Your session will be
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Personalized
Our initial sessions will be dedicated to assessing your current wellness and creating a personalized plan to fit your unique needs and goals.
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Targeted
Everyone has pain points when it comes to achieving wellness. I’ll work closely with you to help identify ways to manage emotional overwhelm and increase your sense of control.
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Integrative
Since achieving wellness is more than just therapy one hour a week, the work we do together will be wholistic. Our work will include discussion and reflection to support your continued work with mindfulness, self care, and other skills between sessions.
What you’ll get
Weekly 50-minute, individual, couple, or family session
Personalized treatment plan to help you reach your goals
Access to Therapeutic Support Groups
A therapist willing to work holistically by coordinating services as requested.
Helpful tools, tips, and tricks for navigating your unique obstacles
FAQs
Do I need to be an Artist to Utilize Art?
No art experience is required, just a willingness to be reflective and open to a new experience. The creative use of art provides a nonverbal opportunity for expression, which fosters:
Increased neural connectivity in the area of the brain that deals with introspection, memory, and self-monitoring.
Increased Self Awareness
Increased coping skills
Increased positive perspectives
Increased resiliency
What is Kristin Simpson’s training?
I obtained my Master Degree in Art Therapy with a focus on Family Therapy from The George Washington University in Washington, DC. I am currently under the supervision of Heidi Tournoux-Hanshaw, LPC-AT, ATR-BS, ATCS (hthanshaw@gmail.com) to complete the requirements of the Art Therapy Credentials Board to become a registered and board certified Art Therapist. Once I attain this, I can apply for recognition as an Art Therapist from the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. It is important to know the difference between art therapy, the therapeutic use of art in a therapy practice, and community art classes. Please visit my home page and click the link under Art to learn more about these differences and how I utilize art in my practice.
How do I access services?
By clicking the link that says Book an Appointment, you will be taken to a secure platform on which you may contact me or schedule an appointment. We currently offer telehealth appointments. All documentation, booking, and payments can be done online. If you feel more comfortable reaching out by phone, please contact me at 214-215-9337 or send me an email ksimpsonthesharedeasel@gmail.com. You can also reach out through the contact page below.
How do I find out more information about contracted services?
Please feel free to reach out to me by phone 214-215-9337 or send me an email. I offer the following services for businesses, churches, Social Service Agencies, schools, parent support groups, and local organizations.
Contracted group and individual therapy services
Art Exploration Groups
Social Emotional Learning Groups (SEL)
Team Building Workshops
Presentations or Classes
Community Based Project Facilitation
Contracted Home Assessments
What is EMDR?
EMDR means Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. This is an extensively researched, effective method of intervention that is proven to aid in recovery from trauma and other distressing life experiences. A simple way to think of it as if our memories are like files stored in the file cabinet of our brain. When we have a distressing event, it is like our file was spilled and became mixed up. The memory file might not have been stored in the same way as our other files so it might be hard to find or may get confused with other experiences we have in a way that causes a high level of emotional discomfort during events that have nothing to do with the original distressing event. EMDR is a process which helps our body re-organize that memory file so that it no longer gets in the way. For more information, please visit the EMDRIA website. https://www.emdria.org/about-emdr-therapy/