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Specialties: Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, PTSD, Domestic Violence, Eating Challenges, Grief and Loss, Work Stress, Divorce, Assimilation and Multicultural Relations, Stress, Self-esteem, Emotional Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Physical Abuse, Financial Abuse, Body Image, Family Difficulties and Challenges, Relationship Problems and Concerns, School Problems, Parenting Challenges Lisa is dedicated to creating a therapeutic space that is supportive, compassionate, and empowering, where a whole person’s well-being can be cultivated. Her therapeutic approach is to help people comfortably explore and communicate their emotions and inner conflicts in healthy, constructive ways as well as discover, protect, and proclaim their valuable strengths. Lisa is a Licensed Professional Counselor and offers the option of integrating Art Therapy into counseling sessions. Her experience includes working in community based agencies, shelters for domestic violence survivors, and residential treatment centers with people of diverse cultures and ages, including children, teens, and adults. Lisa provides holistic, insight-orientated therapy that encourages self-compassion, positive self-regard, motivation, and solutions. A person can also choose to explore the avenue of Art Therapy anytime during treatment, which combines using art materials with verbal processing. Lisa offers a wide variety of creative modalities such as drawing, clay, collage, painting, music, poetry, chalk, oil pastels, found objects, textures, dance movement, mandalas, boxes, puppets, and mixed media. Benefits of Art Therapy include increased self-awareness, safe expression, stress reduction, mood and energy elevation, and increased self-esteem through visualization of strengths, goals, and positive transformations. No prior art skills are needed for art therapy, because the focus is on the process of healthy expression without any judgment.