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TESS
Enhanced Aesthetic Therapy
PUBLIC ARTIST & CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIST
Transforming Environments for Therapeutic Healing since 2019
PAINTINGS, MURALS, SCULPTURES, AND SOMETIMES THINGS BETWEEN
What Makes Your Work Therapeutic?
What separates me from any other muralists is that I got my start by utilizing my backgrounds in not just art, but also in psychology, to artistically transform a space to serve the psychological needs of the viewer with respect to scholarly research on color, tone, content, symbolism, etc. in order to elicit a customizable desired response.
Photo credit: MIKI YAMATO
Where Do You Paint?
Just about anywhere in the United States! My murals are therapeutic for hospitals, private homes, schools, hotels, medical offices, business offices, parks and public areas, yoga studios, bedrooms, sensory/comfort rooms, playrooms, rehabs, waiting rooms, private practice spaces, veterinary offices, board & meeting rooms, spas, salons, massage therapy offices, holistic health offices, eastern medicine offices, outdoor buildings, tattoo studios, bars, restaurants, stores, boutiques, and more!
Photo credit: SLY ESPINOZA
Who Do You Serve?
Tess has years of education and professional training & experience serving a variety of populations for stress reduction, symptom reduction, enhanced aesthetics, comfort and relaxation, as well as to elicit positive therapeutic responses from those struggling with anything from everyday stressors to more serious mental health concerns, such as autism and other developmental and intellectual disorders, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, mood disorders, etc. through the knowledge of color, tone, perspective, as well as therapeutic and symbolic content.
Photo credit: SLY ESPINOZA
LCAT & ATR-BC Experience
I have over three years experience working as a Creative Arts Therapy Department Supervisor serving clients of all ages in inpatient psychiatry, substance abuse treatment facilities, detox facilities, pediatric units, medical hospitals, developmental disability institutes, etc. working closely within a treatment team to serve those struggling with mental health disorders, substance abuse issues, medical conditions, autism, and other developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities, etc. I am able to use this knowledge and experience to serve the community in many ways - creating therapeutic murals being one of them!
Photo credit MIKI YAMATO