What Makes Us Different
Our Art Therapy Place, LLC Bushwick location also hosts art exhibitions, art & wellness workshops led by community members with a passion for the arts and wellness. Together, we create a space to decrease stigma around mental health and bring people together for art-making and self-care. Our space is designed for art events and community-based initiatives to support and elevate community members and facilitate trauma healing.
Creative Arts Therapy
What is Art Therapy?
Art Therapy is the use of artistic activities in psychotherapy and rehabilitation. In collaboration with art therapists, the process of making art is healing and allows the opportunity to express oneself imaginatively, and authentically. Art-making in therapy provides play, non-verbal communication and creative exploration without pressure.
Our Services
Individual Sessions
Our therapists offer individual therapy sessions tailored to each client’s specific needs. Sessions are on a weekly or biweekly basis. Sliding scale and low-fee Telehealth sessions are provided for financial support. We work to provide access to all.
Group Sessions
Our Therapy Groups, Art-based and Holistic Workshops help participants find new ways to express themselves, practice self-care, and connect with others. Together, we build a safe and supportive community.
Healing Arts Workshops
Our therapeutic Arts, Holistic Workshops and coaching are provided at our location and on a consulting basis on-site with your organization. We have served companies, agencies, schools and more!
Interactive, Healing Arts Workshops led by Art Therapist Brittany Knapp, LCAT, ATR
Guided by the compassionate and highly skilled Brittany Knapp, LCAT, ATR, we provide Interactive Healing Arts Workshops for Groups & Organizations interested in combating burn-out, building community, building cohesion and enhancing group wellness through Creative action!
Nest Building Workshop
The Nest Building Workshop gives participants the opportunity to construct a human nest to explore the meaning of a safe space using natural and sensory materials to engage the senses. This exercise promotes discussion around a variety of therapeutic topics, including safety, attachments to others in our lives, and community. The Interactive Art Installation promotes mindful practice and play in addition to its therapeutic benefits. Inspired by some of the most efficacious art interventions used by Art Therapists, the workshop includes multidisciplinary approaches in Creative Arts Therapy. An Art Therapist leads the Nest-building process. Once the nest is created, group exercises and discussion about their projects are held in collaboration Music Therapists, Dance/Movement Therapists and/or Drama Therapists. An array of materials offered for Nest Building and rich creative process enhance the therapeutic potential of this unique experience.