Maggie Ritnour, LMHC, LCAT, ATR-BC, CEDS

Maggie grew up in the snowy region of upstate New York playing with imaginary friends and chasing the dream of becoming her older sister, the dancer. Currently, she resides in Brooklyn, where she can be found riding her bike, eating pizza, or lying on the ground in the shape of a starfish.

She has experienced the therapeutic power of art and feels moved to educate others about art as an aid to further self-awareness, practice effective communication, promote confidence, and nurture transformation.

She received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. She obtained her masters of psychology from Antioch University Seattle. She has experience using art as therapy in work with children, adolescents, and adults in hospital settings since 2000. Maggie approaches her clients using a multi-cultural framework and trauma-informed lens. She is a Health At Every Size (HAES) advocate and a member of the Association for Size Diversity & Health. She strives to incorporate HAES 2024 revised principles & frameworks into her work and life.

Maggie is intensively trained in Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (RO DBT). She provides RO DBT treatment adherent individual sessions and facilitates RO DBT Skills Classes. RO DBT even informs her work as an art therapist. She is excited to be the first art therapist and first New Yorker on the RO DBT Senior Clinician Team!

Maggie is also a certified Irish dance teacher and registered yoga instructor; she loves to move and dance as much as possible. She incorporates her knowledge of body movement with her therapeutic understanding of people. Maggie gets jazzed thinking about how art making can be used to visualize patterns in people’s lives, including how one relates to other people, food, and their own body. She believes firmly in the magic of art and power of connection.

Contact Maggie: maggie@rootsarttherapy.nyc or call: 347-699-4893