Beyond Talk Therapy: Ethical Integration of Somatics, Music, and Visual Art with Amber Priestley, LMFT, CIMHP, CCTP

Effective psychotherapy sometimes requires moving beyond cognition alone to include the body, nervous system, creativity, and lived experience. 

If you have ever wanted to expand your therapeutic toolkit to include creative interventions, now is the time! In this training Amber Priestley, LMFT, is digging into how to ethically apply practical, creative, and somatic approaches to your therapy practice to promote emotional regulation, self-expression, nervous system awareness, and client engagement!

Learning Objectives:

• Identify ethical considerations when integrating somatic, music, and visual art interventions into psychotherapy practice.

• Differentiate between expressive/creative interventions used therapeutically versus formal creative arts therapies requiring specialized credentials.

• Describe how creative and somatic approaches may support emotional regulation, self-expression, nervous system awareness, and client engagement.

• Recognize appropriate clinical applications, contraindications, and scope-of-practice boundaries related to experiential interventions.

• Apply practical, low-risk creative and body-based techniques that can be ethically integrated into existing psychotherapy approaches.

• Increase awareness of informed consent, cultural considerations, documentation, and client safety when utilizing experiential modalities.

• Develop greater confidence in incorporating movement, music, visual expression, and sensory-based interventions into clinical work in ethically responsible ways

Continuing Education Information:

This talk is pending approval for:

• 3 Ethics hours from the MN Board of Marriage and Family Therapy

• 3 hours from the MN Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy for LPCs & LPCCs

• 3 professional standards foundation hours from the MN Board of Psychology

This talk is pre-approved for:

• 3 hours from the MN Board of Social Work & meets standards for Ethics Requirements

About the Speaker:

Amber Priestley, LMFT, is a licensed therapist and speaker with expertise in somatic and experiential approaches to mental health treatment. Her work focuses on the ethical integration of movement, music, visual art, and nervous system-informed practices into psychotherapy with neurodivergent and trauma-affected populations.

She owns and operates Skill Spark Therapy, providing psychotherapy and clinical services, and Embodi Wellness Studio, offering alternative wellness and small-group movement classes. Amber also engages in speaking, continuing education, and coaching fellow therapists on practice development and integrative care approaches.

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