Hi, I’m Brianna (she/her), a Registered Psychotherapist + Art Therapist

I’ve felt the power of creating things with my hands ever since I was a kid with a fistful of scented markers and a big imagination. As an adult, I love to express myself by playing with my hair colour, drawing comics on post-it notes, and painting for joy with watercolours.

 

I was a kid who held in my feelings, so I really relate to kiddos who struggle to talk about big emotions. And I know that pushing kids to do things that don’t feel comfortable or that they don’t feel ready for doesn’t work. I help kids to explore and express their big feelings at their own pace, and in creative ways - because feelings are A LOT less scary when you can do things like turn them into a silly cartoon.

Education

  • I have an Honours Bachelor of Arts from Western University in Visual Arts and Sociology

  • I completed my masters-level Art Therapy training at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute (2015)

Credentials

  • I am a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (#006383)

  • I am a Registered Canadian Art Therapist with the Canadian Art Therapy Association (#250-R-19)

Experience

  • I have 9 years’ experience in the field of art therapy

    • 4 years facilitating art therapy groups and doing 1:1 sessions in hospitals, long-term care, residential treatments centres, community support organizations, and group/foster homes

    • 5 years facilitating clinical art therapy in private practice

 

Trainings

 

  • OK2BME’s Best Practices for LGBTQ2+ Inclusion in Social Services (KW Counselling)

  • Developing Children’s Worry Wisdom: Brief & Longer-Term Therapy with the Problem of Anxiety (Windz Institute, training by Karen Young)

  • When All The Time You Have Is Now: Walk-In, Single Sessions & Brief Therapy (Windz Institute, training by Karen Young)