Sanjen Miedzinski

Sanjen Miedzinski (formerly Susan Schneier) played a major role in the development of the Expressive Arts Therapy program. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (1980) from the City University of New York. Sanjen was formerly director of the Transpersonal Psychology program and associate dean at JFK University. She also co-founded and directs Art Spirit: Expressive Arts Training Institute and Counseling Center. Her journey has led her to studies and careers in both the sciences and the arts. She has been a biochemist and a software technical writer as well as an art director, teacher of dance, and student of drawing and painting. She has integrated these interests in her current work in transpersonal psychology.

Sanjen developed and teaches Imagery-In-Movement, a process of inquiry which integrates the intuitive and the rational modes of functioning through a combination of drawing, movement, psychodrama, and journaling. The method has played a major role in her own psychospiritual growth.

• Email: smiedzinski@ciis.edu