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Helping you connect you with yourself, others, and God through art 🎨

08/04/2025

✨ Welcome Tiffany Duong! ✨
We’re so excited to welcome Tiffany Duong to the Creative Connections Counseling team as our newest Art Therapist Intern and Mental Health Practitioner!

Tiffany brings warmth, creativity, and the sweetest, most calm spirit to every space she enters. Her heart for helping others and her gentle presence make her a perfect fit for our team.

She’ll begin seeing clients in the next few weeks and is available for in-person sessions at our Burnsville office on:
🗓 Tuesdays & Thursdays (daytime)
🗓 Fridays (afternoon/evening)
She accepts most insurance plans.

We’re so grateful to have her on board and know she’s going to be such a gift to her clients. 💛🎨

Learn more about her and book at:
www.creativeconnectionscounseling.net

08/02/2025

🎨💜 Join us in showing love and support for one of our amazing Art Therapists, Jaz, who is courageously walking through cancer treatments again. We’re honored to be hosting the painting portion of her Cancer Benefit! 💪🏽✨

Come paint, connect, and uplift this beautiful soul with us — all proceeds go to support Jaz and her family during this time. 💕

📍Broadway Pizza Blaine
📅 Sunday, August 10th | 3–7PM
🎟️ $20 Paint & Sip | $5 General Admission

Let’s rally together with creativity, community, and compassion. 💗

07/30/2025

How gorgeous is this painting?!?
Titled : “The Growth Journey”
We are honored to feature this stunning mixed media piece by our very own Rebecca Urban, created Spring 2025. This work captures a visual and spiritual journey of transformation—through longing, renewal, and flourishing.

From the dry desert of Psalm 63, symbolizing seasons of waiting, to the life-giving streams of Isaiah 43 and the fruit-bearing tree in Psalm 1, Rebecca invites us to reflect on the rhythms of growth in our own lives. 🌱

Her use of texture, color, and dimension illustrates how the desert is not empty—it is pregnant with potential, just waiting for living water to bring life. The tree at the center reminds us that growth takes time, but when rooted near streams of truth, it becomes a source of life for others too.

Come see it in person and let it speak to whatever season you’re in.

Framed beautifully by

07/26/2025

Practicum Spotlight: Anna Shore 🎨✨

We have been so blessed to have Anna Shore with us this past season as our art therapy practicum student! Anna is currently pursuing her degree in Art Therapy at Edwood, and from the moment she joined Creative Connections, she brought a beautiful blend of creativity, spontaneity, and compassion.

With her background in ministry and art, Anna was truly the highlight of our Created to Create group. She connected so naturally with our middle schoolers—offering encouragement, playfulness, and a deep sense of presence. Her impact on our students and team was such a gift!

We’re incredibly thankful the Lord brought her to us—and we’re even more excited to see how He continues to work through her in her hometown of Mankato. Something tells us this won’t be the last time Creative Connections and Mankato cross paths. 😉✨

Anna, thank you for sharing your heart, your gifts, and your joy with us. You’ll always be part of the Creative Connections family. 💛

07/19/2025

Art is for every body and every brain.
This Disability Awareness Month, we’re honoring the creativity, resilience, and diverse voices within the disability community.

Art therapy offers a powerful space where expression isn’t limited by words or ability.
Whether through color, texture, or movement—everyone deserves a way to tell their story.

Swipe through to learn why art therapy is a meaningful, inclusive tool for healing and empowerment. 🎨

✨ Disability is not a limitation to creativity.
Let’s build a world where every voice and vision is valued.

07/18/2025

Perfectionism is loud. But it’s not the voice of God.

In our office, we see so many people weighed down by the pressure to be perfect.
To get it right.
To not mess up.
To be everything to everyone.

And sometimes when we suggest art therapy, people say:
“Oh no, I’m not creative.”
“That’s too vulnerable.”
“What if I mess it up?”

But here’s the truth:
Perfectionism thrives in silence and self-criticism.
Art therapy invites you into a space of grace—where mistakes are part of the process, and there’s no such thing as doing it wrong.

You don’t need to know how to paint or draw.
You just need to be open to showing up.

Through creative expression, we can begin to unlearn the lies perfectionism tells:
That your worth depends on performance.
That you have to be polished to be loved.
That your voice only matters if it’s perfect.

We believe healing doesn’t happen in performance—it happens in presence.
And art therapy gives you a safe space to show up honestly, tenderly, and fully.

If you’re tired of trying to hold it all together…
Art therapy might be exactly the space you’ve been needing.

📥 Reach out if you’re curious. We’d love to help you start.

💬 Comment below with a grace-filled truth that helps quiet your inner critic.
Let’s speak truth over perfectionism together.

07/15/2025

Perfectionism is sneaky.
It convinces us that we have to get it right, look put together, never mess up, and never show the process.
And slowly… it steals our creativity, joy, and self-compassion.

But here’s the truth:
You don’t have to be perfect to be worthy.
You don’t have to be flawless to create something meaningful.

These 10 steps are gentle ways to begin letting go of perfectionism—especially in creative or emotional spaces.
And if this is something you’re working through, art therapy can be a safe and powerful space to explore it.

You deserve to create without fear.

📥 DM me if you’re curious about starting art therapy.

07/14/2025

Art Trauma Is Real.
Many of us were told we weren’t creative.
That our art didn’t belong.
That expression had to be neat, correct, or “good enough” to matter.

Those early messages may have quieted your creativity…
But they don’t get the final say.

Art therapy can be a powerful space to unpack those experiences and unlearn the perfectionism that shut your voice down.
Through line, color, and process, you can reconnect with your creative self—without judgment, without rules.

🎨 If this post resonates with you, art therapy might be the safe space you’ve been needing.
📥 Reach out to learn more about starting art therapy for yourself or your child.

You deserve to create.

07/12/2025

🎨 ART THERAPIST SPOTLIGHT: Rebecca Urban, MA, ATR-P ✨

We are beyond grateful to have Rebecca Urban as part of our Creative Connections team! With a heart for supporting children, teens, and families, Rebecca brings so much warmth, creativity, and compassion to every session.

Her specialties include working with:
🖍 Children & Teenagers
🧠 Anxiety, Autism & Disabilities
💛 Faith-based Christian Counseling

Her clients (and their parents!) constantly share how much they feel seen, supported, and truly cared for in her presence. She’s not only an incredibly skilled art therapist—she’s also a calming, steady presence and a true asset to our team.

Rebecca, thank you for the care and creativity you pour into your work every day. We’re so blessed to have you at Creative Connections!

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Address

1605 Southcross Drive West
Burnsville, MN
55306

Telephone

+16513009654

Website

http://creativeconnectionscounseling.net/, https://linktr.ee/creativeconnectionscounseling

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