Art Therapist
Hello, my name is Salem and I am Art Therapist who has worked in crisis services and community mental health for over 8 years. I provide therapy services at our Anderson Park clinic.
I received my Master’s from Antioch University in Clinical Mental Health and Art Therapy. I have experience working with people from many different walks of life but particularly LGBTQ+, gender-nonconforming, & non-monogamous/polyamorous relationships and disabled, chronically ill & neurodivergent people.
My frameworks focus on being client lead and fostering a strong therapeutic alliance. Healing happens in relationships and trust has to built. My main modalities include art therapy, narrative therapy and parts work. I also prioritize a liberatory framework and believe deeply that therapy is both deeply personal and deeply political.
Asking for help is an incredible first step. Therapy can be difficult but I like to look at it as clearing the emotional cobwebs. That being said, in therapy, we don’t always have to grieve and relive trauma; we can also laugh about the messiness of life.