Many people enter treatment at varying times in their lives. Perhaps you are a parent ready to enroll your child in therapy because you just can't seem to get them to listen or they often seem anxious or blue. Perhaps you are a teen or young adult looking to accept yourself and become who you really are. Perhaps you're an adult looking to gain freedom from obligation and live your life guilt free.
Perhaps you have had an extensive history of intense emotions and you're tired of white knuckling it without adequate support. Perhaps you can't stop engaging in self-destructive behaviors such as binge eating, restricted eating, purging, substance abuse, etc. Perhaps you "suck at relationships." If any of the above reasons for entering treatment resonated with you...you've come to the right place. The REAL Healing Studio specializes in helping you to find your voice and live a content life on your terms. Together we can help you find answers from within yourself and be the most authentic version of you! We treat and help you to manage: depression, anxiety, complex emotional difficulties, intense emotions, relational trauma, personality disorders, addictions, eating disorders and related concerns, body image issues and more. Kaitlin Staples, MA, ATR-BC, LPC is the founder and director of The REAL Healing Studio. She is an art psychotherapist who is a registered and board certified art therapist, and a licensed professional counselor practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Her areas of expertise include trauma, addictions, eating disorders, personality disorders, body image issues, depression, anxiety, and stress management. She also has extensive experience with high acuity populations such as treatment of individuals with severe trauma and addiction issues in medication assisted treatment programs, as well as acute inpatient psychiatric settings. Kaitlin works with children, adolescents, and adults within her private practice in the Mt. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia. Kaitlin practices within a humanistic and psychodynamic framework which utilizes the exploration of the whole person from birth to the present by identifying patterns of behaviors and themes, as well as personal metaphors, symbols, and imagery. Through the exploration of internal processes and personal dynamics within the context of the therapeutic relationship and space, Kaitlin helps her patients to trace origins of issues to reach a place of awareness, understanding, and healing. Through art making, dream work, and verbal processing, the psyche is opened up in a safe and compassionate space that allows increased consciousness of unconscious desires and urges which creates the ability for insight and pathways for healing to be recognized.
