Introduction to Therapy

Therapists at Creative Core Therapy, LLC are dedicated to practicing liberation-focused, anti-racist, social justice, and guided healing practices. Therapists here are encouraged to maintain a community for their own personal growth and challenge themselves to continue the lifelong work of actively being anti-racist. It is important for you to know that therapists are not politically neutral and will engage in discussions about white supremacy, discrimination, prejudice, bias, white privilege, distorted thinking, the impacts of culture and society on behavior and responses, and other difficult topics

Therapeutic Modalities

Strength-based artistic approaches to empower the soul.

Therapists at Creative Core Therapy, LLC are dedicated to practicing liberation-focused, anti-racist, social justice, and guided healing practices. Therapists here are encouraged to maintain a community for their own personal growth and challenge themselves to continue the lifelong work of actively being anti-racist. It is important for you to know that therapists are not politically neutral and will engage in discussions about white supremacy, discrimination, prejudice, bias, white privilege, distorted thinking, the impacts of culture and society on behavior and responses, and other difficult topics

  • An integrated, culturally relevant, and ethnocentric healing modality that uses art-making, art materials, and creative expression to support self-discovery and healing journeys.

  • An integrative mental health approach that focuses on the voices, experiences, privileges, and power differences between people. It focuses on challenges and stressors that people face as a result of bias, stereotyping, oppression, discrimination, and other factors that impact their sense of self. Takes a look at how culture impacts identity and ways of navigating in the world.

  • A mental health approach that emphasizes the importance of being your true self in order to lead the most fulfilling life. Humanistic therapy looks at the whole person, focusing on the strengths and the person’s ability to use their personal instincts to find wisdom, growth, healing, and fulfillment within themselves.

  • Refers to the use of psychological approaches to understand and address oppression among individuals and groups (Martín-Baró, 1994). Liberation psychology examines contexts of oppression in order to foster critical consciousness, emancipation, and transformative action within individuals.

  • Refers to building a conscious awareness of the present moment and building or strengthening a connection with the body. This modality of therapy brings a focus to the senses and feeling in the moment.

  • An approach to justice and process of healing. It seeks to provide opportunities for those affected (directly and indirectly) to promote healing and reintegration through accountability, compassion, respect, and inclusivity.

  • A mental health approach that is framed within a social-historical context of inequality that assists in healing and the liberation of communities. It requires the therapist to understand their own power dynamics and privilege in the therapeutic relationship. This modality affirms the effect oppression has on mental health.

  • A client led approach that focuses on a person’s internal strengths, resourcefulness. It guides a person toward retelling their painful stories with an emphasis on strengths. This approach takes a look at honoring the strengths and softness as an individual and in a community. 

  • “A strengths-based framework that is grounded in an understanding of and responsiveness to the impact of trauma, that emphasizes physical, psychological, and emotional safety for both providers and survivors, and that creates opportunities for survivors to rebuild a sense of control and empowerment” (Hopper, Bassuk, & Olivet, 2010).