Mental Health Illustrator & Psychology Art

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My Latest Releases:

A genogram template filled out with a sample family from television.

Genogram Template: An New Option for Making Easier, Organized Genograms

October 5, 2021

Understanding your Play Style – An Illustrated Guide to Play Types

September 27, 2021

Protected: Patron Access: A Quiz to Learn Your Play Style

September 26, 2021

Pink background with the title “Containment.” On the top left of the image, under the title, is a dark pink banner with the word “containment” inside. Underneath the sentence continues, “is key to secure attachments.” There are small circles drawn as a divider, with a bullet pointed list below: “It takes: courage, wisdom, boundaries, self-awareness.” In the top middle of the image is a drawing of a grey cat inside of a tan cardboard box. Underneath is written, “Like cats, we love holding space with boundaries.” An arrow is drawn from this text to the drawing of the cat. Below this is written, “Empathy alone doesn’t contain.” The two words “doesn’t contain” are written inside of a yellow box with black outlining. A third column of text on the right side of the image begins “Containment looks like:” words are highlighted in yellow with a bullet pointed list following, “being able to trust someone: can offer us empathy (word is highlighted in pink), has mental space (word is highlighted in pink) for us, has time (word is highlighted in pink) for us, isn’t distracted (words are highlighted in pink) when they’re with us, and sets and holds clear boundaries (word is highlighted in pink).” At the bottom of the image are two drawings of light-skinned infants, each on a grey circular background. The one on the left is in a pink onesie with arms and legs splayed, crying. The one on the right is wrapped in a yellow sleep sack, sleeping peacefully on a pillow. Between the infants is written “CONTAINMENT comes through attuned care.” An arrow is pointing from the crying infant to the text and from the text to the soothed infant. Image was created by Lindsay Braman with content from The Allender Center.

Understanding How Attunement & Containment Help Form Attachments

September 21, 2021

I’m Lindsay.

I’m a Seattle-based artist, therapist, educator, and visual translator working to help make mental health education accessible to everyone.

As I doodled my way through a Masters in Counseling Psychology, I discovered that the way I visualize information is a little different. With practice and encouragement, I found my niche as a mental health illustrator. Learn more about me and my clinical practice as a therapist.

Let’s Create Something Together.

My work is made possible through Patreon- a resource for crowdfunding artists and creators. Through a $5/mo membership, you’ll get access to my entire portfolio, support sustainable creation of more resources, and fund my ability to provide free resources to those most in need.

Products Available on Amazon Prime:

A therapist-designed activity book created to help kids process COVID-19 and thrive beyond quarantine

Kid’s Activity Book for COVID Resilience

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Emotion Sensation Feeling Wheel Therapy Office Pillow

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Mindful Grounding Activities Card Deck

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Crisis Plan Notebook with Tearaway Worksheets

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Resources that help you connect.

Anxiety Attachment Styles Burnout Crisis Depression Emotional Regulation Feeling Wheels HAES & Body Justice Infographics Pandemic Mental Health Parenting Trauma & PTSD Relationships Social Justice About Therapy Worksheets

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Most Popular Downloads:

Creating a Crisis Plan: A Free Printable Worksheet for Safety Planning

Emotion Sensation Feeling Wheel Handout by Lindsay Braman

Rainbow of Emotional Regulation – A Social Emotional Learning Printable Infographic

7 Positive Childhood Experiences (PCE’s) that Shape Adult Health and Resiliency – Illustrated

Isolation Mental Health Wellbeing Daily To-Do List Worksheet

Understanding Adult Attachment Styles – Illustrated Guide

How We Fight, Flight, Freeze and Fawn in Difficult Conversations: Adapting A Learning Mindset

We’re all visual thinkers.

From our earliest moments, we learn about ourselves, others, and the world around us through visual cues. I believe art can help make mental health education more accessible- and that accessible resources are a step towards making connections, demystifying therapy, and helping us all care a little better for ourselves and others.