Ama K.

Art Therapist & Counselor

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

About

Credentials: Licensed Clinical Professional Art Therapist (LCPAT), Board-certified Registered Art Therapist (ATR-BC), and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC). Clinical Approach: art therapy, expressive arts, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, Adlerian therapy, Jungian therapy, and motivational interviewing. Focus Areas: life transitions, grief/loss, artist mental health (e.g. managing ADHD symptoms, establishing creative routines, addressing imposter syndrome), reconnecting with creativity (e.g. addressing perfectionism, creating art for self-exploration and stress management). Services: individual art therapy, group art therapy, community arts workshops Goal: To open an art studio for individual art therapy, group art therapy, and community arts workshops.

Experience

  • Art Therapist/ Counselor at Liminal Space Art Therapy LLC
    Feb 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 5 mos

    Providing virtual art therapy services for adults. Offering transformative and expressive arts workshops. Specialties include adjustment disorders, life transitions, creative blocks, identity loss, anxiety, and ADHD. In network with Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield/ CareFirst, Cigna/Evernorth, Johns Hopkins, and United Healthcare/Optum Co-facilitated a 10-week Executive Function Skills Group with two Disability Support Services Counselor at Howard Community College (February to April 2023).

  • Travel Art Therapist at GHR Healthcare
    Feb 2026 - Apr 2026 · 3 mos

    Completed an eight week travel art therapy contract on an adult inpatient psych unit at Capital Health Regional Medical Center.

  • Military Family Life Counselor IV at Magellan Federal
    Apr 2023 - Jan 2024 · 10 mos

  • Personal Counselor, Part-time at Howard Community College
    Jul 2022 - Dec 2022 · 6 mos

  • Art Therapist / Counselor - Contractor at GY Counseling LLC
    Sep 2020 - Jan 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos