Art Therapy FOR ADULTS

Get out of your head and into your life.

Let that Sh*t go!

How many times have you told yourself that but you end up in the same cycles of feeling anxious, overwhelmed, not getting your needs met, feeling frustrated, not-good-enough, broken, unlovable?

I get it. I SEE you and I’m here to help.

You know in your heart you’ve outgrown these patterns — you feel like you’ve lost your way from your true self.

Are You Finally Over…

…old patterns, thoughts, and behaviors that keep you stuck? Are you ready to playfully and profoundly release the sh*t that keeps you trapped from your true self of lightness and love?

Are You Ready to Release…

…anxiety, fear, loss, trauma, depression, self-criticism, and judgment?

Let’s do it.

As the Creativity Queen I’ve got skills. I’ll guide you to:

  • Tap into your Intuition and use your Creative Energy to guide your transformation

  • Connect with your Creative Source and invite your Childlike Curiosity to Play

  • Reconnect with your True Self and the Wisdom of your Soul

  • SHINE a light on those chaos-causing thought gremlins that keep you trapped in your hot mess of humanness.

woman in thought painting on a canvass

Sound Familiar?

  • Things have been a bit of a shit show and you’re feeling knocked down, wondering how you got here, and now what?

  • You’ve noticed your patterns and decided your beliefs and behaviors no longer fit you, kinda like a pair of jeans from high school.

  • You’re done trying to stuff yourself back into them, you’re over the things that aren’t working in your life and you’re ready to change. Want some help?

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What you can expect.

  • Release, full-out bodily and emotional releases, shedding the stuff that no longer serves you.

  • Deep dive into the shadows and emotional stuff that needs to fully seen, and embraced to let go.

  • Lovingly kick a** challenges to your unproductive and self-deprecating thought and behavior patterns. 

  • Profound shifts in how you show up in your life.

  • Stepping into the unknown through the creative process to deepen your awareness.

  • Big dig into the emotional muck of the past to cathartically heal unresolved emotions and experiences.

  • A permeating sense of compassion and self-love for yourself and others.

  • Lots of laughter and tears, and some swearing too.

What I expect from you.

  • You’ll show up committed to do the work, even when you have a bad hair day or things seem “okay” and you’d rather scroll in bed.

  • Your willingness to stick with it, when the challenges arise, and they will!

  • Your commitment to show up when it feels uncomfortable and you’d rather bail and avoid your true feelings.

  • Your willingness to feel silly, awkward, and uncomfortable and do it anyway because you trust the process and yourself.

  • Your openness to enter the unknown to return to your deeper knowing.

  • The understanding that I stand with you for the value of your life, and anything you do to compromise that commitment I am unable to work with.

  • Your commitment to being 100% authentic and fiercely loving for your own highest good.

Who do I help?

I work with courageous adults who are ready to shake themselves free from the stories they tell themselves. Whether you consider yourself creative or not, doesn’t matter. What matters is you’re ready to break free!

I compassionately hold the space for transformation and lovingly call you out, so you can see what keeps tripping you up. Judgment is not my thing, helping you see the behavior and thought patterns that aren't serving you, is. My superpower is my ability to connect and dive deep, creating a container of safety for releasing stuckness. As the Creativity Queen I have creative, intuitive somatic therapeutic tools galore to help get you out of your head; I’m happy to share. I’m deeply soulful, playful, and openhearted. I hold the space for you to be so too.

Here’s how it works.

Our Sessions

Sessions are 60 minutes. We begin with getting grounded, exploring the issues du jour and how it relates to deeper issues that brought you to therapy. Using inquiry, somatic exploration, energy work, or art making we will dive deeper into the root of the issue. As the core wounds reveal themselves you’ll be compassionately guided to release old patterns and stories through cathartic expression using art/movement/vocalization/visualizations. You’ll release traumas and stuck patterns of thoughts and behaviors. As the session moves towards closure you’ll be guided through the integration process using grounding techniques. 

Some deeper traumas and suck patterns require longer sessions to identify, uproot and integrate; these sessions are typically 90 minutes, and you will be informed if these sessions are better suited for you.

Duration & Frequency

To maximize change I recommend weekly sessions for the first 6 weeks of therapy. After the initial six weeks, we can assess if weekly sessions are beneficial. Research supports clinical improvements in 12-16 weekly sessions for treatment, with extended time for co-occurring conditions and personality difficulties.

You’re ready for change — so let’s do it!

I would be delighted to connect with you to learn more about your specific concerns.

Let’s set up a convenient time to talk to see if working together would be a good fit.

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All Hail the Queen

  • Dr. Dessauer is a talented healer and uplifter at many different levels. I have had the beautiful privilege of working with her several times, and her skills, her work, and her presence are gifts. Whether I want to recharge mentally and emotionally, release old stories keeping me “little,” or expand my joy personally and spiritually, Dr. Dessauer is one of my go-to healing professionals.

  • Art Therapy takes me out of the cerebral, takes me out of my thinking. I can always analyze, I can always intellectualize. It helped me to be able to feel because I was able to put my emotions on paper. When you are cerebral you are not feeling. When you can feel you can heal.

  • Laura, your remarkable coaching abilities are enhanced by your keen insight. During our coaching sessions you made me aware of different aspects that were interfering with my efforts to move forward. I was then able to remove those obstacles. It was a privilege to be coached by you.