art therapist

Not all things are best expressed in words...the symbolic work of following one's images is a significant way to deepen and further process I  love working in the symbolic realm,  and listening to/seeing my favorite consultant, people’s unconscious.  I have been honing this through for many years, and it started in my training as a creative arts therapist in the 1970s.

I have my Master's degree in Art Therapy and Creativity Development. I am a Registered and Board Certified Art Therapist and a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist.
My experience as a former dancer helps me bring a heightened awareness of body based states to my practice

Director of the Institute for Expressive Analysis 2002-2008, on the board from 1993-2008, I am a specialist in masks and mask work, mandalas, sand tray, and several kinds of hypnosis.

CREATIVE ART THERAPY CERTIFICATIONS:
MARI Mandala Assessment teacher; I have been working with it since 1995.
The Projective Drawing Institute, Emmanuel Hammer (the House-Tree-Person)
Levick Cognitive and Behavioral Assessment
NY connection for the Diagnostic Drawing Series.

UNIVERSITY AND POST GRADUATE TEACHING:
I have had the honor to teach many students, here and abroad.  My core subject is how to work with and understand symbols and metaphor.   I teach regularly at 3 universities in New York City: Pratt Institute of Design, the New School for Social Research,  the School of Visual Arts and the Institute for Expressive Analysis. I have also taught for the Korean Expressive Arts Therapy Association and Mjungi University in Seoul, South Korea.  The classes I teach are: Art Diagnosis, Symbolism in Art Therapy,  Alchemy,  Dream Interpretation, and Symbolization and Creativity, and combinations of the above.
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To see my other teaching and lecturing activities, open the “Speaking Engagements and Lectures”  section of this website.