About Creative Wellness Support
Jill Therrien, MA, LMFT, REATI am a registered Expressive Arts therapist and educator with an online practice. After graduating with my masters in 2014, I wanted nothing more than to make my approach to mental health holistic, without the language of pathology, and with creative solutions. Since setting this intention I have created two practices: one for those seeking to work with a licensed professional on their mental health wellness from an integrated approach, and the other for those who are seeking emotional and spiritual support with an alternative approach.
Creative Wellness Support is an opportunity for those seeking to work with an experienced guide to help them with their wellness goals without the traditional model of mental health care using creativity and education to empower the process of change.
I am excited to offer a space where I can extend my services to clients seeking an alternative approach to their wellness and lifestyle goals.
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Experience and Credentials
I hold an MA in Counseling Psychology with emphasis on the Expressive Arts from the California Institute of Integral Studies. I am a Licensed MFT with the state of California, as well as a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist through the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA). I have also completed 360 hours of training in Personal Energetics Management and have over 5 years of experience working with grief and trauma.
In 2019 I relocated to Michigan to welcome my daughter and have since continued building my private practice online. In addition to my private practice I have the honor of teaching graduate students at the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco and Lesley University, Cambridge.
Since 2007 I have worked with artists in a variety of roles from managing studio spaces to providing workshops. In 2013, I began training as a grief counselor and worked as a school based clinician, leading me to work in community mental health as a therapist supporting Urban Native American youth and their families. Since 2014 I have worked in private practice, as well as a tele-health provider in some capacity, in effort to meet the various needs of my clients.
Beyond the credentials, I am a mixed race, two-spirit femme, an artist, a writer, a mother, a partner, and I cannot remember a time when stars and the moon weren't on my mind. I have dabbled in astrology my whole life and aim to align/realign my life with lunar rhythm. I am an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and have mixed European heritage as well. I was raised by Detroiters in the suburbs of Southeast Michigan. I lived and worked in Oakland, California for 15 years. I recently relocated to Kalamazoo, Michigan where I continue my practice remotely from home.
I hold an MA in Counseling Psychology with emphasis on the Expressive Arts from the California Institute of Integral Studies. I am a Licensed MFT with the state of California, as well as a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist through the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA). I have also completed 360 hours of training in Personal Energetics Management and have over 5 years of experience working with grief and trauma.
In 2019 I relocated to Michigan to welcome my daughter and have since continued building my private practice online. In addition to my private practice I have the honor of teaching graduate students at the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco and Lesley University, Cambridge.
Since 2007 I have worked with artists in a variety of roles from managing studio spaces to providing workshops. In 2013, I began training as a grief counselor and worked as a school based clinician, leading me to work in community mental health as a therapist supporting Urban Native American youth and their families. Since 2014 I have worked in private practice, as well as a tele-health provider in some capacity, in effort to meet the various needs of my clients.
Beyond the credentials, I am a mixed race, two-spirit femme, an artist, a writer, a mother, a partner, and I cannot remember a time when stars and the moon weren't on my mind. I have dabbled in astrology my whole life and aim to align/realign my life with lunar rhythm. I am an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and have mixed European heritage as well. I was raised by Detroiters in the suburbs of Southeast Michigan. I lived and worked in Oakland, California for 15 years. I recently relocated to Kalamazoo, Michigan where I continue my practice remotely from home.