Carmine is a mental health counselor who is passionate about exploring the role of creativity in therapy, healing, and self-empowerment. She often hears, “I can’t even draw a stick figure!” Yet in her experience, many of these same folks go on to discover creative depths within themselves that serve as vital tools in their own healing.
Collaborating with people to tell their stories through expressive arts (visual art, drama, dance, music) provides new and often-surprising results. Creative activities have been proven to facilitate healing from trauma, provide stress relief, release the capacity for self-expression, and encourage empowerment and recovery.
Making comic books is her own form of self-care, and her art has been published in magazines and social media.
Carmine collaborates with teens and adults individually, or as part of couples and group therapy, on needs ranging from trauma and substance use recovery to mind-body wellness. Carmine welcomes LGBTQI+ clients of all ages. Profile at https://www.psychologytoday.com/profile/478519
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