Carla Rose, LCAT, ATR-BC

Board-Certified Creative Arts Therapist & Licensed Psychotherapist

“The task of therapy is not to eliminate suffering but to give a voice to it, to find a form in which it can be expressed. Expression is itself transformation; this is the message that art brings.”
— Stephen Levine

Find a New Way to Express Yourself

• Be Creative Today •

Find a New Way to Express Yourself • Be Creative Today •

Le sessioni sono disponibili in italiano.

Sessions are also available in Italian.

 

Art Therapy Career

  • Clinical psychotherapist since 2007

  • Supervising Art Therapist at Montefiore Medical Center for 12 years

  • Opened private practice in 2019. Focus on women’s issues.

Education

  • Master’s/MA Art Therapy, NYU 2004

  • Bachelor of Science/BS
    Human Development and Family Studies,
    Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

  • Kint Institute Certification
    Trauma and Creative Therapies, NYC

  • L’Istituto per l’Arte Terapia
    Turin, Italy

Licensing AND Memberships

Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT)
NY State Lic#001367-1

Board Certified Art Therapist
Credentials Board (ATCB) #09-209

Registered Art Therapist (ATR)
Art Therapy Credential Board (ATCB)

National Member, 
American Art Therapy Association (AATA)

Member, New York Art Therapy Association (NYATA)

PERSONAL STATEMENT

Since high school, I have sought to understand what makes us tick.

Creative Arts Therapy integrates several key concepts, including neuroplasticity (the brain’s ability to form new connections to shift habitual thought patterns), polyvagal theory (understanding how our nervous system works to keep us safe), and body-based psychotherapy (engaging both the mind and body to facilitate change). It also incorporates mindfulness (cultivating present-moment awareness), self-care (identifying personalized practices to support physical and mental well-being), and expressive therapy (using creative expression to communicate what matters within the therapeutic relationship)

I integrate my BS in Human Development (understanding how we grow and change throughout life) and my MA in Art Therapy (using creative expression to deepen self-understanding) with meditation practices (learning to observe and influence thoughts without attachment). Additionally, I draw on advanced training in IFS, AEDP, AF-EMDR, CBT, DBT, Focusing, and IMAGO to offer a compassionate, client-centered approach to our work together.

Not just therapy as usual.