
Art Therapy Maven, Organization Entrepreneur, Syndicated Writer, Blogger, Higher Education Faculty, Speaker
Louisville, Kentucky Area

Art Therapy Maven, Organization Entrepreneur, Syndicated Writer, Blogger, Higher Education Faculty, Speaker
Louisville, Kentucky Area
Scholar, researcher, educator, visionary, and organizational entrepreneur and founder of International Art Therapy Organization/Art Therapy Without Borders. Internationally published author in field of art therapy, including numerous books: The Art Therapy Sourcebook, Art Therapy with Children from Violent Homes, Handbook of Art Therapy, Expressive Therapies, Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children, and Understanding Children's Drawings. Given over 275 invited keynotes, workshops, and courses throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe. Visiting professor at numerous universities throughout the US.
Served on the boards of American Counseling Association (ACA), serving as the first Representative from the Association for Creativity in Counseling (ACC); Counseling Association for Humanistic Education and Development (C-AHEAD; President 2009-2010); American Art Therapy Association (AATA); and on numerous national and international boards in mental health, counseling, arts, and public service.
Regularly interviewed by the news media in publications such as CNN, Prevention, Better Homes & Garden, Family Circle, Cosmopolitan, Psychology Today, Congressional Quarterly, Alternative & Complementary Therapies, Boston Globe, New York Times, US News & World Report, and in other print and internet sources. Adviser and non-profit consultant and staff to a wide variety of community, national, and international agencies, including the Issues Deliberation America/Australia, International Criminal Court, MAD to Live, and Save the Children Foundation.
Please visit website at http://www.cathymalchiodi.com for more information; subscribe to popular blogspot, The Healing Arts, on Psychology Today at http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-healing-arts; and get your daily dose of what's happening in the field of art therapy @ www.twitter.com/arttherapynews.
Board Certified and Licensed Professional Art Therapist, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and Certified Trauma Specialist, Level III; expert art therapy program development for children, adolescents, adults, and families, survivors of trauma, abuse, domestic violence, medical illness and returning military. Consultant to courts and legal counsel, including expert opinion of children's and adults' drawings, child abuse, child custody, posttraumatic stress, and trauma reactions.
(Civic & Social Organization industry)
May 2009 — Present (3 months)
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
(Mental Health Care industry)
April 1994 — Present (15 years 4 months)
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
July 1988 — Present (21 years 1 month)
PhD , Psychology , 2004 — 2008
Dissertation on the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder on children's human figure drawings.
MA , Art Therapy
BFA , Fine Arts
Mixed media art, painting, writing, art therapy, web technology, film making, gardening.
Honorary Life Member, American Art Therapy Association [2002]
Distinguished Service Award, American Art Therapy Association [1991]
Clinical Award, American Art Therapy Association [2000]
Kennedy Center Honors [1987] for international service to China
Very Special Arts [1990]