Devora A. Weinapple is a Therapist based in the USA. My areas of speciality include Chronic Impulsivity, Eating Disorders, Emotional Disturbance, Family Conflict, Life Transitions, Peer Relationships, Self Esteem, Sleep or Insomnia, Stress, and Video Game Addiction. This profile is currently unclaimed; please validate the details are current when communicating with the mental health professional.
Therapist Overview
As a licensed MFT and board certified art therapist (ATR-BC) in private practice in Redwood City, I provide psychotherapy in the form of Neurodevelopmental Art Therapy (NDAT), based on current neuroscience research, interpersonal neurobiology and attachment theories, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). The emotional right brain is dominant in all forms of psychotherapy; which is especially true in child and adolescent therapies. The key: therapeutic change most often happens when there is trust and connection between therapist and client in a safe and supportive environment, free from judgment or expectation. Talk therapy is hard for people with trauma histories. Body-based results of trauma are stored in the right hemisphere. Activation of the right hemisphere through expressive art therapy allows access to stored physical and emotional traumatic memories, sensations, feelings, and thoughts which can then be expressed in visual form. I am also an outpatient provider and art t