Kate Shannon
Connections Creative Arts Therapy Licensed creative arts therapist with extensive trauma training. Significant training in play and expressive therapies as well as EMDR.
About this Presenter
As someone who has struggled with selective mutism, social anxiety, and trauma, I’ve spent my career working towards helping others understand their own healing journeys through their strengths. I started my career as a music therapist working with children with various needs within the school systems and worked with children in pediatric palliative care. After realizing I wanted more “tools in my bag” regarding mental health, I completed significant play therapy training as well as EMDR training to support my arsenal and am working towards EMDR certification.
As a story-telling, D&D lover, I found many of my clients also enjoyed the idea of metaphor within the therapy space and have used this as a foundational element of my work. Currently I identify as a creative arts trauma therapist, utilizing more than just music, but art-making, sandtray, D&D, and other elements that bring my clients joy.
On most weekends, you might find me spending time outside in my garden, playing Dungeons and Dragons, watching a movie, reading Romantasy, crafting, or hopping to the nearest garage sale or thrift store. So far my family hasn’t complained too much about my enthusiasm for imaginary adventure, craft collecting, and goofy antics, but my toddler’s vocabulary is limited to animal sounds right now so she can’t really vocalize her annoyance yet.