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Create Play Grow Therapy Services Art, play, and garden therapy services provided in-person & via telehealth to individuals in MO & IL

10/08/2026

If you’re looking for a new creative practice that incorporates mindful folding techniques and natural indigo dye, then join me for the Shibori Dyeing at Bowood Farms Saurday, October 24th from 2pm-4pm. No experience required, just some curiosity and willingness to experiment and learn in community!

Which do you like better? My pants or my dress? I love them both- two different techniques and so unique.

10/05/2026

We recently kicked off the year Prickly Pear Nature School by discussing teamwork, feelings, and what is therapy in our first SEL lesson. We read the incredible book “Harlem Grown” for inspiration about working together to create a garden. We then split up into two small teams. Team 1 collected leaves, flowers, and berries for pounding while Team 2 got started on the flower pounding to create an abstract garden scene. Then we switched!

Flower pounding with four and five-year-olds was an incredibly rich sensory experience and facilitated the use of listening skills, following multi-step directions, hand/eye coordination, teamwork, sharing tools, and engagement with nature.

What do you think of the end result?

09/05/2026

Had a great time at the Bowood Farms Open Studio creating and exploring with others. We each brought our own projects and worked in community. It was great to have a dedicated space, materials to use available, and like minded people around as I experimented.

If botanical printing with gelli plates is something you’re interested in trying out, save the date for September 26th! I’ll be leading a FREE workshop with the WashU Kemper Art Museum! Stay tuned for more details!

09/01/2026

Sketching is a great way to ground yourself in the present moment. I found myself totally immersed in this activity. I kept thinking about which square I might work on next and which designs or elements or shapes I wanted to include.

More and more research is coming out, showing the benefits of creativity for everyone. Creativity in community has even more benefits.

If you’d like to experience mindfulness through sketching with others and see the end results of this drawing, where I add in more details and some minimal watercolor to it, join me in my class at Bowood Farms this Sunday, September 6th, 10am-12pm. Open to anyone who wants to be more mindful!

08/28/2026

A little hello from me in my new space! We recently removed offices and are super excited about the new space. I wanted to share a little bit about it as well as a little more about Art Therapy.

I also wanted to give a little shout out to , where I recently learned how to do Shibori. I will be teaching that class in October. 👀 check the studio website for details, follow on here for updates, or sign up for their newsletter!

And I can’t stop thinking about the recent episode I listened to on the about allowing yourself to be bad at things and the importance of having messy spaces so clients can feel like they can make messes.

08/15/2026

I was honored to be chosen to be a presenter at the annual UMSL Counseling Services Play Therapy Conference. I loved getting to support a conversation about Culturally Sensitive Artmaking in the Playroom. The research for this training was intense but also fun and so important. I love getting to learn in community and share with others while wearing my art therapist and play therapist hats!

And there were some amazing presenters there as well that I was lucky to learn from including The Redwood Center for Children and Families! Such good information!

08/11/2026

I have been dying to take a class at Fennel Cooking Studio cooking school! Well last month I was lucky enough to be gifted a class- Cooking with Craig Rivard of Little Fox by my dear friend mary eberle who joined me for the super fun night. We made some amazing food, laughed, learned, and met some great people. And of course we ate all of the incredible food! It was so refreshing to be able to learn some new recipes in a fun and supportive environment.

I have always thought cooking was a means to express creativity and this place surely embodies that.

I’ve gotten in a bit of a rut with cooking due to having two small children and owning my own business…cooking seems like more of a chore these days, but this class was such a refreshment in so many ways. I highly recommend taking one if you haven’t yet!

07/30/2026

The Mindfulness in Painting class that I taught at Bowood Farms was amazing. So many people were able to let go, have fun, and embrace being creative with others-which can feel really scary and vulnerable. Many people had never used watercolors before and didnt consider themselves creative-and yet they came and they created in community. New friends and connections were made and everyone left feeling more grounded and mindful.

If this sounds like something you’d like, feel free to check out all the other classes offered at Bowood. I’ll be teaching a Mindfulness in Sketching class September 6th, 10am-12pm. Would love to see you there!

07/25/2026

I love going to the Kemper Art Museum with the nonprofit groups that I work with. Typically, I work with these groups at their specific location within the community. We have field trips here to support their exposure to art in the broader community and to hopefully inspire new conversations and artmaking.

07/20/2026

Engage in some self-care solo or with friends next Sunday in my mindfulness class featuring watercolor and nature . You don’t have to be an artist. You don’t have to have any art skills. You just have to show up.

All materials provided and class will be held in the beautiful studio space. Hope to see you there.

Sunday, July 26 10am-12pm
Perfectly timed so that you can grab brunch before or after the class at

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