Sarah Guercia, MA, ATR-BC, LPC
Artist. Art Therapist. Lightworker.
Sarah Guercia, MA, ATR-BC, LPC is a registered art therapist, licensed professional counselor, and artist. Sarah’s creative offerings stem from the belief that we all have a natural propensity towards healing, especially when mind, body, and spirit are free to communicate effectively. She believes this requires an awareness of how to nourish oneself in all domains.
Sarah has experience working with clients with disordered eating at various levels of care, including IOP, PHP, and assessing for residential and inpatient admissions. Sarah deepened her connection with Spirit while interning within a hospice setting, and currently offers techniques for clients to explore grief, spirituality, and existential curiosities.
Sarah received her master’s degree in Art Therapy from Albertus Magnus College in 2014. In 2015 she was the recipient of the American Art Therapy Association’s Gladys Agell Award for Excellence in Research, in relation to her thesis work on art therapy and the flow state. Sarah’s favorite art materials include acrylic paint and glitter and she often participates in community art shows.
Katy Hyland, MAATC, LPC
Katy Hyland MAATC, LPC is an art therapist and licensed professional counselor. She received her Master’s degree in Art Therapy and Counseling from Albertus Magnus College in 2018. Katy’s experience is working with clients diagnosed with eating disorders, including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorders, and various forms of disordered eating. She also has experience working with clients struggling with anxiety, depression, and who have experienced trauma.
Katy’s path to helping those struggling with eating disorders began in 2017 with a graduate internship at Walden Behavioral Care. In 2018, she returned to begin her career and during that time worked primarily with adults, joining them as a guide on their journey toward finding their power, their voice and toward healing.
Katy also identifies as an artist. Her career has allowed her to combine a passion for creativity and self-expression with a desire to help others heal, find meaning and reconnect with themselves. She received her BS in studio art and concentration in photography. Katy feels that art has the power to create connections between mind, body, and soul which, in turn, allows individuals to express what words cannot say, reveal a voice that may have been lost, and discover a path towards healing.
Rachel Cataudella, MAATC, LPC
Rachel Cataudella, MAATC, LPC, is an Art Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, and Artist. Rachel believes that the therapeutic relationship serves as a guide in the journey towards expanding personal awareness. Therapeutic art techniques are offered as a means to remove emotional blocks, reveal pathways to awareness, and nourish mind, body, and spirit. Rachel believes in the power of creating art to strengthen the inner voice and reconnect with the Whole Self.
Rachel’s therapeutic approach draws from Expressive Therapies, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Mindfulness Techniques. An eclectic blend of these theories is tailored to the individual experience in order to honor each client’s unique healing journey.
Rachel received her Master’s degree in Art Therapy and Counseling from Albertus Magnus College in 2020. As a graduate-level intern, Rachel first began supporting clients diagnosed with Eating Disorders at high-levels of care, including Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) programming in 2018. Since that time, Rachel has developed a niche for serving the adolescent and young adult populations, and has vast experience working with an array of diagnoses including: Anorexia Nervosa, Avoidant/Restrictive Feeding and Intake Disorder (ARFID), Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge Eating Disorder. Rachel also has experience working with clients healing from anxiety, depression, and trauma. Finally, Rachel views the individual as part of a larger family system, and guides clients in illuminating patterns within the family dynamics that require evolution.
Zoe Schlanger, ATR-P, LPC-A
Zoe Schlanger, ATR-P, LPC-A, is an art therapist who offers somatic and mindfulness-based counseling. Her approach comes from a deep respect for each client as a unique individual on their path to greater self-awareness and acceptance. Zoe’s offerings incorporate the transformational power of art processes and contemplative methods. Her style is warm, spacious, and relaxed. She is always guided by her trust in client’s inner knowing.
Zoe received her master’s degree in Transpersonal Art Therapy from Naropa University in Boulder, CO in 2022. She has worked in hospice, hospital, and clinic settings with a wide variety of clients, including those with severe mental illness, trauma, depression, anxiety, and grief.
As a sculptor who works with clay, Zoe draws inspiration and lessons from the land. Zoe believes in the power of art to connect with the world, oneself, and one’s most elemental needs, desires, and power.
Amanda Marino, Office Manager
Amanda Marino graduated from High Point University with a B.A in Criminal Justice. After college, while searching for jobs she found herself working at an eating disorder clinic as a mental health counselor. There she gained her experience working and supporting clients with Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating DIsorder, Avoident/Restrictive Feed and Intake Disorder, Other Specified Feeding and Eating disorders. She found her passion for helping others and being a part of their journey to food and body freedom.
She has training in DBT, CBT, Body Image and is certified as an Intuitive Eating Counselor. Amanda transitioned jobs and became a Meal Coaching Specialist at a residential treatment facility specifically training other staff on meal coaching techniques as well as continuing to support and challenge clients to push past their fears and heal their relationship with food.
She now has found herself transitioning out of the supportive role of helping clients and in the role as an Office Manager. She continues to have a passion for helping others and is looking forward to continuing to work in the therapeutic field in a different role.