Mental Health Practice – Creating Connection, PLLC
Located at 2518 Frankfort Ave., Louisville, Kentucky 40206, Creating Connection, PLLC offers mental health services for children, youth, adults, and families. The practice brings together a team of seven clinicians with varied credentials and specializations, along with a therapy dog in training named Honey Garrett who participates in the clinical environment.
The clinical team includes co-owners Darcie Taggart, ATR-BC, LPATS, LPCC-S, RPT-S, who brings 20 years of experience in art therapy and play therapy, and Leigh Garrett, LCSW, RPT, C-AAIS. Additional clinicians on staff are Taylor Purcell, LPCC; Hope Daniels, ATR-BC, LPAT; Kim Root, LPCA; Rachel Chandler, ATR-BC, LPAT; and Ezra McCain, CSW. The breadth of credentials across the team reflects a range of training in expressive arts therapies alongside traditional talk therapy approaches.
Services offered at the practice include individual therapy, family therapy, group art-based therapy, trainings in early childhood mental health and parenting, and supervision for Art Therapy, Play Therapy, CSWs, and LPCAs. Professional consultation is also available to practitioners and organizations seeking guidance.
Therapeutic modalities employed by the team include Art Therapy, Play Therapy, Solution-Focused Processing, trauma-informed techniques, Parent/Child Interaction therapy, Child Parent Psychotherapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused CBT, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and grief-focused approaches.
Populations served include children, adolescents, young adults, adults, and families. Specialty areas include trauma recovery, anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism spectrum, behavioral disruption, intellectual differences, early childhood mental health, and individuals who identify as neurodivergent or within the LGBTQIA+ community. The practice describes its overall approach as playful and nurturing.
Session format details regarding in-person and telehealth availability, as well as insurance acceptance information, are not provided on the main page. The practice’s location at 2518 Frankfort Ave. in Louisville’s Clifton neighborhood places it within a residential area convenient to clients from multiple parts of the city. Contact and scheduling information is available through the practice website, where individual clinician profiles and service descriptions can also be reviewed.