Carter Thornton specializes in psychoanalysis and creative arts therapy for relationship issues, anxiety, depression, trauma, sleep issues, and creative blocks. His offices are located in Westchester County, NY and he offers virtual sessions to people located throughout the States of New York, Connecticut, Florida, and Vermont. His practice is widely diverse in terms of race, culture, gender, sexuality, and politics.
He is trained in psychoanalysis, CBT, trauma competency, insomnia treatment, music therapy and other creative modialites, EMDR and Jungian-informed dream work. His approach is also influenced by the many years he has spent as a musician, visual artist, and Zen practitioner.
Carter began his clinical life as a music therapist in New York City in the early 2000s. After graduating from NYU’s Music Therapy Masters program he went on to work in neuro-rehabilitation, psychiatric facilities, prisons, schools, centers for people with HIV/AIDS, and in educational settings. During this time he also trained at the Institute the for Expressive Analysis, a program dedicated to the intersection of psychoanalysis and the creative arts. In addition to working with clients he teaches and offers clinical supervision.
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