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A canvas, a raw sheet of material, is intriguing to me with regard to how to approach treatment. Canvas Psychological is intentionally named for how I approach working with you and how I would like you to feel received as a client– as a canvas of existing strengths that we can add to, expand upon and continue to shape. I think of the process of beginning treatment with a client as an opportunity to create something meaningful. That meaning is uniquely informed by your strengths, your goals and your vision for yourself.
*John Locke, a 17th Century, English, philosopher proposed his understanding of the human mind in his 1689 work An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. He is famously cited for proposing that the mind at birth is a tabula rasa (a blank slate) that we fill with ‘ideas’ as we experience the world through the five senses. I fully embrace the power behind our experiences as a formative part of who we are throughout our life. There’s something freeing about the idea that we can be more than recipients of experiences– we can also be creators of new ones. Let’s begin creating and experiencing!
*(John Locke history is derived from www.philosophybreak.com)
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Dr. Simone Andrews is a NYS licensed psychologist. She is founder of Canvas Psychological P.C. and currently the primary treatment provider for the practice. She received her undergraduate degree in Applied Psychology from New York University (NYU), Masters of Arts in Developmental Psychology from Teacher’s College Columbia University and her Doctorate of Psychology in Child/School Psychology from NYU. Prior to receiving her doctorate, Dr. Simone worked in foster care, community settings, and hospital settings providing individual therapy, counseling, and cognitive/emotional assessments or evaluations to primarily children and adolescents. Soon after receiving her doctorate in 2012 she began working exclusively with an adult outpatient population for a state psychiatric facility, where she received supervision in providing therapy for a diagnostically diverse population of adult clients diagnosed with a range of mild to severe mental illness. Dr. Simone’s work with children and families informed her approach to working in this setting where she applied an understanding of family systems, development, experiential learning, and her training as an intensively trained DBT clinician to this population. She also led trainings in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and built a DBT adherent program within the adult outpatient department. Dr. Simone has been working in private practice since 2017 as an independent practitioner. She prides herself in drawing from her professional and personal experiences to provide a culturally grounded treatment in an engaging and responsive way. Her work with her clients can range from insight oriented to experiential, drawing upon client’s strengths, evidence-based practices, and their world view.
Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has posed on all of us internationally and as a community. As we are increasingly adjusting to new standards for managing risk as a society ,we encourage clients to be healthy and safe. Please do not come to therapy if you are sick with any medically based illness. We can always adjust to a virtual session if you are still up for it.
The office space allows for 6 feet distance between clinician and client. A hepa filter is also available in the office. You are more than welcome to wear a mask during your appointment. If you have been on vacation or traveled out of the country, please take a COVID test before attending an in person session.
It is understood that guidelines are changing as information linked to COVID 19 change. As information is updated (informed by CDC and WHO), Canvas Psychological will do it’s best to make adjustments in order to provide a safe environment that manages risk.
Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the challenges that the pandemic has posed on all of us internationally and as a community. In an effort to create a therapeutic space that is safe physically and emotionally for all clients please observe the following:
Guidelines informed by the state and city are utilized to support safe practices for in-person therapy. Clients who have received a COVID 19 vaccination and booster shots can currently be seen within the office in person on Thursdays and Fridays (alternate days are available based on therapist availability) without masks. Please provide proof of vaccination in order to be seen without a mask.
If you are not vaccinated, you will be required to wear a mask in the office.
The office space allows for 6 feet distance between clinician and client. A hepa filter is also available to help cleanse and filtrate the air.
It is understood that guidelines are changing as information linked to this virus changes. As information is updated (informed by CDC and WHO), Canvas Psychological will do it’s best to make adjustments in order to provide a safe environment that manages risk.
Canvas Psychological currently provides hybrid , in person and virtual therapy. In person therapy is currently offered on Thursdays and Fridays (other days may occasionally be available during the week.
From my seat, I often see a collective string of similar struggles, responses to social stressors or even life questions/observations. This blog is dedicated to exploring topics that emerge over time in treatment from a therapists perspective.
From my seat, I often see a collective string of similar struggles, responses to social stressors or even life questions/observations. This blog is dedicated to exploring topics that emerge over time in treatment from a therapists perspective.
Just sharing also aspires to be a connective tissue of shared experiences and resources anecdotally related to wellness services I have had the pleasure of experiencing throughout NYC.
Photography by Nataki Hewling
