August 21 | By Meredith McMackin, MFA, MS, PhD, LMHCA Tell us about yourself I earned my undergraduate and MFA degrees in Studio art and taught art in high school and college for many years before entering the field of art therapy. With the death of my son in the war...
August 8, 2019 Tell us about yourself I have worked for the past 30 years as an Adaptive Art Specialist/Art Therapist in the Assistive Technology Program of the Specialized Services Department for the Milwaukee Public Schools in Milwaukee, WI and retired in June. My...
July 24, 2019 | By Melissa Contreras-Walter, MA, AMFT, ATR-P Tell us about yourself When I decided to become a mental health therapist, I initially only wanted to work with adults as working with children would be too emotionally challenging. After having a...
July 10, 2019 | By Janeane Grisez ATR-BC, LPCC, LICDC-CS Tell us about yourself I received my undergraduate degree (BA) from Lake Erie College in Forensic Psychology, in Painesville, Ohio. I then received my graduate degree (MA) in art therapy and counseling from...
June 12, 2019 | By Megan Gunkel, BA Tell us about yourself I currently work as the program and outreach coordinator at the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in Juneau, Alaska. I also serve on the Public Awareness and Training committee with the Juneau Suicide...
