06/27/2025
Abby Hansen comes to Gameplan Therapy with over 10 years experience working in mental health facilities and treatment centers. Abby has her MA in Transpersonal Art Therapy from Naropa University in Boulder, CO and her BFA in Sculpture and Pre-Art Therapy from Arcadia University in Philadelphia PA. In addition to utilizing art for assessment purposes, she guides clients to engage in art to help increase communication, improve emotional vocabulary, process trauma, and manage anxiety. She has been trained in Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), which embraces techniques designed to allow parents to foster healthy connections with their children, and support them in their recovery over anxiety. EFFT helps parents to overcome their own emotional blocks so that they can better respond to their children’s needs.
Abby has a passion for working with people and is motivated by helping clients identify their strengths and values as ways to improve their zest for life. She is specialized in treating children and families who struggle with anxiety disorders, eating disorders, mood disorders, personality disorders, and general mood dysregulation. Abby believes in the importance of rapport building and knows the vulnerability it takes to seek help. She cares greatly about maintaining connection and trust when entering a therapeutic relationship with a client and prioritizes this in sessions.
