I LIGHT LLC

I Light LLC, Owner and Board-Certified Art Therapist: December 2016-Present

Credentials: ATR-BC August 2019-Present

• • Opened the first counseling and art therapy practice in Grand Rapids, MI

  • Contracted art therapy and counseling services to a variety of organizations in the greater Grand Rapids community

  • Services included: Program development, group therapy, individual sessions, workshops, presentations, and retreats

  • Specialities include topics relate to grief and trauma, medical art therapy, addictions, dementia, life transitions, comfort care, anxiety, and spiritual growth

  • Developed internship program 

  • Design community-based practice to respond to social change

  • Provide clinical supervision to post-grad art therapists grounded in the integrated developmental model and the discrimination model

Palliative Care Art Therapist at UCHealth: September 2021-Present

• • Create art therapy program within palliative care

  • Present at Grand Rounds, Didactics, and Palliative Care Days on trauma informed practice and the relationship between mental and physical health

  • Teach module for Masters of Science in Palliative Care Program on psychosocial patient needs and the mind and body relationship 

  • Develop internship program

  • Assess and triage caseload

  • Collaborate with various providers and team members on research studies and publications

  • Provide family therapy, individual sessions, community-based practices, and staff support

The Faris Foundation Art Therapist at Texas Children's Hospital Cancer/Hematology Centers: June 2020-August 2021

• • Developed art therapy program in the Cancer/Hematology Centers 

  • Collaborated with various service lines 

  • Wrote and created visuals representative of the art therapy program for publication 

  • Involved with team to design art therapy studio

  • Led individual sessions, family sessions, open studio and group therapy

  • Facilitated art therapy community and staff process pieces 

  • Met infection control standards for best practices 

  • Presented on art therapy to staff including fellows, clinical faculty, psychosocial team and cancer center teams

  • Organized rotating art gallery space 

  • Worked closely with palliative care for pain management, comfort, and end of life care

Art Therapist Life Enrichment Supervisor and Dementia Educator at Clark Retirement Community: August 2014-December 2016

• Taught Dementia education courses to caregivers and within community events

• Developed counseling and art therapy program for those with Dementia and at the Grand Rapids Art Museum tailored for those with Dementia

• Collaborated with community to build partnerships through presentations

• Responsible for groups, individual sessions and family therapy

• Led monthly support group and monthly grief group

• Documented notes and identified goals

• Organized resident art shows 

• Developed community-wide art therapy process pieces 

• Educated on Dementia internally and externally

• Presented on Art Therapy and Dementia to local Universities, Colleges and organizations

• Built art therapy internship program

• Integrated art therapy with end of life care

Pittsburgh Ballet Summer Intensive Program: June 2012-August 2012

• Provided therapeutic programming

• Developed group rapport

• Facilitated conflict-resolution sessions 

• Actively Listened to concerns 

• Validated and offered support when emotionally and mentally distressed

• Led art groups to decrease pain

• Provided a safe space for diverse students and international students

Bradford Woods: May 2009-August 2009

• Led and co-led therapeutic groups 

• Adapted art tools and materials to meet diverse physical needs 

• Facilitated grief processing as a group and with individuals

• Collaborated with various therapeutic disciplines such as recreation therapy, equine therapy, and outdoor therapy 

• Responded to conflict-resolution situations 

• Created a safe space for diverse needs 

• Guided group sessions to process camp members who died 

 

Internship Experiences:

Aurora St. Luke's Cancer Center and Behavioral Psych: May 2013-December 2013

     Adolescents, adults, older adults, oncology, hematology, rehabilitation, inpatient, outpatient. anxiety, mental health, domestic violence,              palliative care, open studio, individual sessions, and family sessions. Also developed art therapy open studio program at an outpatient clinic        in Cedarburg, WI.

Exploration through Self with Studio E-Epilepsy Foundation with Milwaukee Art Museum: September 2013-December 2013

     Family open studio 8-week session program in collaboration with the Milwaukee Art Museum, 2 groups with those under 12 and families and      12-18 with families in another group. 

Lutheran Home: January 2013-May 2013

     Older adults, assisted living, skilled nursing individual sessions, and group sessions

Caritas Christi: August 2011-December 2011

     Retired Sisters of Charity, assisted living, skilled living, Dementia, individual sessions, and group sessions

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic: May 2010-August 2010

     Young adults, adults, older adults, behavioral pscyh, forensic patients, mental health, group support sessions, and advocacy outpatient art          show.