About

Sabreehna S. Essien is a Mental Health Professional, public health professional, working artist, educator, and community advocate whose career reflects a commitment to healing, creativity, and service. With an educational foundation in psychology, liberal arts, and public health, Sabreehna has developed a multidisciplinary approach to supporting individuals and communities.

Her professional experience spans intensive residential treatment, outpatient behavioral health, acute inpatient services, case management, crisis intervention, healthcare, and community-based care. She has worked with individuals experiencing serious mental illness, trauma, emotional distress, and complex life circumstances. Her clinical approach incorporates evidence-informed practices such as CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, psychoeducation, active listening, and creative expression.

Art has remained an important part of Sabreehna’s personal and professional identity. As the founder and owner of ND Art Studios, LLC, she uses art as a vehicle for education, connection, self-expression, and community engagement. Her signature program, “Shattered But Not Broken,” was developed to help individuals explore grief, loss, trauma, and emotional distress through creative expression. Her second signature program, “Health2Life: Overcoming Food Dysfunction”, was developed to help individuals with recognized unhealthy food behavior, process trauma related food behavior, and create a healing space to grow in resilience and self empowerment toward a healthy relationship with food and body image.

Sabreehna is also passionate about public health, community development, youth mentorship, and service. Through volunteer work, coaching, public speaking, health education, arts programming, and international community outreach, she continues to create opportunities for people to recognize their strengths and pursue healthier, more empowered lives.

Her journey reflects a belief that people are more than their circumstances and that healing can take many forms. Whether working in a clinical setting, teaching a class, creating art, mentoring youth, or developing a community program, Sabreehna seeks to meet people with compassion, creativity, dignity, and hope.