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Mari Grande Helps Individuals and Families to Heal and Change Patterns That Keep You Stuck


By Psychology Arts


As a therapist and healer, Mari Grande, LCSW-R, LCAT, ATR-BC involves the whole person: body, brain, and soul. Through her trauma lens she's gathered a diverse wealth of knowledge she'd like to share, and is expanding her work to include intensives, supervision, and teaching. In person and online, individual and group.



What do you do? Who do you help?


My specialty is in Creativity and Trauma, I have a private practice in NYC, Grand Central area. Here I see individuals and families using an integrative approach tailored to the specific needs that each person presents. I am also developing some new options in my practice: Intensives for people who want a deeper healing experience, or have a block that is helped by a longer session. Even though I love my brick and mortar office and working with people in person, I have decided to include HIPPA compliant online options for those who can benefit from this form of support.



List your favorite therapeutic tools.


Art making has and always will be a vital part of who I am and how I work. However, in my trauma training journey I’ve discovered tools that also have profound value in healing. EMDR has become a staple, and I am now becoming an EMDRIA consultant so I can teach and supervise clinicians learning to art of EMDR. Hypnotherapy is a profound tool that infuses and enhances other trauma approaches. Somatic Experiencing (SE) is also at the root of trauma. Without the body we cannot embody, understand, and heal. This brings up Parts work (Internal Family Systems -IFS), which helps to unravel so many pieces that need to be understood so they can come back together and reconstitute.



What is a good course, website or book you would recommend and why?


Being in NYC is like a candy store when you’re 7 years old! There are so many talks, workshops, trainings, and they mostly are all great! IEA (Institute for Expressive Analysis) has some unique and interesting offerings. This is where I did my Psychoanalytic training and it is a nurturing and supportive community for the creative spirit.


NIP (National Institute for the Psychotherapies) have outstanding lectures, colloquia, and training programs in Trauma. This is where I did my formative training and beyond in trauma, and am still affiliated with their program as an Executive Committee member, and an attendee of as many talks and workshops I can make.



What makes your practice unique?


The way I integrate my trainings makes me unique. Even though I do not touch my clients, the body is very involved. Art making involves the body, as does EMDR, SE, IFS, and I add Hypnotherapy to support the embodiment process. There is a mind/body axis that I pay attention to, and from that some incredible experiences can develop that can lead to inner insights, movement and change. This integration is a hallmark of health and healing.



What advice would you give to other creative arts therapists?


You have a lot of options. Art Therapy can be a foundation you build on. Whichever way your interests and experiences move you, and that needs to be guided by you, it is important to pay attention and trust it will make sense eventually. This could mean where you have your Internship, your first job, or your life experiences. Here, of course I am speaking to someone who wants to build their own practice. Of course, that is not the only way to be an art therapist. There are art therapists doing wonderful work in all kinds of settings. Again, whatever aligns with who you are is the right fit.


"...whatever aligns with who you are is the right fit."


What is your self-care routine?


Supportive relationships, time to think, rest, and relax. I tend to have too much on my plate, so I have to carve out a day that is for me once a week. That’s when I do extra meditations, paintings, wondering, writing, reading, shopping (retail therapy), and play with my cat. Of course, not all in the same day, but you catch my drift.



List the products or items that are indispensable in your life.


My husband, my cat, the view and light from my home. Having a supportive community of like-minded people, and access to ongoing quality learning.





Who influences your work and why?


There are so many people it makes this a very difficult question. I have been influenced by Van Gogh, Cezanne, Matisse, Jung, Freud, Winnicott, and more recently Art Robbins, Peter Levine, Richard Schwartz, Nancy Napier and on a day to day I’d have to say my current Supervisors and Colleagues.



Social media platforms and website(s)


LinkedIn: Mari Grande

Twitter: @hmarip




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