PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
•2017 (June 28) RETIREMENT from professional practice of Art Therapy and Counseling
•1995-Present, DIRECTOR, The Inward Eye, Center for Learning in Art Therapy and Imagery
•1979-Present INDEPENDENT PRACTICE, Art Therapy, Merion Station & Philadelphia, PA
•1994-2000 PART-TIME FACULTY, Graduate Art Therapy Program, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
•1998-1999 CHAIR, conference course committee, American Art Therapy Association
•1994-1998 MEMBER, professional practice committee, American Art Therapy Association
•1982-1996 PART-TIME STAFF ART THERAPIST, Philadelphia Center for Young Adult Psychiatry, Phila., PA
•1994-1996 MEMBER, long range planning committee, American Art Therapy Association
•1992-1994 PRESIDENT, Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association
•1990-1992 PRESIDENT-ELECT AND PROGRAM CHAIR, Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association
•1990-1992 DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
•1979-1990 COLLEGE COUNSELOR, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
•1978-1979 SCHOOL COUNSELOR, Green Tree School, Philadelphia, PA
•1971-1978 ART THERAPIST, Haverford State Hospital, Haverford, PA
•1970 ART TEACHER, Grades 1 – 9, Wyoming Seminary Day School, Wyoming, PA
EDUCATION/ CREDENTIALS HISTORY
•1999 CERTIFICATION IN INTERACTIVE GUIDED IMAGERYsm, Academy for Guided Imagery, Mill Valley, CA
•1994 BOARD CERTIFICATION IN ART THERAPY, Art Therapy Credentials Board, Mundelein, IL
•1976 MASTER OF SCIENCE, Psychological Services in Education, Concentration in Counseling, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Phila., PA
•1975 PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION in Art Therapy: #75-046, American Art Therapy Assoc., Mundelein, IL
•1971 BACHELOR OF ARTS, Fine Art, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, PA
PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
•“Art Therapy and Imagery”: Lecture and experiential presented at the Art Department, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA, March, 2010.
•“Art Therapy and Guided Imagery”: Lecture and experiential presented at the Mind-Body Medicine Course, Massachesetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, MA, September, 2009.
•“Knowing with Imagery in Art Therapy”: Keynote Address presented at the Annual Conference of the Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association, Philadelphia, PA, October, 2003.
•“The Using Imagery in Art Therapy”: Workshop/Lecture presented at the Marywood University Graduate Program in Art Therapy Annual Symposium, Scranton, PA, April, 2002.
•“The Use of Imagery in Art Therapy”: Workshop/Lecture presented at the Marywood University Graduate Program in Art Therapy Annual Symposium, Scranton, PA, April, 2000.
•“Master Class in Group Art Therapy”: Class presented at the Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association, Orlando, FL, November 1999.
•“Imagery and Clay”: Workshop presented with Frank Goryl at Binghamton University, SUNY, June, 1999.
•“Songs from the Studio”: Performance presentation of original songs presented with Bruce Moon at the Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association, Portland, Oregon, November, 1998.
•“Image in Process; Marks in Clay”: Workshop presented with Frank Goryl and Ellen G. Horovitz at the Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association, Milwaukee, WI, November, 1997.
•“Poetry in Art Therapy”: Panel Co-Chair, presented at the Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association, Milwaukee, WI, November, 1997.
•“The Use of Imagery in Art Therapy”: Workshop/Lecture presented at the Conference of Creative Arts Therapies, Philadelphia, March, 1996.
•“The Use of Imagery in Art Therapy”: Workshop/Lecture presented at the South Jersey Art Therapy Association, Haddonfield, NJ, January, 1996.
•“Power Animal Imagery; A Workshop for Teachers and Art Therapists”: Workshop presented with Sandy Schoenholtz at the New York Open Center, New York, January, 1996.
•“Power Animal Imagery; A Workshop for Teachers and Art Therapists”: Workshop presented with Sandy Schoenholtz at the New York Open Center, New York, July, 1996.
•“The Four Windows of Knowing and the Creative Arts Therapies”: Workshop presented at the 13th Annual Therapeutic Activities and Leisure Skills Conference, Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University and Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, March, 1995.
•“Interaction with Imagery in Art Therapy; Introduction to Personal and Professional Use”: Preconference course presented at the Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association, Chicago, IL, November, 1994.
•“Interaction with Imagery in Art Therapy”: Workshop presented at the Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association, Chicago, IL, November, 1994.
•“Imagery to Art and Back Again”: Workshop presented at the Fifth Annual Festival of the Animals, Conference of the Institute for Visualization Research, Phoenicia, NY, October, 1994.
•“Interaction with Imagery in Art Therapy”: Workshop presented at the Delaware valley Art Therapy Association Annual Conference, Bryn Mawr, PA, April, 1994.
•“Right From the Horse’s Mouth; Interaction with Imagery in Art Therapy”:: Presentation paper at the Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association, Atlanta, GA, 1993.
•“Art Therapy and Cybernetics”: Panel Chair, Presenter, and Conference Organizer at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Cybernetics, Philadelphia, PA, November, 1993.
•“Gregory Bateson’s Relevance to Art Therapy; A Conversation with Janie Rhyne”: Chair of Panel presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association, Las Vegas, NV, November, 1992.
•“A Compassionate Discourse: On Non-Art Therapists Doing Art Therapy”: Panel presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association, Las Vegas, NV, November, 1992.
•“Constructing a Session; Art Therapy from a Constructivist’s View”: Oral presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association, Las Vegas, NV, November, 1992.
•“Systems Approach to Art Therapy”: Chair of Panel presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association, Denver, CO, November, 1991.
•The Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association Annual Conference, Program Director, The Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, April, 1991.
•Shamanic Metaphors of Art Therapy: The Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association Annual Conference, Program Director, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, April, 1991.
•“Simple-Minded Vs. Muddle-Headed Practice of Expressive Arts Therapies”: Oral presentation copresented with Janie Rhyne at the Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association, Washington, DC, November, 1990.
•“Art Therapy and Second-Order Cybernetics: Contributions of Bateson, Maturana, and von Foerster”: Experiential presentation at the Annual Conference of the Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association, Philadelphia, PA, April, 1990.
•“Second-Order Cybernetics and Art Therapy”: Presentation for seminar: “Knowing and the Nature of Psychotherapy”, H. Horowitz, Chair, The Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, January, 1990
•“Art Therapy and Second-Order Cybernetics: Contributions of Bateson, Maturana, and von Foerster”: Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association, San Francisco, CA, November, 1989.
•“Art Therapy and Cybernetics”: Presentation as part of a panel The Value of Cybernetics in the Creative Arts at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Cybernetics, Virginia Beach, VA, November, 1989.
•“Art Therapy as Coordination of Coordination of Actions”: Workshop to demonstrate aspects of Maturana’s theory at the conference, Consciousness and Reality: The World According to Humberto Maturana, Ph.D., The Eleventh Annual Young Adult Symposium of the Horsham Foundation, Ambler, PA, November, 1988.
•“The Use of Metaphor in Art Psychotherapy”: Paper presented as part of a panel, Metaphor, H. Horowitz, Chair, at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cybernetics held in St. Gallen Switzerland, March, 1987.
ART SHOWS
•“Drawings, Paintings, Bowls, Boxes”, Sandy and Bob Schoenholtz, Missing Pieces Gallery, Honesdale, PA, July 21, 2022 – September 3, 2022.
•Studio Open House, The Artist’s Mill, Philadelphia, PA, April, 1996.
•“Collaborations”, Handmade book of poetry and art (with Frank Galuszka), University of Pennsylvania/Kamin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, July-October 1995.
•“1990 Members Art Exhibit”, Sterling silver/wood sculpture, Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association, Philadelphian Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, September, 1990.
•“1990 Staff Show”, Five pieces of metalwork in silver, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, February, 1990.
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
•“Word Pictures: The Poetry and Art of Art Therapists”: Book co-edited with Bruce L. Moon, Ph.D., Charles C. Thomas Publishers, Springfield, IL, 2004.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
•American Art Therapy Association, Credentialed Professional Member
•Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association, Member, (Past President)
•American Counseling Association, Member
•Pennsylvania Counseling Association, Member
HONORS AND AWARDS
•Honorary Life Member (HLM), Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association, 2007
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