Description
Making art helps us process thoughts, feelings, and experiences—and it’s fun, too! Creating feels good, is good for us, and can lead to powerful transformations.
In this group, we’ll use visual journaling to dive into creativity and self-discovery. Each session begins with a warm-up to get you grounded and inspired. Warm-ups might include simple drawing activities, breathing, light movement, or reflecting on images. After that, there’s plenty of time to work in your journal.
You can explore anything that speaks to you—experiment with art materials, create images about challenges you’re facing, explore themes like healing and wellness, or even write and decorate poetry. If you’re not sure where to start, prompts are available to spark your imagination. We close with a supportive group discussion and optional sharing of images.
This is an ongoing, open group for adults, so you’re welcome to join anytime. It’s an inclusive, respectful space where everyone is honored, and no artistic experience is needed. Through art-making, you’ll not only get to know your inner world more deeply but also connect meaningfully with others who share the journey.
Come create with us and see where your art takes you!
Group Therapist
Emily is a Board Certified Art Therapist and Licensed Mental Health Counselor who specializes in creative and embodied approaches to healing. Her clients often seek deeper self-understanding, more fulfilling relationships, and a way to address challenges at their root. They may struggle with low self-esteem, unresolved trauma, difficulty expressing emotions, or need a safe space to honor grief. Emily's depth-oriented practice integrates mindfulness, somatic techniques, visualization, and expressive arts to foster meaningful, lasting transformation.
With adults, Emily supports expanding their capacity to identify, experience, and process emotions. Her holistic and personalized approach helps clients move toward coherence and integration, unlocking a sense of wholeness. Using empathetic attunement, she guides clients to uncover and shift unconscious beliefs that contribute to emotional and relational difficulties. Clients often report transformational change, greater self-trust, and the ability to embrace radical self-compassion and love.
In her work with children, Emily offers a creative and child-centered approach through play therapy and art-based techniques. She attunes to each child’s unique needs, creating a safe and supportive environment where they can process feelings and experiences through imagination and play. Parents receive separate guidance to navigate the complexities of parenting with greater confidence and connection.
Emily’s professional journey reflects a commitment to depth and creativity. She earned her degree in Mental Health Counseling and Expressive Art Therapies from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA (2011) and has studied fine arts at the Art Institute of Boston and Lorenzo de Medici in Florence, Italy. Passionate about lifelong learning, her ongoing studies include yoga for mental health, neuroscience, the mind-body connection, meditation, and cultural competency. Emily teaching art therapy at Northeastern University and is registered with the American Art Therapy Association. She brings over a decade of experience helping clients experience the transformative power of embodied self-expression and emotional integration.
