NExT Foundation
Nebraska Expressive Arts Therapy Foundation
You can make a positive impact on mental health in our community!
Founders
Betsy Funk
LCSW LIMHP MPA REAT
Executive Director and President
betsy.funk.lcsw@gmail.com
402-250-7995
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As a facilitator, instructor, and administrator at NExT Foundation, I have a tremendous respect for the field of Expressive Arts and immense gratitude to be able to share it with others. I stand in awe every day of the capacity of this work to have a profound and positive impact on our community. As a board member of IEATA, I am fully dedicated to the field both locally and nationally.
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Jea Theis
​MSW LCSW LIMHP REAT in process
Treasurer
Info@jtheistherapy.com
531-444-9700
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I am inspired to share the healing power of art with others in our community, with a goal of helping people tend to their own primary and secondary trauma exposure so that they can stay healthy and live their very best lives. I use expressive arts with my clients on a daily basis, incorporating mindfulness, meditation, visual journals, collage, music, movement and painting, and also enjoy incorporating Expressive Arts with other Evidence-based modalities for a cohesive therapeutic approach.
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Natalie Hogge
MA LIMHP REAT
Secretary
soulspeakart@yahoo.com
402-302-1207
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Natalie Hogge, MA, LIMHP, REAT has a playful, but reverent approach to mental health. She describes the therapeutic alliance as primary, building this alliance collaboratively from a curious and humble stance in order to foster depth of experience, and reciprocity.