What Does Art Therapy Studio Do?
We connect people with the healing power of art therapy.
We foster meaningful connections between licensed and credentialed art therapists and our client-artists, using a strengths-based, trauma-informed approach to activate the clinically proven healing benefits of artmaking. Our goal is to empower those we serve to reach their full potential while minimizing financial barriers to mental health services.
While the actual cost to fund a participant in one of our 10-week programs is $700, our commitment to affordability—made possible by generous donors and contributions to the Christine M. Treu Scholarship Fund—allows us to offer these transformative services for FREE to our community at various partner sites across Northeast Ohio.
How Do We Do It?
We meet people where they are—with empathy, creativity, and clinical expertise.
We employ Board-Certified/Credentialed Art Therapists to work with individuals, groups, and collaborate with community partners. We respond to the unique needs of our community by providing therapy that promotes mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and social connections in a virtual and in-person setting. We strive to provide equitable and accessible services by offering fee reductions to remove economic barriers to participate in our community art therapy programs. We elevate and increase our client–artist visibility in the community by providing opportunities to engage with new audiences.
Why Do We Do It?
Because we believe in the power of creativity to transform lives.
We believe art therapy should be accessible to all because we believe that promoting mental health and wellness promotes healthy communities. Art therapy is an effective tool for individuals coping with addictions, trauma, bereavement, mental health diagnosis, serious injuries, acute and chronic illness, continual stress of homelessness and economic insecurities, depression, and even managing life’s day-to-day stresses. By removing the stigma often associated with seeking therapy, we can empower individuals to take ownership of their own wellness.
Who Do We Serve?
We serve people from all walks of life, with a focus on accessibility and inclusion.
We operate within Northeast Ohio and our art therapists specialize in providing treatment for individual wellness, addictions and mental health, hospital-based inpatient and residential services, veterans, individuals with physical and developmental disabilities, kinship families, incarcerated youth, seniors, youth group programs, women and children in transitional housing, economically disadvantaged individuals, LGBTQIA+, and employee/personal wellness. If you are interested in services for an organization you represent please click here.