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WHEN THE WORK IS THE SELF 

# Therapy for creatives and artists

When your work comes from you, criticism of the work doesn't stay outside. That's not fragility — it's the occupational condition of making things, and it's worth having somewhere to put it.

## What creatives bring

Blocks that don't respond to discipline. The particular exhaustion of turning something you love into something you're paid for. Comparison that's now industrialized by a phone. And the fear that whatever produced the good work might not come back.

## Why I'm a reasonable fit

My background is in expressive arts — my MA is in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Expressive Arts Therapy. I use words, images, ideas and sound in sessions, and I'd rather work creatively than sit in a purely verbal exchange.

That said, we're doing therapy, not making art. Nobody is required to produce anything.

## On the fear of losing it

A worry I hear often: that resolving the difficulty will take the work with it. In my experience the opposite is more common — what tends to go is the paralysis around the work, not the source of it.

## The block and the work aren't the same thing.

Book a free 15-minute consultation.

[Schedule a free consultation](/contact)

RhythmLife Psychotherapy

Anna Talamo, LMFT

Healing beyond talk — trauma therapy blending EMDR, Flash Technique, EFT and Brainspotting. In-person in Albany, California and telehealth across CA and TX.

RhythmLife Psychotherapy  
1035 San Pablo Avenue, Suite 8, #4  
Albany, CA 94706  
[(510) 323-2488](tel:+15103232488)

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### Approaches

-   [EMDR](/emdr)
-   [Flash Technique](/flash-technique)
-   [EFT & Matrix Reimprinting](/eft)
-   [Brainspotting](/brainspotting)
-   [EMDR vs Brainspotting](/emdr-vs-brainspotting)

### Sessions & Intensives

-   [Extended Sessions](/extended-sessions)
-   [Therapy Intensives](/therapy-intensives)
-   [EMDR and Brainspotting Intensives](/emdr-intensives)
-   [Flash and EFT Intensives](/flash-technique-intensives)

### What I Help With

-   [Trauma Therapy](/trauma-therapy)
-   [PTSD Treatment](/ptsd-treatment)
-   [Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)](/complex-ptsd)
-   [Childhood Trauma (Adults)](/childhood-trauma)
-   [Anxiety Therapy](/anxiety-therapy)
-   [Performance Anxiety](/performance-anxiety)
-   [Burnout & Chronic Stress](/burnout-and-chronic-stress)
-   [Grief and Loss](/grief-and-loss)
-   [Life Transitions](/life-transitions)
-   [Relationship Difficulties](/relationship-difficulties)
-   [When Talk Therapy Isn't Enough](/therapy-beyond-talk)
-   [Therapy for Adults](/therapy-for-adults)
-   [Therapy for Older Adults](/therapy-for-seniors)

### Important information

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