Therapeutic Style: I find my therapeutic style is heavily person-centered and anti-oppressive in its framework, with emphasis of the individual intersectional experience of the people I work with and the systems they exist within. As an art therapy intern, I also utilize an arts-based practice, utilizing a range of mediums in my personal and professional practice from poetry to fiber arts. I hope to share how life’s challenges can be approached with imagination and creativity. Regardless of if you consider yourself an artist, we are all capable of giving voice to emotion!
As the first art therapy student from Syracuse University’s master’s program to be a trainee on campus, I am excited and proud to showcase the possibilities of this form of therapeutic intervention.
My connection to Syracuse runs deep; having grown up and completed my undergraduate degree in Syracuse, I have a unique perspective of student life on campus. While attending college can be the perfect time to grow into yourself as a person, it can equally be emotionally turbulent. Through processes of talk and art therapy I hope to attend to the unique experiences of Syracuse’s diverse campus.
Professional Interests: My areas of interest involve community-based practice, identity development and working with individuals identifying across the LGBTQ+ spectrum.
Educational Background: I am a third-year graduate art therapy student in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Previously, I interned with the Ali Forney Center in Manhattan, New York, a crisis center for underhoused young adults identifying as LGBTQ+. There, we worked together in individual and group sessions with different art practices to gain a deeper understanding of the self and each other. I have a B.F.A. from Syracuse University’s Department of Drama, and that has influenced my goals to foster a sense of community through creativity and make art therapy experiences accessible to the entirety of Syracuse University’s campus.
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers