LPC, 8 years of experience
Hello, my name is Lee Amaral, LCPC, ATR. I am an Artist, Art Therapist and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. With a passion for creativity and mental health wellness, I created Loamy Creative Wellness, LLC to be a virtual therapeutic art studio that serves as a creative digital portal to make space for freedom, love, connection, curiosity & authenticity. I’ve had the privilege of working with people of all ages, using art-making to promote emotional healing and transformation. I’ve seen firsthand how art can support individuals in processing trauma, anxiety, and depression, and I’m committed to creating a safe and supportive environment for people to explore their creativity, internal world, and experiences. I assist folks through individual therapy, group art therapy, creative workshops, mindfulness, and artists/creatives support spaces. I function from a relational, ecowomanism, afrofuturism and Black Queer feminist framework where I use creative processes, curiosity, and compassion as a guide to assist folks in making the shifts, naming experience, and moving towards value aligned living. The modalities that I weave into my practice are DBT, ACT, and CPT. I also use mindfulness and body practices with the purpose of integrating the body, mind, and spirit. If you’re seeking a supportive and experienced guide on your healing journey, I’m here to support you every step of the way.
In our first session we will engage in a gratitude mindfulness practice, make space to hear your story and what brings you to therapy, and start to cultivate our therapeutic relationship.
My greatest strengths as a provider are that I am very open and compassionate. I am really able to hold a supportive and nonjudgemental space to foster curiosity and move towards value alignment when it comes to navigating concerns and challenges. I also am passionate and knowledgeable about trauma, mindfulness, and creative processes in therapy.
I provide therapy and therapeutic art services to people who want to heal from traumatic experiences. People that want to soften their inner critic and make internal shifts to move towards values, purpose, and compassion. People who want to shift into creative living. People who want to reconnect to their most authentic, and liberated self. People who want to learn how to accept and understand their emotions without judgment. People who no longer want to feel stuck and hopeless.
We can use ACT to assist with learning to accept unpleasant thoughts, emotions, or experiences, while defining and moving towards your own personal values and identify ways you can take action that you believe in.
Somatic psychotherapy is a body-centered approach to healing. We would use somatic therapy to become more aware of the body and its response past trauma, learn to sense and disrupt habitual patterns, release emotions, and expand presence.
We can use DBT to focus on learning to balance and tolerate opposites, while practicing acceptance and working towards change. We can explore and practice mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and emotional regulation skills.
We can use Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction to cultivate a more accepting, less judgmental perspective on your life and learn ways to manage stress.
We can use CPT to assisting challenging your trauma-related thoughts and beliefs that are making you feel stuck. CPT can make room to reconceptualize your trauma experience and reduce PTSD symptoms.
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April 25, 2025
Lee's humanity during our first session was radiating so bright and I felt very cared for and soothed, while also feeling empowered and guided. I'm so glad I found Lee for my therapy!