Ain (she/hers) specializes in working with children, adolescents, and emerging adults who have difficulties navigating grief, trauma, emotional/behavioral regulation, anxiety, depression, and identity. Additional experience includes working with severe emotional and behavior dysregulation, LGBTQAI+ concerns, PTSD, other mood disorders, open studio art therapy and group art therapy. Ain is passionate about creating safe, inclusive, and culturally competent spaces for BIPOC and intersectionality identified clients. She believes it’s important to reflect underserved populations with whom she shares identities so they can feel safer and seen in the therapeutic space. Ain’s work is grounded in trauma-informed, social-justice oriented, person-centered art therapy. Ain’s experience as a teacher influences her devotion to working with children, adolescents, emerging adults and families. She uses empathy, patience, honesty, humor, and creativity to assist clients through the impact of personal, interpersonal, societal, and environmental barriers.
