Spiritual
We reconnect you to the deeper intelligence that lives beyond thought — through stillness, presence, and practices that speak directly to the soul, not the mind.
The SAM Immersive Journey
Mental & spiritual
Mental & spiritual
wellness unlocked
Creative Souls exists to help seekers find peace through wholeness — a guided immersive journey from your deepest wound to your fullest self.
"You don't need to be fixed. You need to be witnessed."
— Tamara Liz Rivera-Hyde
12
Sessions per journey
6–10
Intimate group per cohort
10+
Years clinical experience
PhD
Research-validated model
What Is Creative Souls Studio?
A nonprofit for mental & spiritual wellness through art, body, and spirit.
Creative Souls Studio for Sacred Arts Healing Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in El Paso, Texas, founded in 2015 by Tamara Liz Rivera-Hyde, MA Art Therapy. The organization delivers the Spiritual Arts Model (SAM) — a proprietary 12-session psychoeducational program that integrates expressive arts therapy, somatic awareness, and spiritual practice to guide participants from emotional repression to embodied wholeness. Services are offered in English and Spanish, in-person and online worldwide.
Creative Souls serves primarily bicultural Latina communities and individuals navigating major life transitions, grief, identity challenges, and the quiet accumulation of being unseen. SAM is currently entering formal academic validation through doctoral research at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).
Our Approach
Three pathways.
Three pathways.
One wholeness.
Somatic
The body holds what the mind cannot process. Through somatic awareness, we release what has been stored in the nervous system and return to felt safety and wholeness.
Expressive Arts
Art bypasses the intellect and speaks directly to the heart. Through creative expression, we give voice to what words cannot hold — and discover ourselves on the other side.
The SAM Immersive
A progressive journey
A progressive journey
in 12 sessions.
I
Grounding
Establishing safety, body awareness, and presence. Learning to feel at home in your own skin before anything else.
II
Introspection
Turning inward with compassion. Uncovering the patterns, stories, and wounds that have quietly shaped your world.
III
Catharsis
Moving through and releasing what has been held. Art becomes the vehicle for transformation that words alone cannot carry.
IV
Integration
Weaving new insight into daily life. Becoming the fullest, most expressed version of yourself — and learning to stay there.
Work With Us
Three ways to begin.
Choose the path that calls to you.
1-on-1 Telehealth Sessions
Private sessions tailored to you. Sliding scale available — $40 to $120. Texas residents only. Waitlist open now.
1-on-1 SAM Coaching
Psychoeducational sessions guided by the Spiritual Arts Model. Available worldwide, in English and Spanish.
SAM Founding Cohort
A curated group of 6–10 women ready to move from the inside out — together. Founding cohort pricing available.
What People Say
Witnessed. Transformed.
"This work opened something in me I didn't know was closed. I left feeling seen for the first time."Workshop Participant — Wholistic Mercado
"Two months into working with Tamara and my life genuinely shifted. I have language for what I carry now." SAM Coaching Client
"I've never cried like that in a workshop. Not from pain — from finally being witnessed."Community Program Participant
Ready to find your way home?
The founding cohort is forming now. A small, intimate group of seekers ready to move from the inside out — together.