Translating mental health stories and topics into engaging and educational tools for impact.
Animation is a powerful medium for engaging learners in new ways. This format helps simplify complex topics through visual metaphor and can protect personal anonymity when needed. The overall aim is to translate academic material and personal storytelling into artistic content that is both educational and emotionally resonant for learners.
We believe that how a project is created is just as important as the final product. Whether collaborating with clinicians, peers, or instructional designers, we ensure mental health topics are represented thoughtfully and integrate into your learning ecosystem.
We combine creative storytelling with implementation science to design tools that support behavior change and systems of care. Our work is created to live beyond a single viewing — embedded into trainings, supervision, Learning Management Systems, and ongoing professional development pathways.
Lipp Studios is a collaborative creative team specializing in mental and behavioral health storytelling.
Founder and Director Amanda “Kay” Lipp is an award-winning filmmaker and nationally recognized speaker. With over 150 talks delivered and partnerships with major speaker bureaus, she brings a rare dual perspective as both creator and advocate. As a thought partner, Amanda helps position projects within broader impact initiatives — using her platform and network to amplify visibility
This moving film is about a parent/child journey navigating neurodiversity and school.
This film is about tips for Peer Support Specialists in systems of care.
The goal of this animation project was to engage clinicians in taking specialized training and workshops in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for psychosis (CBTp) and a variety of workshops for clinicians who work with individuals with complex mental health needs. Explore the client site to see how the video integrates with the clinical training pathways:
This project was a collaboration between Stanford clinicians and individuals with lived experience of psychosis. The production process was part of the product – ‘How’ it’s created being just as vital as the impact and goal of the film.
https://med.stanford.edu/inspire-training.html
Amanda “Kay” (Lipp Studios) helped us to think through the product that we wanted to develop allowing us space for creativity while also guiding us with her expertise. The process was open, inclusive, and collaborative throughout and we are delighted with the finished product and looking forward to future projects with Amanda!
Lipp Studios is a small, collaborative creative team with deep experience in mental health storytelling. We bring together animation, narrative filmmaking, and illustration to translate complex clinical and academic content into accessible, engaging learning tools. Each project is led with intention, collaboration, and impact in mind.
