Serious and persistent mental health concerns

Throughout the years, I have noticed that in our community, there seem to be few outpatient practices that specialize in working with clients who are struggling with psychosis and other serious mental health concerns. My hope by creating Canvas of Possibilities was to help provide this very needed specialized service to our community members. I wanted clients to experience that when they come here, they are working with clinicians who are knowledgeable, highly skilled, and passionate about what they do. I wanted clients to feel understood, seen, supported, and safe - to feel that this is a place that can help them find healing.

- Dr. Kholodova

Serious and persistent mental health diagnoses may include schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and chronic PTSD. All of these conditions may also include self harm, thoughts of death, and suicide attempts.


At our center, we carefully take time to understand our clients’ unique experiences, struggles, clinical presentations, and strengths to develop individualized and comprehensive treatment plans. All of our clinicians are trained in conducting thorough and client-centered risk assessments and interventions. We work together with our clients and the members of their support system to develop detailed and comprehensive safety plans. We also coordinate care with the clients’ psychiatrists and other medical providers.


The modalities that we integrate in treatment include, but are not limited to, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and relational psychodynamic methods. We also work to connect with the clients’ creativity and build affect regulation skills by engaging them in creative projects.


We support our clients in finding meaningful social activities and hobbies, as well as volunteer, school, or employment opportunities that will help to create structure and predictability in their routine, create connections with others, and foster more meaning and fulfillment in their lives. We make every effort to involve the clients’ support system in their treatment, and offer individual, couples, and family therapy.