Workshops
My passion lives at the intersection of creative expression, mindfulness, and therapeutic care. Across studios, community spaces, and clinical settings, I design and facilitate artistic groups that bring people into deeper relationship with themselves, their stories, and one another.
My StoryI’m a teaching artist and licensed mental health counselor who creates and facilitates groups that bring together art, reflection, and connection. I enjoy designing themed curriculums—whether one-day workshops or multi-week groups—that use creativity as a way to better understand ourselves and move through different life experiences. I have led workshops for groups across the lifespan, for children and adults, and ones that are more art-based as well as therapeutic based.
I have led classes involving writing, painting, mosaics, collage, clay, cyanotypes, and mixed media. I aim to make art feel accessible and approachable, especially for those who don’t see themselves as “artists.” During these experiences, the focus is on the process—using creativity to explore thoughts, emotions, and personal history—while also creating something tangible that can mark a moment in time or hold meaning.
With my education in therapy and background in teaching, I’m able to facilitate these groups in a way that is thoughtful, flexible, and attuned to a wide range of needs. I am continually inspired to create new and unique group experiences, with the goal of making art a bridge—between people, within ourselves, and to make sense of our narratives.
Please reach out if you are looking for a group facilitator and think we may be a good fit.
Mosaic Heirlooms
At the Pulpery Studio in Philadelphia, I facilitated experiences using clay, mosaics, and mixed media—including creating mosaic “heirlooms” within cigar boxes and wooden display frames. These pieces became vessels for memory, story, and identity—inviting participants to work with fragments of personal and cultural history in a tactile, grounded way. Across mediums, the emphasis remained on somatic and sensory awareness: slowing down, organizing broken shards and shells into a whole, and allowing meaning to emerge through the process of making.
Writing Groups
My 4-week writing group is designed to engage participants in the creative process in an accessible and playful way. Beginning with free association exercises, participants are encouraged to use the page as a space for exploration rather than performance—interacting with language through curiosity, experimentation, and unique reflective prompts that naturally open pathways into insight and expression.
Art Therapy Groups
I’ve developed and led a range of therapeutic groups that center reflection, connection, and creative process. This includes a 4-week Creating Change group, where each session introduced a different artistic medium to explore themes of identity, values, agency, and cognitive process—using creativity as a way to process, reorient, and move toward meaningful change.
Art of Emotion — Children’s Workshop
I’ve led children’s painting workshops called The Art of Emotion, where kids get to explore their feelings through art in a supportive, open-ended environment. Using color, shape, and imagination, they practice expressing what’s going on inside while building a broader emotional vocabulary. We also incorporate interactive worksheets and activities that help them notice where emotions show up in their bodies and what they might look or feel like, giving them even more ways to understand and communicate their inner world.
