MA, Art Therapy
Georgia College & State University — Graduate clinical training in art therapy, trauma, and expressive modalities.
The Founder
Tamara Liz
Art Therapist · LPCA Candidate · Nonprofit Founder · Doctoral Candidate, UTEP
Her Story
Built from lived experience.
With over 10 years working as an art therapist and a deep well of spiritual attainment, Tamara Liz created the Spiritual Arts Model (SAM) to offer what traditional healing rarely does — a whole-self journey that honors the intelligence of the heart above the logic of the mind.
Creative Souls is built from lived experience. The model she teaches is the path she has walked. Her doctoral research at UTEP is formalizing what years of practice have already proven: that healing through art, spirit, and body is not complementary — it is essential.
Born from a decade of clinical work across inpatient psychiatry, border crisis response, substance use, and community healing — SAM is the distillation of everything Tamara has witnessed and experienced as both healer and seeker.
"I create healing portals through art and soul. This isn't therapy. It's transformation."
Training & Credentials
Clinically grounded.
Clinically grounded.
Spiritually rooted.
BA, Fine Arts
Escuela de Artes Plásticas — Foundational studio arts training that informs every aspect of the SAM model.
PhD Candidate, UTEP
Interdisciplinary Health Sciences — doctoral research formally validating the Spiritual Arts Model. Full program begins Fall 2026; coursework in progress.
LPCA Candidate — Texas
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate credential in progress. Advanced Motivational Interviewing practitioner.
Trauma-Informed Art Therapy
Certified in trauma-informed practice — bringing clinical rigor and somatic awareness to every session and program.
El Paso · Bilingual
10+ years serving border communities in English and Spanish. Recognized by NAMI El Paso for community mental health contributions.
Clinical Background
Where she has worked.
2021 · El Paso, TX
Vighter Medical Group — Border Crisis Response
Delivered trauma stabilization services to refugees and asylum seekers. Applied culturally grounded art therapy and somatic interventions in a high-stress humanitarian environment.
2019 · Albuquerque, NM
Sequoyah Adolescent Treatment Center
Art therapy in a secure inpatient psychiatric setting for adolescents with emotional, behavioral, and trauma-related challenges. Interdisciplinary treatment planning with psychiatrists and social workers.
2019 · Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque Health Services
Supported adults facing substance use disorder, co-occurring mental illness, trauma, and housing instability through creative therapeutic interventions and expressive modalities.
2025–Present · Remote
Haverhill Mental Health Services
Private practice art therapy — spiritually rooted, somatic-informed sessions for trauma survivors, adolescents, and adults navigating grief, identity, and emotional dysregulation.
The Organization
Creative Souls Studio
Creative Souls Studio
for Sacred Arts Healing Inc.
Founded in 2015 as Espíritu Creativo in Atlanta, Creative Souls relocated to New Mexico in 2019 and El Paso in 2021. Achieving 501(c)(3) status in 2025, the organization now serves approximately 200 individuals annually through clinical therapy, group journeys, youth programming, and community workshops.
Partners include NAMI El Paso, Wholistic Mercado, Cafecito/Bodega Loya, Sun City Homeschool Co-op, and EPCC. Doctoral research at UTEP is formalizing what a decade of community practice has already demonstrated — that healing through art, spirit, and body is not supplementary. It is essential.