Bridget Kuzma is the founder and owner of Kensington Art Therapy. She grew up in Kensington and is a Maryland and New York licensed and nationally board certified Creative Arts Psychotherapist who specializes in trauma and supports individuals through collaborative person-centered therapy.

Bridget believes each person has an inner capacity for wholeness with a unique path toward healing. She views her job as helping clients find ways to connect with this internal wisdom. Currently, she primarily serves young women recovering from trauma. Her approach is especially helpful for clients who struggle to find words for their felt experiences, need help to restore nervous system regulation, and want enrich their lives through creative inner work. Symptoms that often accompany instinctual survival responses to traumatic experiences include chronic anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and varied levels of dissociation. Her approach is collaborative - working as co-explorers to encourage capacities that enhance resilience and expression using different art mediums. The therapeutic environment is warm, curious, and supportive. Bridget also provides in home therapy services for individuals near the end of life. The therapeutic and creative process relationally bear witness, honor meaning, and provide accompaniment.

Bridget’s professional background includes over twenty years of work with adults, children, and families in settings including non-profits, hospitals, and public schools in Austin, Brooklyn, Manhattan, DC, and Maryland. She began her career as a therapist after a decade of work at the National Institutes of Health. There she came to appreciate the deep need for holistic therapeutic approaches that respect the dignity of each person. Bridget completed her graduate studies at the Pratt Institute and clinical training at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Her clinical experience includes work with children and adults at every stage of life. She has supported individuals coping with medical trauma, developmental trauma, in palliative care, and at the end-of-life. She is grateful to be able to bring her expertise and a compassionate healing environment to K-town.