About

My Mission is...

helping you heal, energize and explore your

A little about me

Hi, my name is Janeen and I like coffee. Actually, I love coffee. Hitting up a great coffee shop to listen to some live music or connect with friends over a delicious cup of coffee is heaven in my book! Speaking of books, I also love to read short stories and memoirs, and I have probably seen literally every documentary on Netflix. Sometimes the truth really is stranger than fiction, wouldn’t you agree? 🙂

I also like being my own boss. Doing what I want to do and how I want to do it allows me to tap into creative ways to help my clients to reach their ultimate goals.

See What Other Professionals Say About Janeen

I recommend Janeen for any new professionals who are still finding their footing, needing to develop their professional identity, or who are struggling to find confidence and clarity when working with clients.

Juniper Moneypenny, MA ATR-BC

Janeen uses a creative and caring approach to work with her clients. Her excitement and love of the transformative process is contagious and can be seen in her clients' commitment to the work they do together. She is fun and playful, inciting joy in those around her. Janeen is at the top of my list for client referrals!

Kate Libby

Janeen was immensely helpful and influential to my growth as an art therapist. Through our supervision, I gained confidence in my ability to interpret artwork and use the information to help my clients solve problems and gain insight. Janeen was always caring and supportive when helping me cope with heavy issues.

Christine V. ATR-BC

Janeen served as my Supervisor for my ATR credential. During our time working together at a hospice, we established a relationship of trust and ease in our flowing supervision sessions. Janeen was instrumental in helping me to develop my best qualities as a therapist and she consistently encouraged me to explore my unique style and approach to helping my clients. Janeen was skillful in her ability to help me identify areas of hesitation that might conceal my strength as a therapist. I recommend Janeen to any new professional who is seeking to find their voice and hone their skills as a therapist.

Ziva Zaff, LCAT ATR-BC

Professional Bio

Janeen Mary Chasan, MA, LCAT. ATR-BC, Licensed and Board Certified Creative Arts Therapist

Janeen Mary Chasan has over 10 years of clinical experience as a creative arts therapist. She has held Creative Arts Therapist positions at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Montefiore Medical Center and Metropolitan Jewish Hospice System.

She has co-authored an article on the subject of depression that was published in The International Journal of Psychological Research. Additionally, Janeen provides professional development and supervision to creative arts therapists that are new to the field.

I’ve Been There...

My involvement with grief goes way beyond my professional experience, as I have been stumbling down grief lane since I was 19 years old when I experienced my first significant loss.

My passion for helping people who are grieving a significant loss stems from my own childhood experiences. As a child with a chronic medical illness, I learned to bury my feelings about my illness and put on a happy face so everyone around me thought I was ok.

I became a slave to keeping my true feelings hidden. And this behavior carried over as such after my dad died It wasn’t until I started to express my losses via creativity that I was truly set free to start living the amazing life that I live now.

I fuse my personal experiences of struggle and growth with my education and training to fulfill my mission to help you heal, energize and explore your own unique goals.

So, I want you to know that I have been exactly where you are right now. Although I know that everyone’s grief journey is totally unique and your path is not mine, it’s my mission to help prevent you in taking any of the missteps that I took at the very beginning of my own grief journey.

I teach people how to grieve like a human

Now, you may be asking yourself, “What the heck does that even mean!?”

As human beings, we have this wonderful gift, called creativity, that allows us to be able to express our deepest sorrows CREATIVELY. That’s what grieving like a human is all about.