What It Is

Culinary art therapy is a therapeutic modality that combines the sensory, creative, and communal experience of cooking with the emotional depth of expressive arts therapy. It's not a cooking class, it's a journey.

In our signature 12-week Nour·ish Group Program, women come together in a beautiful therapeutic kitchen to cook, create, share stories, process emotions, and build a community of healing, one recipe at a time.

What Makes This Different from a Cooking Class

- Every session is designed with a specific therapeutic intention grounding, grief processing, anger expression, joy reclamation, self-nourishment, cultural identity exploration, and more
- Activities are facilitated by Dr. Joanne Patterson(The Culinary Therapy NP®), a culinary medicine trained psychiatric nurse pracititioner, who understands trauma, mood disorders, and the therapeutic process
- The focus is on process, not product - how it feels to knead the dough matters more than how the bread looks
- Emotional processing and group discussion are woven into every session
- You don't need to know how to cook. You just need to show up

The Nour·ish 12-Week Program

- Format: Closed group (same women for all 12 weeks)
- Size: 6–8 women
- Schedule: Weekly, Day/Time (TBA)

- Location: Virtual (In person locations coming soon)
- Duration: 2 hours per session

Who This Is For

- Women currently in individual treatment (with us or another mental health clinican) who want a deeper, community-based healing experience
- Women recovering from trauma, depression, anxiety, grief, or burnout
- Women who have a complicated relationship with food, the kitchen, or their bodies and want to reclaim those spaces
- Women who are craving connection with other women in a meaningful, non-superficial way

Investment

12-Week "Nourish" Program: $75/virtual session
Individual Culinary Art Therapy Session (60 min): $125