
Hanna Lee
(She, Her, Hers)
Associate Psychotherapist & Ginger Root Coordinator
ATR-BC, MA, BFA
Status: Accepting New Patients
Individual & Couples/Group Therapy
About Me:
I am a disabled and neurodivergent Korean-American art therapist and art educator with an extensive background in working with people of various ages and abilities. As an art therapist, I enjoy operating from eclectic frameworks that critically examine dominant ideologies while providing opportunities for dismantling systemic barriers and recontextualizing issues by examining how these norms shape self-concepts and realities, especially for those who do not identify with dominant cultures. As a 1.5-generation immigrant who has worked with others with disabilities for most of her career, I understand this experience in an embodied way and seek to help others navigate the unique realities of existing in spaces where they may not feel truly understood. I work from a strengths-based perspective to empower clients and help them better understand themselves within the context of the world around them.
I received my BFA in Art Education (2012) and my MA in Art Education with an Emphasis on Inclusive Practices (2016) from Moore College of Art & Design, where I am now an adjunct professor and helped to establish a new art therapy minor. After teaching art for six years, I pivoted my career and graduated from Drexel University with an MA in Art Therapy and Counseling in 2021. As a graduate student at Drexel, I founded a group for students of color who continue to advocate for anti-oppressive curricula and culturally responsive mental health support for clients and clinicians of color. I also serve as Director of Research for the Asian Americans with Disabilities Initiative to provide investigative research, advocacy, and resources for and about Asian Americans with disabilities.
I am a passionate proponent of using the arts to provide a variety of supports for historically marginalized populations and have spoken on this topic through organizations such as the National Art Educators Association, Department of VSA at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the International Conference on Disability Studies, Arts, and Education. Working with and advocating for diverse communities has allowed me to explore art-making as an unlimited means of honest expression and personal growth beyond the social, economic, emotional, physical, and intellectual limits to which people are often confined. I strive to co-create a collaborative therapeutic space with clients in which we can creatively explore and examine what they bring to sessions. Let’s see what we can co-create and make meaning together!
Language Capacity:
English & Korean
Education:
MA: Drexel University, Master’s of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling
MA: Moore College of Art, Master’s in Art Education with an Emphasis on Special populations
Areas of Specialization:
Art therapy, couples therapy, ADHD, anxiety, depression, burnout management, childhood adversity/trauma, immigrant/child of immigrant experiences, queer-affirming, visible & invisible disabilities, racial stress & trauma, adjustment, cultural stress
Accepted Payment Methods:
- Aetna
- Cigna
- Keystone Health Plan East
- IBC Personal Choice
- Associate Psychotherapist Sliding Scale Rate ($65 - $100) - Out of Pocket Payment
- Couples Therapy Sliding Scale Rate ($90 - $100) - Out of Pocket Payment
Email associate@mangotreecc.com for questions about Hanna!