Art therapy educator and practitioner specializing for over 25 years in conducting art therapy groups and individual sessions for child and adolescent clients in psychiatric and hospice grief center settings. My current focus is teaching undergraduate art therapy coursework at Millikin University. Previously, I developed the Drawn Together art therapy program in a hospice setting. My research article, Recontextualizing the Draw A Story Assessment: Expanding the Expressive Function in Art Therapy, was published in Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 35(3)3 2018. This article is based on my research study while earning a Doctor of Art Therapy degree at Mt Mary University.
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING 08/18-Present Millikin University, Decatur IL
Introduction to Art Therapy AR210, Art Therapy Methods and Materials AR310, Art Therapy Topics: Grief Recovery and Art Therapy AR320, Art Therapy with Specific Populations AR320, Introduction to Expressive Therapies AR307, Art Therapy Seminar AR410, Art Therapy Internships AR370 & AR470, Drawing 1 AR103, Drawing 2 AR104, & University Seminar IN140
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
08/02 -08/18 Art Therapist and LISW-S Social Worker, Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton, Pathways of Hope Grief Center, Dayton, OH.
07/00 -08/02 Mental Health Therapist, Catholic Social Services, Dayton, OH Conducted therapy with parents and children diagnosed with Attachment Disorder
09/93 - 07/00 Art Therapist, In-patient Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, Franciscan Medical Center, Dayton, OH
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
05/2015 Doctor of Art Therapy, Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, WI
06/2000 Master's degree in Social Work, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
08/1993 Master's degree in Art Therapy, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
05/1986 BFA degree, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN