Eileen Cheong

Envision. Empower. Excel.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

About

Artist. Advocate. Healing Agent. Founder of Elemental Integrated Healing Arts Designs Ms. Cheong is a 200 Hour foundation yoga trained instructor, Registered Art Therapist and Licensed Professional Counselor with experience working with people of immigrant heritage, LGBTQ youth, seniors afflicted by Alzheimer, families in transition, terminally ill patients and those challenged by long term mental illness Specialties: Relational-cultural and person centered approaches with a focus on transformative justice; youth empowerment, intergenerational programs, LGBTQ identity development, wellness for social justice and health care professionals, mental health awareness, healing arts integration, qi-gong yin centered yoga, mindfulness tools, printmaking, photojournalism, book arts.

Experience

  • Art Therapist at Elemental Integrated Healing Arts Designs
    Jun 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 2 mos

    Offering individual and group art therapy, with emphasis on providing burnout relief among professionals in social activism and caregiving fields. http://www.eileencheong.com

  • Art Therapist with Care & Access for New Americans , Office of Refugee Resettlement at Monarch Immigrant Services
    Aug 2019 - Present · 7 yrs

    . Provides mental health services to Care & Access for New Americans and Office of Refugee Resettlement . Conducts individual counseling in-home . Develops collaborative treatment plans. . Utilizes interpreters for person-centered and culturally-appropriate treatment . Conducts quarterly review of treatment progress

  • Yoga Instructor at Oxygen Project
    Apr 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 4 mos

    - Empower youth to face everyday stress and significant life challenges with resilience and calm through yoga and mindfulness techniques. - Offer strengths-based and trauma-informed programming supports physical and mental health, positive behavior, and healthy relationships. - Provides age appropriate, trauma-sensitive, and engaging sessions for public, private and charter schools, juvenile detention centers, mental health organizations, residential agencies or children’s hospitals

  • Case Therapist at Presbytertian Children's Home and Services
    Jun 2018 - Aug 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Provides a thorough Family Assessment and safety planning in the home, school environmentor other natural environment Develops a Treatment Plan with measurable goals, specific to the needs of the family andupdates the Plan monthly Provides education related to family functioning, i.e. child development, parenting skills andcoaching, communication skills, self- regulation tools, assertiveness training, etc. Case management activities including, but not limited to, crisis planning, school advocacy, referral, linkage, and collateral contactsPrepares Discharge Summaries and Aftercare Plans Maintains required documentation and client files according to standards and as required bypolicy and procedure, entering information in a timely and accurate manner Attends weekly and monthly meetings, trainings, supervision, etc Works daily in homes, schools, and community settings using persontal automobile on a routine basis in an urban area Participates in an on-call rotation with team members.

  • Artist. Activist. Healer. at WomenArts
    May 1983 - Jun 2019 · 36 yrs 2 mos

    painter, set design, photojournalism- portraits, street, international, film documentarian