Florida Art Therapy Services

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| Florida Art Therapy Services, LLC |

Visual Arts, Writing, and Play-Based.

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We specialize in experiential focused treatment approaches using the visual arts, expressive writing, and play-based interventions to help our clients achieve their goals.

Florida Art Therapy Services team

Specializing in Creative Individual & Group Counseling, Consultations, Clinical Supervision and Professional Development for Clinicians located in Fort Myers, Florida. In addition, we offer 4 (quarterly) free speaker/workshops a year open to the community. All are related to mental health, wellness and topics to help families and other clinicians to help families. We believe that healing can be better accomplished when we work in collaboration with the community.

Some people think that these approaches are “just for kids,” but they truly are for people of all ages and abilities. Our approach to therapy is grounded by the work of developmental and object-relations psychoanalyst and pediatrician, Donald Winnicott.

A “holding environment”

Winnicott, emphasized the concept of creating a “holding environment” where one develops the ability to establish a safe, trusting and secure relationship with oneself, others and the world. We consider our art studios and play space to be “holding environments” where clients have access to a variety of stimulating materials from which to express themselves in ways that feel appropriate and safe to them.
Some need to express visually, some through movement or music, some through play and others through narrative methods.
Through the therapeutic relationship, the client learns to trust that the therapist can “hold” whatever behavior, emotion, belief or expression they emote. Often, these expressions may have been, or they fear that they will be, met with harsh criticism from others. The images, narratives or stories that the client creates also become a “holding environment” of their own and allow for difficult emotions, thoughts and experiences to be contained safely outside the creator. They also allow them to simultaneously reveal and conceal at the same time, providing them with the ability to develop mastery and control over their inner world.

| Our Team |

Our Amazing Therapists.

The relationship between the therapist and the client is another version of the “holding environment.”

Alaina Loomis, MS, LMHC

Alaina Loomis MS, LMHC

Art Therapist, EMDR Trained Therapist, Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Amanda Kranich, B.F.A, M.S.

Amanda Kranich, B.F.A, M.S.

Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern

Amy Strom, RPT, LCSW-QS

Amy Strom, RPT, LCSW-QS

Licensed Clinical Social Worker& Special Education Certified Teacher

Chelsea Darling, LMHC, ATR-BC, NCC, EMDRIA

Chelsea Darling, LMHC, ATR-BC, NCC, EMDRIA

Approved EMDR Therapist
Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Colleen Hentz, LCSW

Colleen Hentz, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Leeanna Mantica, MS, ATR

Leeanna Mantica, MS, ATR

Registered Art Therapist

Malissa Maki, MSW, LCSW

Malissa Maki, MSW, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Reina Lombardi, ATR-BC, ATCS, LMHC-QS

Reina Lombardi, ATR-BC, ATCS, LMHC-QS

Founder and Art Therapist

Sarah Gorski ,MS, LMHC

Sarah Gorski ,MS, LMHC

EMDRIA Approved EMDR Therapist, Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Skyler Moore

Skyler Moore

Person-centered therapy for children and adolescents