guide healthy habit forming and self-compassion. She typically works with diagnoses involving Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social/Performance anxiety, ADD, Level 1 Autism Spectrum Disorder (formerly Aspergers Syndrome) , Attachment and Adjustment disorders and neuro-typical individuals desiring more deeper understanding of their depth, impact and capabilities.

 

Catherine aims to create a unique space and opportunity for individuals of all ages to safely and vividly express, grow and discover who they are and what they need.  Art can be a form of communication so Art Therapy allows for what is hard to speak to still be expressed and understood.  Catherine has 10 years previous work experience including One to One support and  Crisis Responder at a private school for Special Needs individuals, Individual and Family Therapist as well as a the Clinical Care Liaison for the Autism Unit at a Private Residential Treatment Facility for boys and Group Therapist at one of the largest Psychiatric Hospitals on the east coast.

 

 She offers restorative yoga incorporation and personalized guided imagery meditations for enhanced relaxation upon request.

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