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Alumni Notes: Expressive Arts Therapy

Therese Allen (MA, EXA, '05) is a full-time Staff Therapist doing bilingual work with children at Tender Lion Family Program of Family Service Agency of San Francisco.

Rae Ann Goldberg, M.A., 1999, is a licensed therapist who also serves as a violinist with the San Jose Symphony Orchestra. She teaches music and heads Tunes 'n' Tales, a multicultural music and storytelling group she created for elementary and middle school children.

Linda Bencangey Goldstein, (MA, ’95 Certificate) MFT, REAT has two private practice locations in San Francisco and San Mateo. She has previously served on the Board of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association and is currently on the Committee for Professional Standards.

Hiroshi Korihama, M.A., 1999, is a former business trainer whose work in the Expressive Arts Therapy program served as a guide for inner exploration and paved the way for him to become one of the first expressive arts therapists in Japan.

Howard Van Ness, M.A. 2000, made the transition from the world of business and advertising to follow his interests in creativity and psychotherapy. Read an interview with Howard Van Ness.

Mena Zaminsky, (MA, MFT, CATC) was in the first graduating class of the Expressive Arts Therapy Program, in 1999. She is currently the Director of Outpatient Services at Walden House, an instructor at City College of San Francisco and also has her own private practice. Read an interview with Mena Zaminsky.

Lauren Rosen Purcell, 2001 is completing her MFT hours and working part time for Kid's Turn. She leads psycho educational groups for parents and children who are going through separation/divorce. She currently lives in Berkeley with her husband, Tom Purcell, and their new daughter Joannah Grace.

Yasmin Decuire (BAC ‘03, MA, ‘06) has been working as an expressive arts therapy intern at the Institute for Health and Healing in San Francisco since 2005. Using the arts and guided imagery, her primary focus at the moment is Pediatrics, acute-partum bed rest mothers and cardiac patients. Yasmin feels that her bi-cultural upbringing allows her to move easily between diverse ethnicities and holds a deep understanding of the central role that culture plays in framing human experiences. Yasmin is also the mother of a six year old son who is the joy of her life and loves to express herself with spoken word and mixed media on canvas.

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