Catherine Chinnock, ATR, LCPC, LMHC, LPC
pronouns: she/her/hers
I approach therapy primarily from a relational and trauma informed perspective. I believe that it is essential to establish a solid working relationship, and I understand dysfunction as a previously useful adaptation to the challenges presented throughout your life. I view people holistically, considering the interaction of one’s physical, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual parts.
I have spent the last few years increasing my knowledge of the body and energy work, in an effort to understand the language of the body in communicating the emotions and memories it holds, that have yet to rise to conscious awareness. I have also expanded my knowledge of energy and spiritual frameworks for information, transformation, and integration. Following are the trainings I have pursued in this effort:
In our sessions, I will listen, observe, and feel for where you may be struggling with integration in the body or in energetic flow. With your agreement, our session may move in to a place of being mindfully present in your body where we work together to learn your physical language, starting by taking an inventory of the sensations that you are experiencing that moment, noticing body language or drawing attention to a movement.
Similarly, I may suggest we journey through guided meditation, exploring your connection with your unconscious, your energy, or spirit.
As I value the creative process, I may suggest using art as an alternative means to assist you in developing insight, processing feelings that are difficult to verbalize, increasing self-esteem, or finding ways to manage difficult emotions. When art making is integrated into the therapeutic process, the goal is not to create “fine art.” Rather, the process of creating art, reflecting on it, and reviewing the process by which it was made can be particularly healing.
MA in Art Therapy University of Illinois at Chicago – 2000
BA in Psychology, minor in Art The College of New Jersey – 1998
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (New York)
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (Illinois)
Licensed Professional Counselor (Connecticut)
I have spent the last few years increasing my knowledge of the body and energy work, in an effort to understand the language of the body in communicating the emotions and memories it holds, that have yet to rise to conscious awareness. I have also expanded my knowledge of energy and spiritual frameworks for information, transformation, and integration. Following are the trainings I have pursued in this effort:
- Holographic Memory Resolution - Level II
- Level II Reiki Attuned
- Munay Ki
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy - Level I
- Thai Massage - 200 hours
- Soul Retrieval
- Journey work into non-ordinary reality. (This does not involve the use of plant medicine.)
In our sessions, I will listen, observe, and feel for where you may be struggling with integration in the body or in energetic flow. With your agreement, our session may move in to a place of being mindfully present in your body where we work together to learn your physical language, starting by taking an inventory of the sensations that you are experiencing that moment, noticing body language or drawing attention to a movement.
Similarly, I may suggest we journey through guided meditation, exploring your connection with your unconscious, your energy, or spirit.
As I value the creative process, I may suggest using art as an alternative means to assist you in developing insight, processing feelings that are difficult to verbalize, increasing self-esteem, or finding ways to manage difficult emotions. When art making is integrated into the therapeutic process, the goal is not to create “fine art.” Rather, the process of creating art, reflecting on it, and reviewing the process by which it was made can be particularly healing.
MA in Art Therapy University of Illinois at Chicago – 2000
BA in Psychology, minor in Art The College of New Jersey – 1998
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (New York)
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (Illinois)
Licensed Professional Counselor (Connecticut)