56. Art Therapy: Processing and Communicating in New Ways

Chelsea Wire, MA LPC and Kailah Tuttle, LPC are two of our talented art therapists at Ellie Mental Health that are passionate about the work they do and love educating other therapists about it!

What we're covering:

- How art therapy works and what it can be used for

- Strategies and ideas for incorporating art and creativity into your therapy

- How to become an art therapist

00:00 Introduction 00:13 Meet the Art Therapists: Chelsea and Kailah 01:04 Pathways to Becoming an Art Therapist 03:07 Understanding Art Therapy 06:13 Art Therapy Techniques and Tools 13:50 Art Therapy for Different Age Groups 20:02 Art Therapy for Trauma and Anxiety 25:40 Favorite Art Therapy Prompts and Tips 29:30 Final Thoughts and Takeaways

Therapist Thrival Guide is a podcast by Ellie Mental Health. We want to move therapists beyond surviving and into the realm of THRIVING by covering all the things that graduate school didn't teach you! This mental health podcast is hosted by Miranda Barker, MSW, LICSW and a rotating cast of seasoned therapists. Each episode features a therapist speaking to their areas of expertise, clinical interests, and personal experiences of being a therapist. This podcast will be covering topics like burn-out, self of therapist, cultural considerations, client retention, session structure, advancing clinical skills, innovations in therapy, and balancing professional relationships with our personal lives. Every now and then, we'll even cover the happenings of how therapists are portrayed in pop culture. Miranda Barker, MSW, LICSW, has been practicing as a therapist for nearly three years. She previously worked as a child protection investigator, adoption social worker, and case manager. She's new to the therapy game and loves soaking up all of the knowledge from the expert therapists in her life. She's currently the Director of Content and Production at Ellie Mental Health's in-house creative agency and believes that creativity is an important aspect of mental health care.

The Therapist Thrival Guide is one of many creative productions from ⁠Ellie Mental Health⁠. Ellie is a national mental health brand organized around community-based outpatient mental health clinics. It all began with a single office in St. Paul, Minnesota back in 2015, and since then has expanded to over 24 clinics in Minnesota and an explosive number of locations nationwide after franchising our model in 2021. Ellie will be opening over 500 locations in communities nationwide with new clinics opening each week. ⁠⁠⁠⁠#therapy⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠#mentalhealth