Creative and culturally responsive therapy for adults, couples, and families navigating life challenges.

Welcome! I’m Simeng.

I am a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT) offering art therapy and psychotherapy in New York State. It is a challenging time for many of us. If you are feeling stuck, disconnected from yourself or others, unsure how to process what you are going through, or longing for a space where words alone cannot express enough, I am here for you.

Art Therapy & Psychotherapy in New York

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Simeng Wang, 2026

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What Is Art Therapy

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Art therapy is an expressive and embodied non-conventional therapy that uses creativity and active art-making to support emotional, mental, and overall wellbeing for individuals, families, and groups. In art therapy, expression can take many forms: drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, movement, dance, mindfulness, creative writing, acting, music, vocal exploration, imaginative play, and so much more. It is a therapy form that celebrates arts of all kinds.

No art skill required

Art Therapy is not art class. You do not need to be “good at art” to begin. The creative process is not about performance, but a way for you to dive deeper within yourself. In this space, you are invited to become the artist of your own story.

Art-making is optional and collaborative

Some sessions may involve art-making, while others may look more like talk therapy. We will decide together what feels supportive each time we meet. The sessions will always be catered towards your needs.

Words are not always enough

Because our emotions and memories are not stored only in words, art-making can help us access deeper layers of experience through image, sensation, color, movement, and symbol. Art can open a pathway to deeper parts of ourselves that words alone may not be able to reach.

I see art-making in therapy as a beautiful process of meaning-making, a way to build resilience through adversities and to nourish the soul. It can foster autonomy, hope, emotional regulation, and a sense of freedom. The body and soul are deeply connected. They move together, breathe together, remember together, and heal together. When we follow intuition and allow color, sound, image, movement, and metaphor to lead us, the heart begins to soften and awaken. We can feel connected again, with ourselves and with the world around us.

Who I work with

Artists & Creative People

For artists, performers, dancers, writers, and creative people navigating creative blocks, burnout, perfectionism, identity, visibility, and the emotional weight of creative work.

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Immigrants, Children of Immigrants & Multicultural Families

For people navigating migration, belonging, family expectations, cultural identity, intergenerational conflict, and the feeling of living between worlds.

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LGBTQ+ Folks

For folks exploring identity, relationships, self-expression, family dynamics, safety, belonging, and the desire to feel more fully seen.

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Adults Navigating Emotional Pain & Life Transitions

For people moving through anxiety, depression, grief, relational stress, burnout, trauma, loneliness, or major life changes.

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Neurodivergent Individuals

For neurodivergent individuals, including those navigating ADHD, autism, sensory sensitivity, masking, burnout, identity, emotional overwhelm, and the desire for a therapy space that feels affirming, flexible, and supportive.

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Couples & Families

For couples and families seeking more honest communication, emotional understanding, and new ways of relating.

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My Approach

Relational

I believe healing happens within safe, authentic relationships where you can feel seen, heard, and understood. Together, we will build a therapeutic relationship that allows for honesty, vulnerability, and growth.

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Person-Centered

I honor your pace, your voice, and your lived experience, trusting that you carry inner wisdom and capacity for growth.

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Trauma-Informed

I approach therapy with sensitivity to how trauma can live in the body, emotions, relationships, nervous system, and genes, creating space for safety, choice, and empowerment.

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Strengths-Based

I help you reconnect with your existing strengths, creativity, resilience, and resources, even when they may feel hidden or difficult to access.

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✨ Art Therapy Workshop Highlights ✨

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Dollmaking Workshop: Spirit in All Things

April 11th and 18th, 2026

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Magical Creatures

March 5, 2026

co-facilitated with art therapist Avni Rajpal

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Movement Workshop

February 25, 2026

This 1.5h Therapeutic Movement workshop focuses on providing a supportive and inclusive space for people to come together during this cold winter - to warm up, and to build connection through guided mindful movement. The sequences are designed to help explore a healing dialogue between participant’s own body and spirit, as well as engage in a non-verbal conversation with those around them. The guided workshop introduces embodied practices such as meditation, energy flow, gestural expression, improvisation, and breathwork.

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Art and Dance Therapy Experience

May 31, 2025

co-facilitated with art therapist Monica Hofstadter

A workshop that intergrates art therapy with dance and nature. It combines art making and dance into a socially connetive and introspective practice. The experience includes both individual art making and collctive movement expressions. The setting is at Prospect Park, allowing participants to engage with the natural world as a surface and as a soundtrack.

Art Therapy for Dancers

March 23, 2025

Noticing the need for dancers to have a space for healing and building therapeuic connections, I designed this art therapy workshop for dancers. A dancer is defined broadly here, anyone who feels connected to movement can be a dancer. The workshop included two parts: first is group energy sharing and connection through dance, and then individual art making.

Dance and Wellbeing

three workshops in 2023

Dancing freely has brought me much joy and healing, and I offered these workshops to share this practice with others. Guiding prompts are provided throughout the whole hour and participants are encouraged to explore their bodies and build dance language in their own pace. It is a safe space for everyone, regardless of dance level, to explore their creative expression, release, and have fun.

Group Art Making Experience

September 22, 2023

An art-as-therapy experience that focused on the healing nature of art-making and community building.

Tucking in Nature

multiple workshops in 2023

Participants are instructed to adopt a small natural object from the selection, and to create a comforting bed for it, tucking it in using wool and wool felting technique. The workshops are designed to facilitate warm, soft, and caring feelings. Animal wool fibers and small natural objects are chosen to help the participants to tap into the nurturing side and connect with nature and spirituality.

Treasures! Beading Workshop

June 24, 2023

Beading is a mindful and meditative practive that have deep roots in many different cultures. It can help participants to connect with culture, relieve stress and anxiety, as well as boost self-esteem. It allows feelings to be manifested in a tangible and practical way.

Contact

Have questions or feel it’s time to start your therapy journey? Don’t worry, I got you! I offer a 15 min free consultation call. Send me a message through the form below and I’ll get back to you soon.