About BrainPalette™

Connecting science, art therapy, and clinical reasoning.

BrainPalette™ is a neuroscience-informed knowledge and clinical reasoning system that helps art therapists connect research with practice, organize clinical observations, and develop flexible, individualized interventions.

Dr. Juliet L. King

Juliet L. King, PhD, ATR-BC, LPC, LMHC

Founder | Clinician, Educator & Researcher

Juliet L. King is an art therapist, researcher, and educator whose work bridges art therapy, neuroscience, and knowledge translation.

Drawing on her experience in clinical practice, research, and education, she developed BrainPalette™ to make scientific knowledge more accessible and applicable to clinical reasoning while advancing interdisciplinary collaboration and research in art therapy.

Areas of Focus

  • Art Therapy + Neuroscience
  • Knowledge Translation
  • Creativity + Therapeutic Change
  • Clinical Reasoning
  • Research + Education + Practice

Our Mission

To advance art therapy by connecting science, clinical knowledge, and practice through accessible education, transparent clinical reasoning, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

BrainPalette™ brings this mission to life through an integrated learning system, an intervention Builder, and an evolving Knowledge Commons that connects research with clinical experience.

Built Through Collaboration

BrainPalette™ may have begun with one person’s research and questions, but it is not being built in isolation.

Its development has been shaped through collaboration with art therapists, supervisors, educators, researchers, students, technology partners, professional colleagues, and early testers who bring different expertise—and different ways of seeing—to the work.

Their questions, critiques, experiences, and ideas continue to shape what this effort becomes.

How BrainPalette Works

Four connected components support the translation of knowledge into clinical practice.

  • M1

    Learn

    Build foundational knowledge.

  • M2

    Observe

    Organize clinical observations and assessment.

  • M3

    Apply

    Connect clinical reasoning with intervention planning.

  • M4

    Knowledge Commons

    Explore connected evidence, applications, and opportunities for collaboration.

  • Integrated clinical tool

    Intervention Builder

    Translate observations and knowledge into flexible intervention possibilities, then reflect and refine.

Technology Partner — FrameShare

BrainPalette™ is proud to partner with FrameShare, a secure, HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform built specifically for art therapy and creative mental health care.

FrameShare lets therapists and clients collaborate on shared digital canvases in real time—painting with watercolor, brushes, and blending tools—while every piece of artwork stays securely organized in a digital client portfolio.

FrameShare's goal is to ease the workload of art therapists, while offering digital tools as a supplement to studio work. FrameShare also offers practice management solutions around scheduling, record keeping, billing, and outreach. The roadmap is guided by the community and many features keep getting added, to build the tools the therapist really needs.

Visit FrameShare
FrameShare collaborative canvas

Key Features

  • Collaborative Canvas Therapists and clients draw, paint, and create together in real time.
  • Creative Toolset Built-in brushes, mandalas, watercolor, and collage features support a wide range of creative work.
  • HIPAA-Grade Security Designed to meet strict U.S., Canadian, and EU privacy safeguards for mental health care.
  • Automated Portfolios Artwork links directly to clinical session notes and saves automatically, making it easy to track progress over time.
  • Practice Management Integrated billing, supervision, and client management keep the practice running in one place.

In Partnership with ANZACATA

ANZACATA Member Benefit

Supported for ANZACATA Members

ANZACATA is the BrainPalette™ partner for Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

Design & Development

  • Founder & Creator Juliet L. King, PhD, ATR-BC, LPC, LMHC
  • Design Direction Ellen Smithey, MA, ATR-BC, LPC
  • Platform Development FrameShare
  • Clinical Advisory Partners Erin Rafferty-Bugher, MA, ATR-BC, LPCC
    Mary Ellen Ruff, PhD, ATR-BC, LPC