Justin Wassel
Justin holds an Associate of Arts Degree in Psychology from Valencia Community College in Orlando, FL, a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Documentary Studies from the College of Santa Fe in Santa Fe, NM, and a Master of Arts Degree in Art Therapy and Counseling from Southwestern College in Santa Fe, NM and a BSN from the University of Central Florida College of Nursing. He is a Registered Art Therapist (ATR) in the United States through the Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB).
Upon completion of his Graduate-level coursework In 2011, he attended the Quimby Amenti Mystery School's Transformational Applications for Counselors trainings while in New Mexico. He also achieved a Noetic Practitioner certificate from the Quimby Amenti Foundation.
Justin has facilitated art therapy and counseling services in a variety of settings from community mental health for at-risk youth, to outpatient counseling, assisted and independent living facilities, as well as long-term residential treatment for chronic mental illness--particularly with client populations who suffer thought disorders and psychoses such as schizophrenia.
He has experience facilitating expressive arts therapy within the Eden Alternative model of care dedicated to improving the lives of those who suffer Alzheimer's-dementia spectrum disorders, age-related decline, and the family members or loved ones of those who experience such illnesses.
Justin is interested in providing therapy for those who suffer mental illness and also for those who are impacted through their relationship to those individuals with diagnoses.
Justin moved the Lake Area of Missouri in 2020. Previously, he has provided art therapy services in New Mexico and Florida. The majority of clients have presented with diagnoses including but not limited to: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Paranoid Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety and Phobias, Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADHD, Chronic Physical Illnesses, Cancer, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Obsessive Compulsive (OCD), Tourettes Syndrome, Gender Identity, Family-Relationship issues.
Justin tailors each Art Therapy session to be a co-collaborative process between the client and himself. He blends holistic healing techniques, utilizing all of his experience and applicable skills with those who intend to resolve disharmony and distractions so they may orchestrate the harmony they desire to unfold in their lives.
Justin has a passion for working closely with artists, writers, musicians, and performers both professional and novice. Through the services he offers, one may harmonize aspects of life to overcome self-judgments, unconscious scripts, and negative self-talk, as well as clearing writer's block, stage fright, other forms of creative restriction.
Justin believes life is a creative process and ongoing evolution in which we all participate, whether consciously or unconsciously. Ultimately, It is from our alignments and intentional participation that each life is written and created. As we work toward understanding ourselves and our relative being-ness in our world, we access the keys to our conscious, creative, and loving nature.
It is here that we begin to experience positive transformation and our evolution toward greater balance, flow, and equanimity.
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