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Marian Liebmann has worked in art therapy with offenders, with women’s groups and community groups, and for 19 years in the Inner City Support and Recovery Team (adult mental health), where she developed work on anger issues.

She teaches and lectures on art therapy at several universities in the UK and Ireland. She has run art therapy workshops in several European countries, as well as the US and Africa.

She also works in restorative justice, mediation and conflict resolution. She has written or edited 14 books, including Art Therapy in Practice, Art Therapy with Offenders, Arts Approaches to Conflict, Restorative Justice: How It Works, Art Therapy and Anger and Arts Therapies and Sexual Offending.

In 2010 she obtained her PhD by publications and in 2013 she was awarded OBE for services to art therapy and mediation.

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Judith A. Rubin, PhD, ATR-BC, HLM is a licensed psychologist, child and adult psychoanalyst, and board-certified art therapist. A past President and Honorary Life Member of the American Art Therapy Association, she has written six books and created thirteen films. For three years in the sixties she was the Art Lady on the PBS children’s program, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” Now retired from clinical practice and regular teaching, she served for forty years on the faculties of the Psychiatry Department at the University of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center. She also presented and taught at many universities and conferences in the U.S. and abroad. President and co-founder of Expressive Media, she launched an online Training Film Library in the expressive therapies. In 2024, the film library was acquired by Psychotherapy.net, a video streaming platform serving a range of mental health professionals. Judy is currently engaged in two unfinished EMI projects: an International Film

Festival on the Arts in Healing and a film provisionally entitled “The Many

Faces of the Creative Arts Therapies,” in process of being created.

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Patricia is the past Co-ordinator of the Master of Art Therapy in the Department of Public Health. For over a decade she worked in the public mental health sector in psychiatric rehabilitation with a specialization in residential services, group work, and group supervision. Patricia studied art therapy in Melbourne and Berlin and has worked with diverse populations. Initially an art teacher in secondary schools, she has also worked as a freelance community artist in Europe and Australia. Patricia has research interests in both art therapy and the arts and health. Her research is focused largely on the role of art making and art therapy on the psychosocial impacts of health conditions and their treatment. Current and past research projects and publications include art making and mental health recovery, art therapy and cancer care, and the needs of carers of people living with cancer. Patricia embraces the perspective that art can play a variety of roles in health care with individuals, groups, and communities. In her role as Adjunct Associate Professor Patricia supervises HDR student’s research projects and continues to publish from her own research activities.

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Drew Bird, U.K. has been a Dramatherapist for over twenty years. He was senior lecturer on the MA in Dramatherapy at the University of Derby for fifteen years before becoming Associate Professor and Head of Creative Arts Therapies at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He was editor of the Dramatherapy Journal from September 2020 to March 2023. He is the author of 15 publications and editorials. Recent research interests and publications have focussed on heuristic inquiry and arts-based research. He is in the process of completing an a/ r/tographic informed novel and developing performative informed research in clowning and the art of facilitation.  

He presents at conferences internationally. His background is in working with children and young people who have experienced trauma and adult mental health and is currently doing community work in private practice.

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Kate Dempsey is the CEO of ANZACATA. She has been in the position for just on 5 years. The work has grown from 2 days a week to 4 days a week in that time.

She was chosen for the role because she has significant experience as a change management and leadership development consultant and has worked with not-for-profit associations and enterprises for over 20 years.

She is also an academic, teaching in MBA and other business related post graduate programs at Deakin University. She is also a business coach.

She has post graduate qualifications in organisational psychology and a PhD in leadership.

Jade Chung is an Integrative Trauma Practitioner, Art Therapist, and Intuitive Healer. 

Currently based in Vancouver, she works with women who are looking to really expand their lives to more, to extraordinary. Infusing art therapy with trauma-informed somatic therapies, energetics and spirituality, she believes that therapy and healing really is the most effective when understood through the mind, body, and soul. Jade offers a range of group programs and mentorship containers online, and workshops occasionally in-person in Vancouver.

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Florencia Olavarría, currently works as a Nurse and Art Therapist in a psychosocial rehabilitation mental health center in Santiago, Chile. She is studying a specialization in Somatosensory Art Therapy, with a focus on recovery and healing from Trauma and PTSD, and is also beginning the certification to be a Somatic Experiencing practitioner, certified by the trauma specialist institute in the USA, by Peter Levine.

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Calvin is a Scottish Art psychotherapist, Counsellor, and Creative.

Calvin currently works with young people in high school across the west coast of Scotland and adults in his private practice.

He is particularly interested in forensic mental health and working within the justice system.

Calvin also works within Scotland’s largest prison, where he provides art psychotherapy to residents.

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Jenn Seniuk - Art Therapist, Counsellor, Podcast Host & Women’s Circle Facilitator  

Jenn’s journey is a tapestry of global exploration, energetics, and the healing power of Art Therapy. With a boundless passion for the healing magic of creativity, she’s spent the last 8 years championing Art Therapy both near and far.

As ‘The Traveling Art Therapist,’ she shares her artistic adventures on social media, inspiring a world of creative souls to embrace the transformative potential of art.

️ Her podcast, ‘Art Therapy Is,’ is a beacon of light, shedding insight on the vital role of creativity in mental health and well-being.

  A devoted advocate for Mental Health, Jenn is on a new mission—renovating Thelma, her trusty School Bus, to embark on a North American journey. Her goal? To spread knowledge and encourage more people to access this incredible form of therapy.

 Join Jenn on her colorful path of art, therapy, and healing.

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Noha is a master-level Art Therapist and a visual artist. She is also a creative thinker, experienced facilitator, and social justice advocate. Noha is passionate about using her creativity, empathy and curiosity to help people and meaningfully contribute to the world. Noha has diverse art therapy experiences working with populations from clinical and community settings ranging from adolescence to adults. In particular she has worked with clinical inpatients with eating disorders, borderline personality, and other psychological diagnoses; as well as clients with challenges or diagnoses relating to substance abuse, domestic violence, sexual abuse, schizophrenia and bi-polar in community settings. She has extensive experience in both individual and group-based art therapy.

Over the years, Noha continued to pursue her artistic expression. As a professionally trained visual artist and designer, she has launched several solo art exhibitions in Australia and abroad. She is committed to social, cultural and community causes, and has dedicated her skills and time through volunteering in various art, education and health disciplines. Her professional training and lived experience, coupled with her compassionate, innovative, and authentic personal attributes, places her in a unique position to help individuals to improve their wellbeing through art therapy.

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