Kate Mostyn (formerly Kate Shannon), LCPC, LCAT, MT-BC is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, Certified EMDR Therapist, and Board Certified Music Therapist. Kate specializes in working with tweens, teens, and adults with anxiety, relational stress, and trauma. She uses expressive modalities, nerd therapy, EMDR, parts work, and mindfulness-based approaches. She also provides consultation for EMDR certification and clinicians looking to find creative and authentic ways to support their clients!
Hi! I’m Kate!
Supporting mental health through music, creativity, relationship, play, and the arts is one of my greatest joys. While providing therapy services is my calling, I am also passionate about supporting therapists looking to help their clients through creative modalities.
About Creative Therapy Umbrella
Creative Therapy Umbrella serves therapists, practitioners, educators, and counselors looking to support children, tweens, and teen through creativity. We felt there was a lack of online support, both resource and community-based, that provided materials for therapists in need.
We believe that creativity and self-expression can be wonderful vehicles for change and healing. When we can access and support creativity in our clients, we can foster individualized change from the inside out. Through creative arts such as play, music, art, dance, theater, poetry, nature, movement, games, geek-topics, and more, we can meet clients where they are at.
If you are a therapist, counselor, practitioner or educator looking for inspiration or resources, then you’ve found your people!
Here are some of the things we offer in our corner of the web!
Publications & Presentations
- Parents and Caregivers as Co-Therapists (Presentation)
Nazareth College Music Therapy Mini Conference. 2025
A presentation on connecting with caregivers to increase efficacy of mental health treatment for children - The Hero’s Journey: Combining D&D and EMDR for individuals in trauma treatment (Presentation)
Therapeutic and Applied Geek and Gaming Summit (TAGGS), 2025
A presentation on practical framework for using roleplay, narrative, and parts work to support EMDR preparation and processing with engaged clients. - Rolling with Emotions: Therapeutically Applied D&D (Experiential Workshop)
Roc Game Dev — 2025
A hands-on session where participants learned D&D by playing it—while experiencing how storytelling, character choices, and group dynamics can be used to support emotional growth and connection. - Dungeons & Dragons and Mental Health: An Introduction to Therapeutic Play (Presentation)
The Strong National Museum of Play — 2025
A beginner-friendly talk breaking down how D&D works and why it’s such a powerful tool for connection, creativity, and emotional growth—both in and outside the therapy room. - Wojdak C, Silvey PE, McIntosh S, Coykendall C, Lin YS, Bansal A, Shannon K, Wagner H, Block RC (In Press). Indicators of Self-Determination in Lyrics Created by Adults with High LDL Cholesterol. Journal of Music Therapy
- Integrating Play Therapy Techniques and Relational Neurosciences in Music Therapy for Children
Mid-Western Regional Conference of Music Therapy, 2020
Mission Statement
The mission of Creative Therapy Umbrella is to help therapists support the well-being and mental health of infants, children, teens, and young adults through the creative arts. This site provides resources, educational opportunities, and continuous connection for therapists looking to support their client’s in non-traditional ways within their scope of practice. We aim to honor every human as their unique selves and give therapists the tools to do just that.
Our Values
Here at Creative Therapy Umbrella, we stand alongside marginalized community members. We stand against oppression of any kind including and not limited to: racism, ageism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, antisemitism, and sizeism. We are dedicated to using our platform to lift marginalized voices in the community and do better.
As part of our action plan, we donate to organizations quarterly that are focused on social justice within the mental health and creative arts fields. We also mute our social media and our podcast quarterly to uplift marginalized voices and identities.
Fun Facts
My latest rotation of hobbies includes riding my bike, yoga, hiking, knitting, playing video games, collecting tiny things, and trying not to kill my newest plant.
I play DND almost every weekend with a super-duper bunch of friends. This is one of my most creative outlets and I love it!
.I love reading!! Mostly fantasy, memoirs, and fiction — but really any good story line always pulls me in
I have an energetic toddler and a crazy dog who always keep me on my toes!
I LOOOVE learning! And food. I really love food.
