Evolve Through Art - Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC

03/02/2026

🏅Succesful in life, but struggling in love❤️‍🩹? Read my latest blog post to learn about why you might be struggling: https://www.evolvethroughart.com/blog
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12/19/2025

✨Happy Holidays & Happy New Year!✨. Please note all new consultations are postponed until January 2026.

12/18/2025

Governor Kathy Hochul Please ensure coverage for therapy provided by ALL NY-licensed psychotherapists. Please sign A3319/S1001 today!

✅ Action Step—> Tag Governor Kathy Hochul in the comments and let her know it’s time to improve access to affordable mental healthcare in New York State! 🙌🙌🙌

✅ All New Yorkers deserve access to mental healthcare that works for them! Creative arts therapy is an accessible form of psychotherapy that works for children, teens, and adults when other talk therapies don’t. During these difficult times, NYS should be able to access the care that best supports their healing without being limited by outdated coverage policies! 🙌🙌🙌

✅ Signing A3319 into law won’t cost the state anything! 🙌🙌🙌

✅ We thank Assemblymember Harry Bronson and Senator Samra Brouk for their steadfast legislative efforts!! 👏👏👏 We also thank 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, District Council 37, AFSCME, and Northern Rivers Family of Services for their continued support of LCATs!👏👏👏

12/09/2025

❄️ All New Yorkers 🗽 want this holiday season is better access to mental health care Governor Kathy Hochul please sign Bill A3319/S1001 into law! 🎄🎄

❄️Licensed Creative Arts Therapists are the second largest mental health practitioners in New York State! We have been providing psychotherapy for almost 20 years (same as all other mental health practitioners- LMHC, LMFT, LP, etc.).

❄️ We thank our bill sponsors, Assemblymember Harry Bronson and Senator Samra Brouk for their leadership and dedicated legislative efforts!! We also thank 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, District Council 37, AFSCME, and Northern Rivers Family of Services for their support!! 👏👏👏

11/17/2025

Governor Kathy Hochul we urge you to sign A3319/S1001 today!! 🙌🙌

➡️ Governor Kathy Hochul Your constituents across NYS urge you to sign A3319/S1001 today!! 🙌🙌

➡️ New Yorkers deserve improved access to mental healthcare! 🙌🙌

➡️ Bill A3319/S1001 authorizes ALL commercial health insurance plans provide benefits for outpatient psychotherapy provided by LCATs! 🙌🙌 A win-win for the Empire State!

➡️ Thank you to our bill sponsors Assemblymember Harry Bronson and Senator Samra Brouk for their tireless legislative efforts!! 👏👏👏 And thank you to 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, District Council 37, AFSCME and Northern Rivers Family of Services for their continued support!! 👏👏👏

10/21/2025

Amazing, thank you Billy Joel for supporting the work of music therapists in NY and for urging Governor Kathy Hochul to sign A3319 into law! This bill will help have better access to mental health services.

10/16/2025

Transformation in Process...Autumn teaches us that change is both beautiful and necessary. 🍁

10/03/2025

🎉 Exciting News 🎉

I’m thrilled to share that I am now officially licensed as a New York State Psychoanalyst!

This milestone has been years in the making, and I’m so grateful to my mentors, colleagues, and community at NPAP who have supported me on this journey.

With this step, Evolve Through Art – Creative Arts Therapy PLLC is now expanding services to include psychoanalysis, alongside art therapy and EMDR.

I look forward to deepening this work, collaborating with peers, and continuing to support clients in their journeys of growth and transformation.

01/07/2025

People often ask why do make with their clients? Collaging is a powerful tool in art therapy, offering a creative and accessible way to explore emotions, process trauma, and gain insight into the self. By combining materials like images, textures, and words, patients can express feelings that may be hard to verbalize. Collages help externalize internal struggles, stimulate creativity, and promote healing by allowing individuals to reassemble fragmented experiences. Whether it’s for self-expression, reflection, or relaxation, collage-making provides a therapeutic space for growth and transformation. Working with an experienced art therapist is key in this process to help you level up your healing.

Collage made by Diana Gil Velez.

01/02/2025

Accepting NEW patients beginning the week of 1/13/25! To set up an initial consultation visit: http://www.evolvethroughart.com/contact.html

12/17/2024

Governor Kathy Hochul please sign this bill today to expand access to for recipients.

🚨ACTION STEP: Share this post, tag Governor Kathy Hochul & urge her to sign A9018 into law today! 🚨

This bill - currently sitting on Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk
- will help improve access to mental health & substance use services in NYS at NO additional cost.

A simple win win! 👏🏼👏🏼 Governor Kathy Hochull please sign A9018 today!!

This bill DOES NOT add additional services or costs to Medicaid — simply adds more therapists to provide psychotherapy, an already covered service.

TY to Assemblymember Harry Bronson & Senator Samra Brouk for being our tireless legislative champions & to 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East District Council 37, AFSCMEc NYC Health + Hospitals for all their support!

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween! 🎃🕯️💀