Expressive Arts Therapy
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Michelle Wolsky
Expressive Arts Therapist
Michelle is an expressive arts therapist with extensive social service experience. She has worked with a range of populations including youth at risk and their families, adults who are medically compromised, the chronically homeless, and neurodivergent individuals. She has a master’s degree in expressive arts therapy with a minor in psychology. She is fluent in Spanish and has a passion for recycled and nature-based art.
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Tish Mcallise Sjoberg
Expressive Arts Therapist, Coach, Consultant and, Art Maker
Located in North Park, San Diego Tish has a private practice where she see’s individuals, couples and families as well as facilitates workshops and groups to help people take a vacation from their daily life or deal with daily and major life issues like divorce, death, job loss, burnout, illness, trauma, and parenting challenges.
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Dr. Judith Greer Essex
Licensed MFT, Registered Expressive Arts Therapist, MA in Dance Therapy
Dr. Judith Greer Essex is the founder of the Expressive Arts Institute in San Diego, CA. As an Expressive Arts Therapist she works in a studio, rather than an office, so the client can move, breathe, make noise, paint, draw, make a mess, and use the ten thousand languages of the creative body to craft their own life worth living. Through the arts she helps others relieve suffering, to encourage growth and creativity, helping others find solace in the arts, and the strength to create and manage change in their own lives.
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Expressive Arts Professionals
Expressive Arts as a Catalyst for Change
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Life Skills/Mobility Training/Respite
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Sasha Duran
Life Skills Coach/Mobility Support/Respite
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Veronica Montgomery
Life Skills Coach/Micro-Business Mentor/Respite
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Dylan's Day Program
Life Skills Coach/Fitness Coach/Respite
Special Skills 4 Life.
Teaching Artists/Mentors
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Hanna Gundrum
Teaching Artist/Muralist
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Kirstin Green
Expressive Arts Therapist/Mosaics/Veggie Voyager
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April De La Torre
Professional Baking/Cooking Mentor
Creative Non-Profit Organizations
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New Village Arts, Carlsbad
New Village Arts creates adventurous artistic experiences to awaken the human spirit. NVA strongly believes that theatre and arts experiences should be accessible to ALL people and has become a leader in equity, diversity, and inclusion in San Diego.
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Revision, San Diego
Revision Project is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide inclusive access to art, culture, social practice and environmental education through the framework of a creative workspace.
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Able Arts Work, San Diego
Since 1982, Able ARTS Work has played a significant role in providing meaningful day programming for adults with developmental disabilities . Using the creative arts as a tool to develop and strengthen social and developmental skills, our primary focus is to encourage and support artists with disabilities in their creative expression through inclusive community participation.
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Beacons, North County
BEACONS, Inc. is a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation founded in 2018 to provide vocational, recreational, and social activities as well as services to adults with developmental disabilities and their support teams to create pathways and outcomes to improve access to employment, the community and social connections.
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Autism Society San Diego
The Autism Society San Diego connects people to the resources they need through education, advocacy, support, information and referral, and community programming.
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The Music Therapy Center of California
The Music Therapy Center of California is a therapy group that is dedicated to bringing out the best in your loved one. Their dynamic team of board-certified therapists is committed to helping bring about transformative change and growth for a variety of diagnoses including autism, Down syndrome, Williams syndrome, Rett syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, learning disabilities, traumatic brain injury, dementia, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and other neurologic disorders.
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Arms Wide Open
Arms Wide Open is a Non-Profit Organization dedicated to enriching the lives of children and adults with special needs or disabilities by fostering caring social environments and creating opportunities for recreational and participation in the performing arts.
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The Shine Project Foundation
The Shine Project Foundation is a public benefit nonprofit 501c3 in Carlsbad, California. They aim to bridge the gap between families with children, teens, and young adults with special needs and local communities by partnering with businesses and organizations to provide special enrichment events and inclusive opportunities.
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Banding Together
Banding Together's mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs. Changing the lives of individuals with special needs through the power of music.
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Art Reach San Diego
Igniting youth creativity through visual arts expression and community connection
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A Reason To Survive
ARTS lifts young people in the South County region of San Diego to become confident, compassionate, and courageous community builders through the transformative power of creativity.
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Therapeutic Approach To Grown
TAG provides a warm and welcoming setting for families to participate in our RDI and Naturalistic ABA Programs. At TAG, we provide high quality therapeutic programs for children, adolescents, and young adults that are naturalistic, relationship driven, collaborative, and compassionate.
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National Foundation for Autism Research
NFAR is dedicated to improving the lives of those with autism. They do this in a variety of ways. Through their vocational training programs, and industry outreach initiatives, they are helping those with autism take that next step toward employment. Employment is much more than earning a paycheck. It provides an individual with a way to become more self-reliant and start realizing their dreams, it provides structure and purpose to their day to day, and opens up opportunities for growth and for developing relationships.
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Special Needs Resource Foundation
Special Needs Resource Foundation through Flourishing Families San Diego Magazine. Connecting families (and individuals) with disabilities to resources, services and opportunities while encouraging an inclusive community and enhancing quality of life.
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Path-Now
A path for clients to connect with local service providers at no cost. For providers, Path-Now provides a safe, accessible, and secure path to connect with thousands of clients at a low cost.