blue::artt
Depth-oriented therapy for kids and adults
Approach
Many of the people I work with are creative, relationally perceptive, and highly adaptive. They are artists, caregivers, and teens navigating complex systems, or therapists themselves who understand their histories and patterns intellectually yet still find them activated in their bodies and relationships.
I understand the therapeutic relationship itself as the primary agent of change. Within that relational frame, I integrate Brainspotting and Art Therapy to engage both cognitive insight and embodied processing.
My work draws from Psychodynamic and Experiential traditions. My style is warm, direct, and cushioned with levity.
I am a Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC) and licensed in Oregon (LPC) and Washington (LMHC). I have completed Levels I and II of Brainspotting and am currently pursuing certification.
MA, Art Therapy – NYU, 2015
BA, Art Practices – PSU, 2008
Beth Purcell|she/her
LPC, LMHC, ATR-BC
Systems Lens
Mental illness is inextricable from the social and political landscape. I frame interpersonal truths within the context of white supremacy, racism, classism, fatphobia, ableism and systemic harm toward gender diverse and queer people. Disrupting these systems personally and professionally is my imperfect practice.