I have available slots Tuesday-Thursday from 8am-5pm
My fees include $150 per 55 minute session. Cancellation fee is $50 and I have a cancellation window of 24 hours before the time of the session, if cancelled before 24 hours of the session, there will not be any charge.
Populations I serve
I have experience working with ages 4 years old to 80 years old, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ identified folks, people that have experienced substance mis-use, and your classic person that needs support with their mental health.
Sonny Surley, ATR-P, P-LPC
My background
I have worked two years in residential treatment facilities assisting people with disabilities, worked in alternative school settings such as outdoor school, and ran a year long art as therapy group for a transitional housing facility for queer identifying folks. I have worked with multiple cultural backgrounds and identities throughout my mental health profession and am continuing to practice through an anti-oppressive, anti-racist lens.
What brought me to this career
I have incorporated creative processes into my life through community and school groups as a child through music and theatre. I would doodle on my papers in class as a way to calm my own nervous system, but I never thought of myself as an artist. I became interested in art as a way to process grief and connect with others and myself in 2020 and became interested in pursuing art therapy in 2022 following my bachelors in psychology. I LOVE bad art and believe everyone holds creative processes in their lives.
What you can expect from me
I strive to create a space that is as safe as possible for the people I am working with, I do this through my own psychoeducation of multicultural and intersectional research and work with others. I believe you are the master of yourself and have all the knowledge you need for healing, and I hope to be able to guide you and be with you through your processing of that. I myself am still in my provisional license of my ATR and LPC and am open to any feedback you have to construct a better therapeutic atmosphere.