Located on the second floor of a historic building in the heart of Downtown Hendersonville, Mountain Creative Arts Counseling offers trauma-informed individual counseling, anxiety support groups, and expressive arts workshops to support you through your wellness and healing journey. Schedule your free consultation with Kara Ashley-Gilmore, LCMHC, ATR, to find the service that's right for you.
My name is Kara Ashley-Gilmore, and I provide art therapy and trauma counseling in NC. I specialize in helping people heal from trauma and cope with chronic stress, anxiety & depression. I am a Registered Art Therapist and Provisional Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. I also use CBT and mindfulness practices to help you build skills for coping with the stressful events that are happening now, as well as to heal from things that have happened in the past.
Finding a trauma-informed therapist can be stressful. I accept BCBS, and offer free, 30-minute consultations to make things easier. Video sessions are also available for NC residents who are unable to make it to my Hendersonville office.
My name is Kara Ashley-Gilmore, and I provide art therapy and trauma counseling in NC. I specialize in helping people heal from trauma and cope with chronic stress, anxiety & depression. I am a Registered Art Therapist and Provisional Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. I also use CBT and mindfulness practices to help you build skills for coping with the stressful events that are happening now, as well as to heal from things that have happened in the past.
Finding a trauma-informed therapist can be stressful. I accept BCBS, and offer free, 30-minute consultations to make things easier. Video sessions are also available for NC residents who are unable to make it to my Hendersonville office.
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My name is Kara Ashley-Gilmore, and I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Registered Art Therapist, and Provisional Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.
I specialize in working with individuals who have experienced trauma and are struggling with chronic anxiety.
I love helping people learn to cope with stress through understanding their emotions, their bodies, their thoughts, their spirituality, and the things that get in the way of feeling ease, pleasure, and connection.
I have been working in the mental health field since 2007, combining my knowledge of psychology and creativity with techniques from CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), Mindfulness-Based practices, and Somatic Experiencing to provide trauma and attachment-informed psychotherapy.
I specialize in working with individuals who have experienced trauma and are struggling with chronic anxiety.
I love helping people learn to cope with stress through understanding their emotions, their bodies, their thoughts, their spirituality, and the things that get in the way of feeling ease, pleasure, and connection.
I have been working in the mental health field since 2007, combining my knowledge of psychology and creativity with techniques from CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), Mindfulness-Based practices, and Somatic Experiencing to provide trauma and attachment-informed psychotherapy.
The author, Tanner Christensen, wrote that creativity is a cup of jellybeans.
He explained that if a clear cup were full of jellybeans, you would only be able to see the colors around the perimeter.
The jellybeans in the center are hidden from view.
The insights that come to us as we are being creative are the keys to our personal growth.
The attitudes you bring to art-making are the same attitudes you apply in your life.
Creativity is the process that shakes the cup, allowing a new perspective to our problems.
He explained that if a clear cup were full of jellybeans, you would only be able to see the colors around the perimeter.
The jellybeans in the center are hidden from view.
The insights that come to us as we are being creative are the keys to our personal growth.
The attitudes you bring to art-making are the same attitudes you apply in your life.
Creativity is the process that shakes the cup, allowing a new perspective to our problems.
When you're suffering from anxiety, you may walk around pretending that everything is fine in front of friends, family, and colleagues, but secretly, you are struggling to get through the day without falling apart.
It's no secret that times are tough, and the world can feel like a stressful place to live sometimes.
There's a lot to worry about, but worrying alone has never helped anyone.
Anxiety is exhausting and leaves you with no time or energy to put towards the things that could pull you out of this cycle of over-thinking, excessive worry, panic, exhaustion, and overwhelm.
It's no secret that times are tough, and the world can feel like a stressful place to live sometimes.
There's a lot to worry about, but worrying alone has never helped anyone.
Anxiety is exhausting and leaves you with no time or energy to put towards the things that could pull you out of this cycle of over-thinking, excessive worry, panic, exhaustion, and overwhelm.
The Anxiety Skills Group is facilitated by Kara Ashley-Gilmore, a licensed counselor and art therapist, and meets weekly in Downtown Hendersonville.
When you're dealing with anxiety, you may feel like you are struggling to get through the day without falling apart.
You may walk around pretending that everything is fine in front of friends, family, and colleagues, while secretly you're battling inner voices of self-doubt, criticism, or fears that you're going to fail, and the world will find out you are a fraud.
When you're dealing with anxiety, you may feel like you are struggling to get through the day without falling apart.
You may walk around pretending that everything is fine in front of friends, family, and colleagues, while secretly you're battling inner voices of self-doubt, criticism, or fears that you're going to fail, and the world will find out you are a fraud.
During this weekly art therapy group, you'll be guided through meditation, art expression, and sharing designed to encourage creative play, emotional expression, and connection with self and others.
Art making can support us in re-connecting with our mind, body, and spirit.
This group is catered to adult participants, who are yearning for something relaxing and creative.
No art experience is required.
The focus is on the process, exploration, discovery, and play.
This group is donation based: Pay what you can each week, with a suggested donation of $20/group.
Art making can support us in re-connecting with our mind, body, and spirit.
This group is catered to adult participants, who are yearning for something relaxing and creative.
No art experience is required.
The focus is on the process, exploration, discovery, and play.
This group is donation based: Pay what you can each week, with a suggested donation of $20/group.
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