Meet Madi Conover, LMHC, REAT: Expressive Arts Therapy at MCG

About Madeline (Madi)

Therapy languages: English

Pronouns: she/her

Madeline Conover is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Registered Expressive Art Therapist. In addition to her work with the Mindfulness and Change Group, she is a member of the planning committee and co-directs the art therapy programming for children and adolescents at the annual conference of the International OCD Foundation.  Madeline received her Master of Arts in Expressive Therapies with specialization in Mental Health Counseling from Lesley University.  She completed her practicum and internship at Wayside Youth and Family Networks and McLean Hospital, as well as a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Program at Yogaworks (formerly Back Bay Yoga).  Previously, Madeline has worked as a group therapist and expressive art therapist at Boston Children’s Hospital in their residential psychiatry department; Unit Manager, counselor & group therapist at McLean Hospital’s Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Institute; individual and family clinician at Wayside Youth and Family Networks; and, as an art therapist at the Jimmy Fund and Dana Farber.

Madeline specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).  In addition, she is experienced in the use of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for depression and emotional regulation, as well as intermodal expressive art therapy and mindfulness. Madeline is skillful in working with children, adolescents, and adults.  She values building strong therapeutic rapport, facilitating behavior change, supporting creative expression, and providing an opportunity for growth. Madeline works with children and adults who struggle with anxiety, ADHD, OCD, depression, and disordered eating, as well as children who are on the autism spectrum and those who have been psychiatrically hospitalized.