Expressive Arts Therapy KC


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Julia Vering, MSW, LCSW, LSCSW,  EMDR trained, Registered Expressive Arts Therapist 

Are you an adult who is feeling stuck? You know what you “should” be doing, but don’t know why you haven’t been able to yet?

Do you have unhealed emotional wounds that are impacting you negatively today?

Have you been told to use mindfulness techniques to ease symptoms, but have found sitting meditation impossible?

Are you grieving the loss of a person, relationship or identity?
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As an integrative, trauma-focused therapist with 15 years of experience, I use experiential approaches collaboratively with clients to fit their interests and strengths.      

Expressive arts and other experiential approaches help uncover subconscious motivations and feelings, aid in emotional regulation, externalize issues and emotions, and restore the capacity for joy.

I have cultivated a deep sense of listening through working with individual clients, hospice patients, their children and families, and the bereaved.

I believe in the ability of art, music, writing, storytelling, movement, and drama to enhance healing when integrated with compassionate talk therapy.

I completed training through Center for Creative Arts Therapy, and became the first REAT (Registered Expressive Arts Therapist) in Kansas and the KC metro area in 2023.  I graduated from the University of Kansas with a Masters in Social Work in 2008.

I hope to collaborate with you in your journey of healing.