A creative space that embodies safety.
ATF
ATF is currently accepting new clients in Louisiana & Texas.
accepting the following insurances for virtual services in the state of Texas; United Healthcare, Aetna, & Cigna.
Art Therapy Feels offers a creative & holistic approach to gain insight, transform, and expand.
- the creative process can be life changing.
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create, heal, process, and grow
Art Therapy can aid in accessing different neural pathways in the brain and provide an alternative form of communication in a safe and therapeutic environment.
The creative process offers an alternative form of communication when words are not fully accessible.
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The relationship established between client and therapist can help to promote future healthy and safe attachments.
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​While art therapy is not for everyone, many find it a safe way to confront fears, take risks and more fully express themselves.
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Art Therapy is an integrative mental health and human services profession that enriches the lives of individuals, families, and communities through active art-making, creative process, applied psychological theory, and human experience within a psychotherapeutic relationship.
Art Therapy, facilitated by a professional art therapist, effectively supports personal and relational treatment goals as well as community concerns. Art Therapy is used to improve cognitive and sensory-motor functions, foster self-esteem and self-awareness, cultivate emotional resilience, promote insight, enhance social skills, reduce and resolve conflicts and distress, and advance societal and ecological change.
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Art therapists are master-level clinicians who work with people of all ages across a broad spectrum of practice. Guided by ethical standards and scope of practice, their education and supervised training prepares them for culturally proficient work with diverse populations in a variety of settings. Honoring individuals’ values and beliefs, art therapists work with people who are challenged with medical and mental health problems, as well as individuals seeking emotional, creative, and spiritual growth.
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Through integrative methods, art therapy engages the mind, body, and spirit in ways that are distinct from verbal articulation alone. Kinesthetic, sensory, perceptual, and symbolic opportunities invite alternative modes of receptive and expressive communication, which can circumvent the limitations of language. Visual and symbolic expression gives voice to experience, and empowers individual, communal, and societal transformation.
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-The American Art Therapy Association, 2017
ATF
Hillery Jones
creator of ATF
LPC, ATR-BC
Hillery Jones is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Registered Board Certified Art Therapist. Her practice involves using the creative process to help others gain a deeper sense of self-awareness.
Her creative approach is client led, practical, holistic, embodied, somatic, and adaptable in everyday life.
She integrates a kinesthetic learning competent of connecting mind & body. Traditional talk therapy and art therapy are used to meet the needs of each individual.
Clients practice the power of curiosity to creatively explore their own personal history with a focus on personal development growth.
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Hillery has been practicing for over seven years and is currently licensed in both Louisiana & Texas. She received her B.A. in Art Education from Lamar University and M.A. in Art Therapy & Counseling from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. She has worked in private practice, school, hospital, residential, and out-patient settings.
