About Lynette
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I've always enjoyed helping people and creating art, so it was natural for me to dedicate my professional life to helping people in creative ways.
I have over fifteen years experience in helping people with a variety of goals including improving their mood, decreasing anxiety, building identity, exploring feelings about adoption or complex family systems, reuniting with family members, strengthening self esteem, improving emotional regulation, increasing expression, using art therapeutically, increasing confidence, supporting life transitions, and building family relationships.
Process also intrigues me - the process of living life and finding our way, as well as how people think and express themselves. I've had the honor of helping to guide many kids and adults alike in the process of learning about themselves through art. This is a skill I've developed through my ten years experience helping kids and teens in schools, children and families involved in foster care, and people of all ages touched by adoption.
My professional journey began with a Bachelor's degree in General Fine Art from Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. I then completed my Master's of Science in Art Therapy at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. Since then, I've continued my education with courses in multi cultural counseling, suicide prevention, various art therapy approaches, and focus on complex families.
My approach is eclectic and collaborative, with clients taking the lead in creating their goals. I focus on strengths and try to help people notice patterns in their life. If willing, I help people try creative approaches to expression and building understanding. This may be in the form of drawing, writing, choosing objects with which they connect, metaphor, or just finding ways to be inspired. With children, I encourage play as a form of expression and skill building. I also like to help clients reflect on how the past might be impacting them currently.
While my work with clients is tailored to their needs, it is informed by art and narrative therapy, family systems approaches, cognitive behavioral therapies, and play therapy.
If you would like to look at my Curriculum Vita you may download it here. If you would like to speak with me more about my training and approach, please email me and we can set up a time to talk.
I have over fifteen years experience in helping people with a variety of goals including improving their mood, decreasing anxiety, building identity, exploring feelings about adoption or complex family systems, reuniting with family members, strengthening self esteem, improving emotional regulation, increasing expression, using art therapeutically, increasing confidence, supporting life transitions, and building family relationships.
Process also intrigues me - the process of living life and finding our way, as well as how people think and express themselves. I've had the honor of helping to guide many kids and adults alike in the process of learning about themselves through art. This is a skill I've developed through my ten years experience helping kids and teens in schools, children and families involved in foster care, and people of all ages touched by adoption.
My professional journey began with a Bachelor's degree in General Fine Art from Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. I then completed my Master's of Science in Art Therapy at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. Since then, I've continued my education with courses in multi cultural counseling, suicide prevention, various art therapy approaches, and focus on complex families.
My approach is eclectic and collaborative, with clients taking the lead in creating their goals. I focus on strengths and try to help people notice patterns in their life. If willing, I help people try creative approaches to expression and building understanding. This may be in the form of drawing, writing, choosing objects with which they connect, metaphor, or just finding ways to be inspired. With children, I encourage play as a form of expression and skill building. I also like to help clients reflect on how the past might be impacting them currently.
While my work with clients is tailored to their needs, it is informed by art and narrative therapy, family systems approaches, cognitive behavioral therapies, and play therapy.
If you would like to look at my Curriculum Vita you may download it here. If you would like to speak with me more about my training and approach, please email me and we can set up a time to talk.
