Self work is Sacred
Art of Self Love is a holistic healing practice which honors Art, Self, Love, and Spirit.
Stephanie, founder of Art of Self love, is a warm loving spirit by nature. Daughter and Granddaughter to Mayan and Mexica families. A first generation Chicana, born on Tongva land.
Intuitively drawn to Spirit with a deep curiosity of the human psyche she studied Psychology, Arts, and Behavioral Sciences. She received her MA from Loyola Marymount University, with a dual concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy specializing in Clinical Art Therapy. She is a Registered Art Therapist with the Art Therapy Credentials Board, and a Ca Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Stephanie continues her Indigenous studies with deep reverence to Great Spirit and Madre Tierra. She has received initiation blessings from Irma StarSpirt.
Stephanie embarked on her own healing journey over two decades ago, and remains dedicated to her personal path. She understands the journey is not always easy, and also trusts the peace and freedom self work can bring. Investing the time and energy on oneself is a courageous act of self love!
Art of Self Love embodies essences of spirituality, creativity, expressive arts, psychology, energy work, and traditional ancestral healing arts of her indigenous lineages. Stephanie will walk along side you, and support you.
~ Offerings ~
Individual and Couple Healing Sessions
Healing sessions may be a blend of therapeutic dialogue, creative expression, coaching, mindfulness, spiritual guidance, affirmations, and guided meditation. Sessions are unique to you and your needs. Whether you are holding onto childhood pain, trauma, heartbreak, self-criticism, moving through grief and loss, life changing experiences, integrating plant medicine, or seeking enlightenment and purpose, you will be held with love and compassion.
The initial session will include an assessment, consent, and a therapeutic dialogue discussing what you are seeking from healing sessions.
Approaches: holistic, humanistic, psychodynamic, systems theory, anti racist, incorporating a decolonized lens. Integrating mindfulness, spirituality, art, self love empowerment, and breath.
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Art Therapy
Creativity is a sacred act in which we express ourselves. Art lies in our shadows, our truths, our joys, and our spirit. Expressive art nourishes our emotional, mental, physical and spiritual health. Writing, drawing, painting, photography, dance, song; the way we style and adorn ourselves and our homes are all forms of creative expression.
Art Therapy can support us when words are not enough. It can act as an energetic release, a self soothing tool, and magical portal into the subconscious. Art therapy is for all beings, not only children and “artists”. There is no prerequisite to engage in creative expression, simply an open heart and some creative materials.
Art therapy supports trauma, anxiety, somatics, therapeutic process, ignites our creative spirit and more!
sessions available for individual, family, community and corporate wellness.
Limpia de Rosas
In Mexican Traditional Healings, rosas symbolize Spirit and the Divine Mother. Rosas represent the essence of the Virgin de Guadalupe and Tonantzin; Earth Mother to the Aztecs. Rosas offers love, tenderness, compassion, deep healing, peace and grace from our Divine Mother.
Limpia de Rosas is a spiritual cleansing and ceremony which honors the divine within us. We will offer love to our Divine Mother and receive healing in return.
This limpia supports grief and loss, womb healing, end of life support, heartbreak, self love, and more.
Energy Work
Stephanie comes from a lineage of indigenous medicine. Her Abuelas/Grandmothers, Bisabuelas/Great Grandmothers, and Tias used energy work, sobada, yerbas, ritual and more to support the family. She absorbs the family medicine as much as she can and continues to honor her family legacy as her beloveds transition. Stephanie also studies under traditional Maestrxs and Elders of Mayan and Mexica healing arts, including Curanderismo. She utilizes her ancestral wisdom, family learnings, and teachings in her energy work. Some sessions include use of touch, sacred smoke, prayer, obsidian, drum and rattle.
Stephanie is attuned in the following modalities.
Reiki~ “Reiki is the life energy that flows through all living things” iarp.org. Reiki activities your body's energies using universal life force energy. Reiki can be practiced hands on, hands off, and virtually. Reiki is known to be effective in healing physical, mental, and emotional imbalances.
13th Octave LaHoChi~ “La”-Light and Love of God. “Ho”-Movement. “Chi”- Life Force. LaHoChi is the movement of light into your body at the speed of Love. It is an ancient healing modality that conducts Life/God Force and infuses the individual with wholeness and well-being. LaHoChi assists spiritual and physical journeys, restores meridians, activates the higher chakras, expands energetic bodies, awakens awareness and pleasure, and deepens a profound sense of gratitude with the Self and the Divine.
Pregnancy loss, infant loss, abortion support
This is a sacred and safe space to mourn, grieve, cry, celebrate and simply BE. Mourning the loss of a pregnancy, baby, and infant can be a very solitary and confusing place. At times, we may choose to grieve in solitude, other times we may yearn for community, and it seems no one understands our pain. The experience of this loss is often traumatic, making it difficult to talk about and navigate. Stephanie began a support group in 2018, ten months after her own loss. A space she wished she had. A space to feel held, seen, and understood. A space to process, be silent, laugh, or cry.
The support group has come to a rest, Stephanie continues to offer 1:1 support and Spirit Baby Ceremonies.
Spirit Baby Ceremony~ A space curated from deep love and understating for you to honor your loss and Angel. A sacred space and altar. A space for you to meditate, pray, and visit with your Baby Angel. A ritual to help support your journey of grief.
Consultations
Stephanie now offers consultations! Curious about pursing a Masters degree in Art Therapy or the Mental Health field? Do you have questions around licensure or Law & Ethics? Would you like to know more about my journey and how I have come to birth my private practice?
