Creative Arts Therapy, also known as Expressive Arts Therapy, is an umbrella terms for mental health practices that use various art forms and the creative process to improve and enhance psychological, emotional, social, and even physical healing and well-being. The Creative and Expressive Arts Therapies include, but are not limited to, art, music and sound, dance/movement, and drama modalities. A creative arts process may also incorporate writing and poetry, symbolism and analogy, guided meditation, and imagery. These modalities and approaches can be used simultaneously for an inter-modal creative arts process or successively for an inter-modal transfer experience.

No, not at all. Not exclusively. While Creative Arts Therapy can be use and effect for children, it can be just as, if not even more, fruitful and beneficial for adults. In fact, just like some traditional talk therapists do, there are many creative arts therapists who work exclusively with adults.

Not at all. Just like the many types of traditional therapy, each one of the creative arts modalities has its own set of theoretical framework and perspectives, interventions, and methods of assessment. Many adult clients are surprised at how quickly and effectively the creative arts therapy can bring them closer to their emotions, their body, and their ability to gain new perspective.

Dance/movement therapists, music therapists, art therapist, and drama therapists are all masters level clinicians. They hold registrations and/or board certifications with their respective national associations. In some states, such as New York, these clinicians hold a Licensed Creative Art Therapy state license (LCAT). In other states, such as Massachusetts, creative arts clinicians hold traditional state licensures, such as Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC).

In many ways we are all uniquely complex systems of patterned circuitries, on conscious, sub-conscious, and unconscious levels. These patterns show up in our thoughts, feelings, movements, and behaviors. Verbal language is the form of expression that we have the most conscious awareness, control, and guard over and many of us prominent in our thoughts and feelings. A creative arts therapy process can help identify and break these patterns and provide a means to deep self exploration and new perspective development.

We can! While we always encourage clients to practice direct communication with their insurance provider, we are here to help you understand your in network and out of network coverage for mental health services.

Out of network means your therapist is not directly covered by your insurance. When working with out-of-network benefits, the client pays for sessions upfront, is provided with what is called a “superbill” to submit to their insurance and is typically reimbursed by the insurance company after a deductible is met.

It is just the case that self-pay mental health services innately offers more privacy confidentiality as there is no sharing of information with insurance companies. Privately funded therapy means that your treatment is not dictated by insurance requirements or regulations. You can choose your therapist based on who is a good fit, the frequency and durations of your journey, and can engage in some highly specialized treatments that insurance can elect to not cover. It also allows treatment to have less emphasis on a diagnosis.

When working with insurance, whether it be in-network or out-of-network, it is required that a formal diagnosis be given during the first session in order for insurance to cover sessions and treatments plans and therapy goals are centered around the given diagnosis. Don’t get us wrong, mental health diagnostics can be an important part of treatment. A client who does not use insurance may still be given a diagnosis, but there is more room to focus more on unique symptomology, client specific life stressor, and tailored interventions and goals.

Our standard rate is $150 for a 45 minute appointment.

A sliding scale is a fee structure that allows some flexibility for private paying clients. It can be helpful for those who choose not to use insurance or for those who do not have health insurance. To uphold ethical standards and to strive towards social equity we offer a sliding scale that is income and dependent based. For more information on our sliding scale please contact us.

No, not at all! Being able to use insurance is great option. It means access to care which is why we are in-network with several insurances. Insurance is complex and can lead to misinformation and a lack of understanding. We value transparency, education, and honesty and want our clients to have all the information they need to make an informed decision.