Hope Forest Therapeutic Art Studio, PLLC

Hope Forest Therapeutic Art Studio, PLLC Private Practice - Art therapy for children & adults. I specialize in grief and loss My name is Lauren Raney and I am the owner and art therapist of Hope Forest!

I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and Registered Art Therapist (ATR). I specialize in art therapy and working with clients coping with grief and loss. I work with children as young as 3 years old up to adults. I am seeing clients virtually at this time.

Happy Halloween!
10/31/2025

Happy Halloween!

10/29/2025

What a pleasure to rent an office space that lets me show off some of my art to the community we serve! Thanks, Cohera, LLC!

Making the choice to start therapy can be a tough yet very rewarding decision. If you’re looking for a sign to reach out...
10/27/2025

Making the choice to start therapy can be a tough yet very rewarding decision. If you’re looking for a sign to reach out, here it is ✨

Halloween can stir up unexpected feelings when you’re grieving.As others put on masks, you might notice your own—the one...
10/23/2025

Halloween can stir up unexpected feelings when you’re grieving.
As others put on masks, you might notice your own—the one that helps you get through the day.

Give your grief a little space to breathe this season.
Light a candle, make art, or honor someone you miss in your own quiet way. 🍂

✨ Reflection prompt:
“If my grief could wear a costume this Halloween, what would it be?”

So fun to present at the NAMI Illinois Conference this past Friday alongside my wonderful co-presenter. We invited parti...
10/20/2025

So fun to present at the NAMI Illinois Conference this past Friday alongside my wonderful co-presenter. We invited participants to share their grief in six words—a powerful reminder that while our stories are unique, we are never alone in our grief. 💛

Seeing everyone’s words come together on the wall was a moving testament to shared humanity, healing, and connection.

🌿 Excited to share that we’ll be co-presenting at the NAMI Illinois State Conference this year! 🌿Our session, “Grief in ...
10/17/2025

🌿 Excited to share that we’ll be co-presenting at the NAMI Illinois State Conference this year! 🌿

Our session, “Grief in Community: Honoring Loss, Fostering Connection,” explores how grief can be held and healed through shared experience, creativity, and compassionate connection. 💛

Honored to be joining Michelle Halm of for this meaningful conversation on October 17 at the NAMI Statewide Conference.

✨ Stronger Together for Mental Health: Hope, Resilience & Healing ✨

Such a lovely evening connecting with the community!
10/13/2025

Such a lovely evening connecting with the community!

Grief is a journey—one that changes us as we move through it. 🌙✨What do you need to bring with you on this path?What do ...
10/09/2025

Grief is a journey—one that changes us as we move through it. 🌙✨

What do you need to bring with you on this path?
What do you want to leave behind?

Take a few quiet moments to reflect.
You might write, draw, or simply sit with what arises.
There’s no right or wrong way to travel—only your way. 💛

Halloween will be here before we know it. This can be a hard holiday for some people if their person that died was big i...
10/07/2025

Halloween will be here before we know it. This can be a hard holiday for some people if their person that died was big into halloween! 🎃

Here are some joyful ways to feel connected to our person during the month of October.

In art therapy, collage offers a gentle yet powerful way to explore what words alone can’t capture. By layering images, ...
09/30/2025

In art therapy, collage offers a gentle yet powerful way to explore what words alone can’t capture. By layering images, textures, and colors, clients can:
🖼 Express complex emotions safely
🌱 Discover hidden thoughts and connections
🧩 Piece together a sense of self and meaning
🎨 Find freedom in choice, play, and creativity

Collage reminds us that healing doesn’t have to be linear — it can be cut, torn, layered, and reimagined into something whole. 💛

TLDR: my 100% polish mom would laugh at these snack sized pierogis because they’re far from traditional but who doesn’t ...
09/26/2025

TLDR: my 100% polish mom would laugh at these snack sized pierogis because they’re far from traditional but who doesn’t love a dough pocket of goodness!

My family is Polish. Making and eating pierogis is one of my favorite polish things to do. My family would get together out in October to make pierogis for Christmas. I loved eating the filling along the way and watching my grandma be a pierogi dough braid master. My mom would be wearing her apron she used as a hair dresser and would be full of flour, hair clipped up, elbow deep in the dough and then lining our kitchen table with newspaper and seran wrap to lay out the boiled pierogis to dry.

These memories, ate what flood to my kind in an instant when I saw these in the store. I had to buy them and it gave me comfort, like she was there with me.

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800 W Roosevelt Road
Glen Ellyn, IL

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm

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