Maria Gonzalez-Blue

Maria Gonzalez-Blue, MA, REAT, REACE, adjunct faculty in Expressive Arts Therapy is in private practice as an Expressive Arts Therapist and Expressive Arts Consultant/Educator. She has worked extensively with diverse groups and individuals of all ages. She was a core faculty member of the Person-Centered Expressive Therapy Institute, Santa Rosa, CA, from 1991 to its closing in 2005. She is co-founder of the Person Centered Expressive Therapy Institute in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and has also taught in Mexico and Guatemala. She is adjunct faculty at Santa Rosa Junior College where she brings creative process to an elders program. She also facilitates art therapy at Sebastopol Apple Valley Rehab physical therapy center. A 25-year commitment to Huichol Shamanism of Mexico has influenced her passion for the arts as spiritual exploration. Maria is currently a Board Advisor for the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association where, as a Board member, she was instrumental in developing the first professional registration for expressive arts consultant/educators (REACE).