As providers focused on wellness, it is important to to let you know who you are working with and how we operate as a team. We believe that you should receive care from someone who aligns with your values. Kaleidoscope and this space are a manifestation of unlearning how things “should be” and learning about what truly supports our clients. These are the values from which we practice.
Mission
To provide neurodivergent affirming, culturally responsive mental health services by creating a welcoming, non-judgmental space that supports people leading more sustainable, fulfilled lives.
Vision
Our vision is to empower neurodivergent folks to unmask and create lives they love, while working within our community to create welcoming spaces for all people.
Values
Creativity and Curiosity
We believe that by being open and curious we continue to grow as people and a community. Creativity and curiosity allow us to go deeper and understand ourselves and our communities better.
Autonomy
We respect our client’s right to determine there own needs, treatment goals, and life direction. We are not here to “fix” client and honor an respect all levels of support needs. While we may have tools and expertise to support our client, we affirm our client’s ability to make their own choices regarding their desire to change and reaching their goals.
Care and Compassion
We truly care for each our clients and strive to be open hearted and present in every session. We see it as our duty to care for our client beyond just the therapy room, working to develop tools, supports, and structures that allow our client’s to love their lives on their terms.
Integrity and Virtue
We uphold the highest standards of care, morals, and ethical principals in our practice. We work to ensure access to services, strive to conduct ourselves in a way that cause no harm, promote wellbeing and practices that benefit others, and maintain honesty and truthfulness in our realtionships and work.
Our Beliefs
Social Justice and Advocacy
We believe that all people deserve a right to care in all forms; politically, economically, mentally, socially and physically. We recognize that we live in a country that prioritizes and values some people over others. We recognize that the world and the system at large impact our physical and mental wellbeing; and that in order to create a more equitable world, we must resist and dismantle oppressive systems. We are passionate about creating accessible spaces in the mental health field and helping people and communities rethink the way they are operating and how it might exclude certain people. Our team members are advocates for more equitable, accessible spaces in their communities and more broadly. We believe in supporting organizations and people doing social justice work in all forms. When learning and growing, we first and foremost listen to the voices of the communities that we serve. On this website we are transparent about the accessibility of our space. Each clinician holds 1-2 therapy slots as a reduced fee for those who are unable to afford our session rate. We highly recommend Inclusive Therapists, Therapist Neurodiversity Collective, and Therapy Den as resources for finding a therapist with lived experience in a specific community.
Collaboration
We believe that we are stronger together. We believe in partnering with our clients to co-create the change they want to see for themselves and see ourselves and supportive partners in therapy, not experts.We work with an amazing network of professionals to provide the best care for our clients. We don’t view therapy work as just a job, but a call to serve our community. We are always looking for inclusive, welcoming spaces to collaborate with and to recommend to our clients as resources. In the therapy space, we value collaboration with our clients. I actively work alongside clients to co-create the care and change that they need.
Rest and joy as an act of resistant
This world and the systems we live in tend to rob us of our ability to rest and engage in pure joy. We actively support our clients in finding spaces to rest and experience joy as small acts of resistance. Every human deserves to have adequate rest; time to recharge, rest, contemplate, and heal. Every person deserve to have spaces and places where they can experience joy. We actively engage in my own rest and find ways to experience joy. In doing these things, we believe that we have more power to disrupt oppressive systems. Finally, we don’t believe in being therapists who simply hand out coping skills. We may not be able to fix the system, but we can work to figure out how to engage in rest, find joy, and resist in-spite of the system.
Land Acknowledgement
We am located on the stolen Lands that are sacred to the Piscataway and Manahoac Indigenous Peoples. You can learn more about the Piscataway people here.
We acknowledge that we occupy and participate in exploitation of Land that are not native to us. We advocate for Land Back and Indigenous Sovereignty. You can learn more about Lane Back here and at NDN Collective.
We invite other members of the mental health community to decolonize our therapy practices and to support the dismantling of colonial systems.
Community Donations
We value supporting organizations that provide critical mental health services to those who cannot afford care. We give monthly donations to The Loveland Foundation and The Women’s Center. The Loveland Foundations provides free mental health services to women and non-binary people of color. The Women’s Center is a local non-profit that focuses on supporting women who have experienced DV, are in need of counseling, or are in need of career support.
Accessibility Statement
This website has been made with accessibility in mind. The colors pairings follow WCAG 2.1 AA based on a contrast ratio of 4.5:1. Paragraph fonts have been chosen that are easy to read for dyslexic folk and headers are in all caps. Photos have text overlay and you can navigate the site by using the tab and space bar. The mobile experience of this website should not diminish its usability. There may to limitations to the usability of this site with assistive technologies. If you have any concerns or complaints please email Christina at christina@kaleidoscope-arttherapy.com or fill out a contact form.