Expressive Arts Therapy Program at CIIS

Expressive Arts Therapy

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Kate Donohue, Ph.D., REAT; Jungian thought • Cross-cultural dance • The sacred feminine • Rituals around death.

Linda Hammond, M.A., Integral Counseling Psychology, CIIS, 1989; Developed drama for children in educational environments • Therapuetic storytelling • Registered Drama Therapist and Registered Expressive Arts Therapist • Drama, Movement, Storytelling and Sandplay.

Sanjen Miedzinski, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, City University of New York, 1980; Creator of Imagery-In-Movement process; Co-founding director of Art Spirit Expressive Arts Training Institute and Counseling Center • Transpersonal psychology and spiritual practice.

Jaime Nisenbaum, M.A., Psychology, Sonoma State University; co-director and faculty at Tamalpa Institute • Movement/dance, drama, image • Dialogues between life and art.

Sherry Raley, Ph.D., Transpersonal Psychology, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Certified Music Therapist • Music therapy, group dynamics, family dynamics, musician and composer.

Jack S. Weller, M.A., Philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1968; Founding Director of Program • Buddhism and Buddhist art, spirituality (Eastern, Western, and shamanic), expressive arts.

Adjunct Faculty
Sally Atkins, Ed.D., REAT
Bonnie Bernstein, M.Ed., ADTR, MFT
Lauren Cunningham, MSW, LCSW
John Fox, CPT
Lois Friedlander, M.A., MFT, MT-BC, CGP
Mark Fromm, Ph.D.
Craig Garfinkel, Ph.D.
Maria Gonzalez-Blue, M.A., REAT
Lisa Herman, Ph.D., MFT
Judith Jones, M.A., MFT, RDT
Deborah Koff-Chapin, B.F.A.
Paolo Knill, Ph.D., Dr.h.c.
Ellen Levine, MSW, Ph.D., ATR-BC, REAT
Stephen Levine, Ph.D., D.S.Sc., REAT
Elizabeth McKim, M.A.
Gwen Sanders, MFT, ATR-BC
Patricia Sohl, M.D., MPH
Jo Sopko, M.A., MFT, RDT
Tina Stromsted, Ph.D., MFT, ADTR
Debra Taube, M.A., MFT
Patricia Waters, M.A., REAT
Armand Volkas, M.A., MFT, RDT/BCT

Administrative Adjuncts
Syntha Lorenz, M.A., MFT, REAT
Delfina Piretti, M.A., MFT

Expressive Arts Therapy Program