Personalized, Creative, Playful
As a therapist I encourage different forms of expression to help create a thriving therapeutic relationship where clients can speak whatever language their heart prefers.
About
Honoring unique strengths and ways of expression
With over 15 years of experience in outpatient, school and community mental health settings, I utilize my experience and specialized training in Expressive Therapies and Play Therapy to help clients reach their personal goals and feel heard and understood along the way.
Whether I am working with adults or children, I often find that using alternative methods in addition to traditional talk therapy can help build a trusting therapeutic connection, allow for emotional expression, give insight into complex and confusing feelings, and make space for one's own inner wisdom to emerge.
Within a playful environment, clients can pretend, draw, write, make music, or use the sandtray, sometimes all within one session!
...Because sometimes life is just too big for words.
I hold a PhD from Lesley University in Expressive Therapies, in which I focused my doctoral research on the use of play and art with siblings of children with cancer. I am also licensed as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the state of Virginia and am a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor (RPT-S) through the Association for Play Therapy.
Kristina Sawetz-Glasener
PhD, LCSW, RPT-S
Services
Specialty Areas
Approaches
- Play Therapy
- Expressive Arts
- Person-Centered
- Strength-Based
- Humanistic Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Trauma Focused
- Sand Tray Therapy
- Family Systems
- Experiential Therapy
- School & Child-Care Interventions
Insurance Accepted
- Out of Network
Fees
- Cost Per Session: $150 - $200