Hi! I'm a Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Registered Art Therapist (AT-R) based in California. I received my Masters from Loyola Marymount University, and have been working with clients for 3 years. I have extensive background in visual art, performance, and music. I help my clients deepen their sense of identity and release stored trauma through creative practice, narrative development, and radical acceptance.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In our first session, I will ask you to begin telling the story of your journey to this moment, with emphasis on moments in which you found clarity and strength. I will encourage you to begin identifying moments in your past where you are still "tangled up" - storing energy and holding pain that keeps you from moving freely in the present.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I am an artist at heart, and I see each human life as a book! You are a good story, even if to you the journey so far seems only dull and painful, or heavy with loss. I have a unique skill in identifying held pain, and creating a sanctuary for clients to unwind deeply held tension and move forward with lighter steps.
About Essy Hart
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Culturally Sensitive Therapy
Cultural humility is woven throughout my educational background and experience. I have spent 3 years serving in community mental health with a richly diverse client base. I hold a Master's Degree in Leadership for Social Change, and carry a deep commitment to community, spiritual and religious diversity, and intersectional identity formation.
Existential
I offer existentially informed, mindfullness based interventions with the aim of deepening a clients acceptance of their unique reality and experiences. I adhere to constructivist and existential theories that encourage our willingness to witness and acknowledge how we construct a "self", and I believe that awareness allows us the freedom to change.
Gender-affirming therapy
As a non-binary clincian with a lifetime of lived experience in LGBTQII+ community, I offer affirmation, exploration, flexibility and acceptance to clients on their gender journey.
Narrative
Narratives inform how we are oriented to our lives, and I have rooted my therapy practice in exploring the stories my clients tell about themselves. I typically begin treatment with storytelling, and we will revisit and re-tell your personal stories many times throughout our work together.
Humanistic
My baseline approach to therapy is humanistic, in that I operate on the belief that a client is the authority on themselves, and I serve as a space to reveal a clients self-knowledge.