What is working with me like?
I will work with you to find the place within you that is well. I am both guide and collaborator, offering psychodynamic, somatic, and expressive arts practices that support healing, growth, and acceptance. I offer a warm, welcoming, and inclusive space where we will explore the developmental aspects of self as well as the here-and-now to uncover unconscious motivations and drives. We can develop a relationship in which you begin to notice your internal cues and reactivity. My therapeutic style is informed by Buddhist Psychology and Mindfulness-based approaches. I integrate Social Justice and anti-oppressive perspectives into my practice, taking into account the dominant role of White Supremacy and Eurocentric ideas of wellness as well as the need to decolonize myself and the field of psychology.
What is psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy is a collaboration that exists within a trusted, safe relationship. We can work together to increase your feelings of connection to others. I will support you to explore your internal dialogue that may be harming you, and safely increase your felt sense which may lead to healing from past traumas. We will work together to see beyond diagnosis and explore the human experience, finding acceptance in both the suffering and joy in humanity.
How does creative expression fit into therapy?
I encourage the use of art materials to explore emotions, process events, integrate trauma, understand relationships, increase self-awareness, make meaning and manifest values. Through authentic creative expression, individuals may be able to regulate their emotions more effectively, using metaphor and abstract expression to bring to fruition that which there may not be words for.
Mollie German, LCMHC, ATR-BC
I am a psychotherapist, artist, and teacher. Through my path as an artist, I came to my practice as a therapist.
I have been a student of Buddhism for two and a half decades.
Education, Training, & Credentials:
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Ceramics, Minor in African American Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Master of Arts (MA) in Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Art Therapy, Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Vermont (LCMHC)
Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC) with the Art Therapy Credentials Board
Member of the American Art Therapy Association
Member of the Art Therapy Association of Vermont
Adjunct Instructor, Graduate Expressive Therapies, Lesley University
*currently enrolled in the Institute for Meditation in Psychotherapy certificate program
Mindful Art Therapy and the Cultivation of Self-Compassion: Development of a Method
https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/expressive_theses/12
Vermont License: 068.0134382
Access to Vermont Office of Professional Regulation: https://sos.vermont.gov/opr/
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Individualized Care
After you reach out, I offer a free 15 minute phone consultation to see if we may have a good fit for therapy together.
My style draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Art Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Mindfulness-based approaches, Self-compassion theory, and Psychodynamic theory.
I offer psychotherapy to both teens and adults in person at my office or via telehealth. Due to licensing regulations, I can only meet with people physically located in Vermont.
Payments
I charge $140 for a 55 minute session. I accept credit cards, local checks, or Venmo for payment. I am an in-network provider with Medicaid, Medicare, MVP and BC/BS. If I am out-of-network with your insurance, you are responsible for payment and I will provide you with documentation for reimbursement. I have a late cancellation (less than 24 hours) and no-show fee of $140. Medicaid does not allow late cancel/no show fees, so I reserve the right to refer you to another provider after 3 late cancellations/no shows. Payments and copayments are due at time of service.