Allyson Graves Claim

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and Board Certified Art Therapist. I completed my master’s degree of Marriage and Family Therapy and Art Therapy at Notre Dame de Namur University in 2017. I work with a variety of issues that include but are not limited to depression, anxiety, self-esteem, grief & loss, mood and personality disorders, trauma and PTSD, and have a specialty working with those with eating disorders.

I use an existential and humanistic approach to therapy, and pride myself on helping facilitate a safe therapeutic space for clients. I believe that when you establish a sense of safety you can then start moving forward in exploring what it means to be your authentic self, as well as challenge patterns of behaviors that have been ineffective in allowing you to live the life you want. I use methods such as CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and art therapy in my sessions. We will create and review goals together in each session to ensure that we are helping you move in the direction that you want.