Cedar Crest College Art Therapy

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A special welcome to Danielle Merk MPS, ATR-BC as the Interim Director of the Master of Art in Art Therapy (MAAT) program. Danielle is a familiar face to many and has been involved with Cedar Crest's MAAT Program since its inception in 2013. As an adjunct professor, she focuses on group dynamics, supervision coursework, accelerated elective courses and CP mentoring. Danielle has been responsible for all art therapy programming at St. Luke’s Sacred Heart Campus since 2009 an...d uses both psychodynamic and studio-based approaches. There she has curated three successful art exhibits highlighting patient artwork that focused on reducing the stigma of mental illness. She previously specialized in trauma recovery, employed by the Morris County Sexual Assault Center (MCSAC), New Jersey Battered Women’s Services (NJBWS) and Women Aware DV Shelter. Danielle holds an MPS in creative arts therapy and development from Pratt Institute and received her BA in psychology from C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University. Originally from the Hudson Valley, N.Y., Danielle has resided in Pennsylvania since 2009 and has raised two amazing children.

It is with a heavy heart, we announce that Denise Wolf, Director of the Undergraduate Art Therapy Program and Michelle Dean, Director of the Graduate Art Therapy Program have resigned from their respective teaching positions at Cedar Crest College.

Undergraduate Art therapy student, Cynthia Rodriguez, was featured in the Morning Call newspaper for her work volunteering for the American Red Cross.

Great Job, Christine! So proud of you.

Congratulations to MAAT student, Heather Tittle who had a panel proposal accepted into the 2020 AATA conference. Her panel consisted of two professional artists, a neurologist, and an art therapist, who will present a collective perspective of their personal and professional experience of incorporating art therapy into the healing process from acquired brain injury. Panelists discuss the therapeutic value of art making and images in a clinical rehabilitation setting. #AATA2020

Congratulations to MAAT student, Courtney Brensinger who had her poster proposal accepted to the American Art Therapy Association Conference scheduled for October 2020 in Washington DC. This poster explores art therapy interventions in a forensic institution through an ethnographic account highlighting the voices of group art therapy members in a treatment facility for men with sex offences and mental health histories. Response art made by the author highlights themes within this treatment facility for sex offenders.

Haley Triolo, 2019 graduate of the Master of Arts in Art Therapy, is providing art therapy at the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in Wilmington, Delaware.

Many of the American Art Therapy Association (AATA)Scholarships are open to both undergraduate and graduate art therapy students! The deadline for application is May 1. Please share. https://arttherapy.org/news-meet-3-scholarship-recipients/