Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPAT, LPCC

Current

• Founder/CE at International Art Therapy Organization
• Syndicated Writer at Psychology Today, The Healing Arts
• Faculty, Certified Trainer, and Researcher at National Institute for Trauma and Loss/Starr Commonwealth

• Faculty at Lesley University

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Past

• Prez, C-AHEAD at American Counseling Association

Education

• Northcentral University
• Notre Dame de Namur University
• Tufts University

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Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPAT, LPCC’s Summary

Scholar, research psychologist, educator, visionary, and organizational entrepreneur and founder of International Art Therapy Organization/Art Therapy Without Borders. Author in field of art therapy, arts and health, and mental health, including numerous books translated into 12 languages: Art Therapy Sourcebook, Handbook of Art Therapy, Expressive Therapies, Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children, and Understanding Children's Drawings. Given over 300 invited keynotes, workshops, and courses throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe. Visiting professor at numerous universities throughout the US and the world.

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.

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. 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.

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.

Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPAT, LPCC’s Specialties:

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.

Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPAT, LPCC’s Experience

• Founder/CE

  International Art Therapy Organization

  (Civic & Social Organization industry)

  May 2009 — Present (7 months)

  One world, many visions...working together to create an inclusive and sustainable future for art therapy. To learn more about our mission and values, visit http://www.internationalarttherapy.org/AboutIATO.html.

• Syndicated Writer

  Psychology Today, The Healing Arts

  (Privately Held; Publishing industry)

  February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

  The Restoring Power of Imagination, read by thousands each week.

• Faculty, Certified Trainer, and Researcher

  National Institute for Trauma and Loss/Starr Commonwealth

  (Mental Health Care industry)

  April 1994 — Present (15 years 8 months)

  The National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children mission is to provide direct services to traumatized children and families and to provide school professionals, crisis intervention teams, medical and mental health professionals, child care professionals and clinicians with trauma education, training, consultation, referral services and trauma-specific intervention programs and resource materials needed to help children, parents, families, and schools traumatized by violent or non-violent trauma-inducing incidents. TLC is a program of Starr Commonwealth, a nationally accredited non-profit 501(c)3.

• Faculty

  Lesley University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  July 1988 — Present (21 years 5 months)

• Prez, C-AHEAD

  American Counseling Association

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Government Relations industry)

  2009 — 2009 (less than a year)

Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPAT, LPCC’s Education

• Northcentral University

  PhD , Psychology , 2004 — 2008

  Dissertation on the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder on children's human figure drawings.

• Notre Dame de Namur University

  MA , Art Therapy

• Tufts University

  BFA , Fine Arts

Additional Information

Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPAT, LPCC’s Interests:

Mixed media art, painting, writing, art therapy, web technology, film making, gardening.

Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPAT, LPCC’s Groups:

International Art Therapy Organization, American Art Therapy Association, American Counseling Association, Save the Children Foundation, Counseling Association for Humanistic Education and Development, American School Counseling Association, Mental Health America, Health Professions Network,Society for the Arts in Healthcare, Art Therapy Alliance, Authors Guild, Mad to Live.

•    LinkEds & writers
•    TechSoup (now TechSoup Global)
•    Creativity Champions
•    Americans for the Arts
•    Psychologists, psychotherapists and counselors
•    Published Authors Network
•    Art Therapy Alliance
•    American Counseling Association
•    Useful Tools for Non-Profit Groups
•    Art Therapy in Schools
•    Smart Art - Art for Social Action
•    Positive Psychology Professionals
•    Art Therapy India
•    Creative Arts Therapy in Latin America - Terapias Creativas en Latinoamérica
•    Kentucky Art Therapy Association
•    Society for the Arts in Healthcare
•    The Wounded Artist Project
•    International Art Therapy Organization [IATO]
•    Positive/Happiness Art Therapy (HAT)
•    Digital Art Therapy
•    Healing through Creativity
•    International Art Therapy Research Collaborative
•    Trauma and Loss
•    Medical Art Therapy
•    Art Therapy & Older Adults with Neurodegenerative Disorders
•    The Psychology of Creativity
•    Independent Practice & Art Therapy

Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPAT, LPCC’s Honors:

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]

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