Loren Rubino is a Psychotherapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, Art Therapist and Trauma Focused Therapist specializing in an EMDR approach called Accelerated Resolution Therapy www.
She has extensive experience with children, teenagers and young adults dealing with anxiety, depression, school avoidance, fears and phobias, traumas and normal life transitions.Prior to becoming a psychotherapist, Loren was a high school art teacher in Connecticut and also Miami public schools. She then pursued her Master’s Degree doing her field work at Yale Children’s Hospital in patient where she used art therapy to facilitate healing and connection between young patients and their families during their hospital stay. She also worked with in patient adult psychiatric patients at Yale’s Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC) where she ran groups for individuals with serious mental illness such as schizophrenia and substance abuse. There she collaborated directly with the team of psychiatry, nursing, social work and pastoral care. Her internship then led her to her work at The Kennedy Center’s MDAC Maggie Daily Artists Cooperative where she created art therapy directives for adults with intellectual disabilities.
She has extensive experience with children, teenagers and young adults dealing with anxiety, depression, school avoidance, fears and phobias, traumas and normal life transitions.Prior to becoming a psychotherapist, Loren was a high school art teacher in Connecticut and also Miami public schools. She then pursued her Master’s Degree doing her field work at Yale Children’s Hospital in patient where she used art therapy to facilitate healing and connection between young patients and their families during their hospital stay. She also worked with in patient adult psychiatric patients at Yale’s Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC) where she ran groups for individuals with serious mental illness such as schizophrenia and substance abuse. There she collaborated directly with the team of psychiatry, nursing, social work and pastoral care. Her internship then led her to her work at The Kennedy Center’s MDAC Maggie Daily Artists Cooperative where she created art therapy directives for adults with intellectual disabilities.
Loren’s framework is person-centered and strength-based. She draws from multiple perspectives to meet each client where they are. Combining many modalities such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Dialectic Behavior Therapy/Mindfulness (DBT), Art Therapy, Somatic practice and an EMDR approach/trauma/phobia therapy called ART Accelerated Resolution Therapy, Loren tailors sessions to the individual. She enjoys working collaboratively with clients, their families and often their schools to set goals and carry the coping skills over and into the child’s world.
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