Artvango Therapeutic Services, Inc., is committed to uplifting and healing children affected by the cycle of abuse, poverty, and trauma.
Artvango Therapeutic Services, Inc., is founded on the principles of helping children and their families heal through the use of expressive arts in the therapeutic environment to strengthen personal awareness, nurture, healing, and positive change.
Art Therapy Is a form of psychotherapy based on the process of creating visual images through drawing, painting, sculpting, and the use of other art materials. In art therapy, emotions and thoughts are expressed symbolically through the creation of personal imagery. Art bypasses verbal defenses and limitations, allowing for insight to occur in a non-threatening way. The art produced can be reflected upon, and with guidance from the art therapist, one can explore the meaning of the images and work through areas of conflict and distress.
We currently only accept the following insurances:
- TX Medicaid
- Community First
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Aetna Better Health of TX
- Optum
Please call for private-pay fees.
In an effort to improve the lives of the foster care community, Artvango has collaborated with community partners in providing art therapy, play therapy, and workshops in an effort to help spread the word on how trauma affects children while offering effective parenting tools when working with children from hard places.
Continuing education credits (CEU’s) are provided to social workers and licensed professional counselors.
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All behavior has meaning. It is a way of communicating feelings and needs. So-called problem behavior is one way a child expresses conflict, which is difficult to conceptualize and verbalize. A child can channel and give conceptual form to negative feelings and behaviors through working with art materials. The clarification and responses of an art therapist facilitates the child’s awareness of patterns, intentions, and the meaning of behavior.
A child-centered approach curriculum addresses social and developmental issues for children and teens in the foster care system. This curriculum incorporates culturally-rooted concepts and values of each individual through indigenous teachings, writings, and expressive modalities.
In addition, clients will have the opportunity to learn meditation, guided imagery, and the calming effects of quieting the mind through meditation techniques.
Licensed professional counselors provide confidential psychotherapy sessions to individuals, families, and in group settings to those who are experiencing behavioral, social, or challenging situations as it relates to being in the foster care system. Counseling session objectives are to strengthen personal awareness, nurture, heal, foster positive social changes, improve family communication, and expand and deepen their personal skills needed to help cope with the challenges that come from being the foster care system.
We currently only accept the following insurances:
- TX Medicaid
- Community First
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Aetna Better Health of TX
- Optum
Please call for private-pay fees.
A supportive art therapy group in which children participate in structured art activities designed to help them identify and express their feelings. This support group enhances their social and problem solving skills, increase self-esteem, build self confidence, learn ways to reduce anxiety and conflict, re-direct negative thinking, and develop appropriate strategies for coping with life’s struggles and help them to make positive choices. Groups will be formed in the spring and will meet (on average) for 8 sessions.
Groups are available for ages 10-12.
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We currently only accept the following insurances:
- TX Medicaid
- Community First
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Aetna Better Health of TX
- Optum
Please call for private-pay fees.
Your financial gift means we can bring support and healing to more children and families.
- You can choose to give a one-time gift or increase your impact and sign up to be a recurring donor uniting to make a positive difference in a child's life.
- We are always in need of art supplies for our therapy sessions, view our Amazon wishlist for more ways to contribute. Click on the link to see our list.
Every gift provides hope and healing, we are incredibly grateful!