Allison Needham, MA, LMFT

Allison Needham, MA, LMFT is in private practice where she specializes in using creative expressive arts-based approaches with people who identify as neurodiverse (autistic or having a disability) as well as their parents, family members, professional caregivers and non-paid caregivers. She is a board approved clinical supervisor for the state of Minnesota, an adjunct faculty member at Adler Graduate School, a certified Person-Centered Thinking trainer, and the owner of Marigold Therapy. Allison earned her Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts with an emphasis in ceramics and sculpture from the University of Minnesota and her Master of Arts degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. She completed course work at the Northwest Creative and Expressive Arts Institute and is currently completing her clinical hours to gain credentialing as a REAT. For the past 20+ years Allison has worked within several Home and Community-Based agencies where she used creative approaches to empower individuals, strengthen families, and build teams. Allison has extensive experience training person centered practices, disability rights, and presenting creative arts-based workshops to caregiving teams, mental health professionals, social workers, and home and community-based service agencies.  She has run seminars for self-advocates and groups on self-esteem and loss.  

Along with her therapy practice she is an exhibiting artist in juried and invitational exhibitions throughout the United States.