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Salenia  Sanchez

Salenia Sanchez

Brooklyn,NY

Summary

Dynamic Creative Arts Therapist at Greenpoint Psychotherapy, skilled in treatment planning and building rapport. Enhanced client well-being through personalized trauma recovery strategies, fostering resilience and emotional awareness.

Committed to ongoing professional development, utilizing CBT, DBT, Narrative Therapy, Person- Centered Therapy techniques to empower clients and promote self-care, resulting in increased satisfaction and engagement. Experience with providing psychotherapy services to children, adolescents and adults. Specialty skills in PTSD, sexual assault and other trauma-related disorders.

Highly empathetic and compassionate, with natural ability to connect and build trust. Through my practice with art therapy, I expand on shapes, colors and the emotions that can be evoked to create a bridge between art and words. Those clients that feel open to art discovery will search for what is deeper inside. Great commitment in fostering positive change and emotional well-being for clients.


Overview

1
1
year of professional experience

Work History

Creative Arts Therapist

Greenpoint Psychotherapy
04.2024 - Current
  • Enhanced client well-being through personalized treatment plans tailored to individual needs and goals.
  • Assessed clients' mental health needs, developed treatment plans and monitored progress.
  • Developed strategies to help patients cope with stress and anxiety and build resilience.
  • Continuously updated professional knowledge through ongoing research, training, and have taken CEU courses to advance my skills in CBT-Trauma.
  • Conducted therapy sessions focused on trauma recovery, facilitating patient healing and empowerment.
  • Fostered supportive environment, leading to increased patient satisfaction and engagement.
  • Guided patients through mindfulness exercises, enhancing their ability to manage stress and anxiety.


Education

Master of Professional Studies - Art Therapy And Creativity Development

Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
05-2023

Bachelor of Arts - Painting

Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
05-2021

Skills

  • Treatment Planning
  • Building rapport
  • One-on-one sessions
  • CBT techniques
  • Empathy development
  • Self-care promotion
  • Psychodynamic therapy
  • Humanistic therapy
  • Narrative therapy
  • Emotional awareness
  • Problem-solving

Timeline

Creative Arts Therapist

Greenpoint Psychotherapy
04.2024 - Current

Master of Professional Studies - Art Therapy And Creativity Development

Pratt Institute

Bachelor of Arts - Painting

Pratt Institute
Salenia Sanchez