Lindsay Reynolds

LCAT, ATR-BC #002825-01

Anxiety

Grief & Loss

Life Transitions

Supervised By: Dina Palma, LCAT #000452

Certified in Guided Drawing® (trauma processing, mood regulation, identity building, burnout)

Client Focus: Young Adults, Adults, College Students, Athletes and Post-Operative Recovery, Individuals in Life Transitions

Specialties: Anxiety, grief and loss, life transitions, trauma processing, post-op emotional recovery, mood and emotion regulation, family dynamics, athletic identity, young adult challenges, college/university student support

Treatment Methods: Creative Arts Therapy, Guided Drawing, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Bilateral Drawing, Embodied Art Therapy

Lindsay Reynolds is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist and Board-Certified Art Therapist who specializes in creating space for young adults and adults to understand their emotions, process them, and express them in healthy ways. With certification in Guided Drawing, a bilateral drawing approach that supports body mapping in a trauma-informed way, Lindsay helps clients connect back to their bodies and understand how this improves their mental and emotional wellness through physical and creative endeavors. She particularly acknowledges areas of unrecognized grief in clients, having seen the effects of suppression and avoidance in this area of life, leading to declines in mental health.

Her therapeutic approach integrates creative arts therapy with Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Guided Drawing techniques. Lindsay believes that talking is not always the best way for us to communicate; sometimes our mind, body, or soul knows the truth and is telling us without words. She guides clients to approach their struggles with curiosity and attention instead of judgment and avoidance, encouraging them to utilize creative processes, whether they're experienced artists or only draw stick figures, so they may observe parts of themselves they may not be aware of yet. Using methods such as writing, reading, drawing, sculpting, collaging, and film analysis can result in a deeper understanding of yourself.

With a Master's in Clinical Art Therapy and Counseling, licenses and certification in both New York State and the American Art Therapy Board, and specialized certification in Guided Drawing, Lindsay brings robust clinical expertise to her work. She uses her background in athletics combined with her certification in Guided Drawing as a means to help people connect back to their bodies. Lindsay has found that regardless of age or experience, humans often hide their suffering (or ignore it). Only when we acknowledge that we are hurt can we begin to heal. She has witnessed how the things we write, create, read, and see during painful times can show us the path to healing.

Outside the therapy room, Lindsay is dedicated to creating and usually engaging in multiple creative projects. She's a National Parks enthusiast who tries to travel and visit one every year, finding nature to be a grounding force. She's also a book nerd; reading has always been a favorite way to spend her leisure time.

  • Mind-Body Connection Through Guided Drawing
    Lindsay is certified in Guided Drawing, a bilateral drawing approach where adults draw with closed eyes and both hands on large sheets of paper. This embodied art therapy approach uses direct expression of one's felt sense rather than imagery. In rhythmic repetition, individuals can release tension and pain, assert their boundaries, or soothe and nurture their soul. What clients experience is that they can do something to help themselves, and that their actions have a tangible impact on their felt sense, which can be deeply empowering.

  • Unrecognized Grief Specialist
    Lindsay acknowledges areas of unrecognized grief in clients, recognizing that loss shows up in many forms beyond death: breakups, life transitions, changes in identity, and loss of physical abilities. She asks the impactful question: "What have you lost?" Often, we do not allow ourselves to say "I am hurt." We say things like "I feel stuck" or "I'm feeling really bad." Part of that feeling is rooted in the inability to recognize where we are.

  • Athletic Background Informs Clinical Work
    Lindsay uses her background in athletics to create space for recognizing the impact that physical activities, competition, and performance pressure have on ourselves as whole people. She works with clients navigating athletic identity, post-operative emotional recovery, injuries requiring surgery, and the connection between physical experiences and mental health.

"I am here as a witness to my client's lives. Their challenges, triumphs, pain, and joy hold their story. As a therapist, I help my clients figure out how they'd like to tell it."

- Lindsay Reynolds, LCAT, ATR-BC