Diana Wallace, LPCC-S, LPAT, ATR-BC, is a full-time faculty instructor and clinical supervisor in the graduate program for Professional Counseling and Art Therapy at Ursuline College and is currently a doctoral candidate in Counselor Education and Supervision (CES) at Walden University. Diana has over 16 years of clinical experience and 8 years of clinical supervisory experience providing art therapy and individual, group, and family psychotherapy, emphasizing the competent treatment of diverse, marginalized populations. Diana’s primary clinical practitioner focus has been within community mental health settings, treating complex trauma. RCT applications, projective assessments, and multicultural and ecologically focused art-based supervision are her main areas of interest within teaching, supervision, research, and advocacy.

Kathryn Snyder, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, PhD, is a board-certified art therapist, licensed professional counselor, and founder of Parent to Child Therapy Associates and Spark School-Based Art Therapy in Philadelphia. With over 20 years of clinical experience, she specializes in integrative mental health care for children, young adults, and families, emphasizing early intervention for developmental, emotional, and learning challenges. Kathryn is also known for her expertise in postpartum support and group programming focused on social skills and emotional regulation. Through Spark, she has expanded access to art therapy in public and charter schools, particularly for underserved and immigrant populations. A PhD candidate at Drexel University, Kathryn’s research explores the impact of art therapy on emergent literacy in preschoolers and broader applications in pediatric care and museum-based therapy. She also teaches and presents her work nationally.

Diana Wallace, LPCC-S, LPAT, ATR-BC, is a full-time faculty instructor and clinical supervisor in the graduate program for Professional Counseling and Art Therapy at Ursuline College and is currently a doctoral candidate in Counselor Education and Supervision (CES) at Walden University. Diana has over 16 years of clinical experience and 8 years of clinical supervisory experience providing art therapy and individual, group, and family psychotherapy, emphasizing the competent treatment of diverse, marginalized populations. Diana’s primary clinical practitioner focus has been within community mental health settings, treating complex trauma. RCT applications, projective assessments, and multicultural and ecologically focused art-based supervision are her main areas of interest within teaching, supervision, research, and advocacy.

Kathryn Snyder, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, PhD, is a board-certified art therapist, licensed professional counselor, and founder of Parent to Child Therapy Associates and Spark School-Based Art Therapy in Philadelphia. With over 20 years of clinical experience, she specializes in integrative mental health care for children, young adults, and families, emphasizing early intervention for developmental, emotional, and learning challenges. Kathryn is also known for her expertise in postpartum support and group programming focused on social skills and emotional regulation. Through Spark, she has expanded access to art therapy in public and charter schools, particularly for underserved and immigrant populations. A PhD candidate at Drexel University, Kathryn’s research explores the impact of art therapy on emergent literacy in preschoolers and broader applications in pediatric care and museum-based therapy. She also teaches and presents her work nationally.

Karin Kelley, MA, brings over 20 years of leadership experience in the non-profit and public education sectors in California, Oregon, and the Washington DC metro, focused on supporting young people and families to thrive. She is a passionate leader with a deep commitment to social justice and ensuring all children and adults – regardless of race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, disability, or personal circumstances – have the opportunity to reach their full potential. For the past 3 years, Karin has served as the Chief Program Officer for Doorways, an Arlington non-profit providing services to survivors of intimate partner and sexual violence. Prior to moving to the East Coast, Karin was the Executive Director of Teen Success, Inc., a California-based non-profit organization supporting the success of teen mothers and their children across the state. Karin has a BA in Psychology from Santa Clara University and a MA in Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University. Karin is the mother of three amazing children and spends most of her non-working hours at soccer games and swim meets, cheering them on!

Karin Kelley, MA, brings over 20 years of leadership experience in the non-profit and public education sectors in California, Oregon, and the Washington DC metro, focused on supporting young people and families to thrive. She is a passionate leader with a deep commitment to social justice and ensuring all children and adults – regardless of race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, disability, or personal circumstances – have the opportunity to reach their full potential. For the past 3 years, Karin has served as the Chief Program Officer for Doorways, an Arlington non-profit providing services to survivors of intimate partner and sexual violence. Prior to moving to the East Coast, Karin was the Executive Director of Teen Success, Inc., a California-based non-profit organization supporting the success of teen mothers and their children across the state. Karin has a BA in Psychology from Santa Clara University and a MA in Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University. Karin is the mother of three amazing children and spends most of her non-working hours at soccer games and swim meets, cheering them on!

Marybeth Orton, MA, ATR-BC, ATCS, ICST, LPAT-S, is a licensed art therapist with over 30 years of experience devoted to helping individuals heal from trauma. Her work is grounded in the belief that the body and brain hold the story of our experiences—and that healing is possible when those stories are met with safety and compassion. She integrates art therapy with brain-based and psychosensory approaches and is certified in EMDR therapy, Havening Techniques, PEAT, Sandtray therapy, and working towards certification in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). She also incorporates Trauma Tapping Technique (TTT) and animal-assisted therapy to support gentle, embodied healing.

Marybeth is passionate about helping people move from survival to resilience, reconnecting with their inner strength and innate capacity for healing and wholeness.

Marybeth Orton, MA, ATR-BC, ATCS, ICST, LPAT-S, is a licensed art therapist with over 30 years of experience devoted to helping individuals heal from trauma. Her work is grounded in the belief that the body and brain hold the story of our experiences—and that healing is possible when those stories are met with safety and compassion. She integrates art therapy with brain-based and psychosensory approaches and is certified in EMDR therapy, Havening Techniques, PEAT, Sandtray therapy, and working towards certification in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). She also incorporates Trauma Tapping Technique (TTT) and animal-assisted therapy to support gentle, embodied healing.

Marybeth is passionate about helping people move from survival to resilience, reconnecting with their inner strength and innate capacity for healing and wholeness.

Megan VanMeter is a board-certified art therapist who is licensed through the counseling boards in Arizona, Indiana, and Texas.  She currently operates a virtual private practice, but prior to this she provided clinical art therapy services in behavioral health, correctional, educational, medical, and social services settings, offering workshops for therapists on the side. Megan earned her master’s degree in art therapy at the University of Louisville, where she studied under Expressive Therapies Continuum co-creators Drs. Vija Lusebrink and Sandra (Kagin) Graves-Alcorn.  From these two visionary art therapy pioneers, she learned how to develop responsive, in-the-moment interventions that serve to connect with and support clients as they organically move toward integration. A teacher at heart, Megan has been helping art therapists learn facets of the Expressive Therapies Continuum for over 15 years.  Megan offers an ETC newsletter to keep professionals abreast of learning opportunities, and she maintains an ETC bibliography that features the framework’s co-creators and their educational descendants. 

This free resource supports exploration of the ETC within the context of a training lineage and is available at https://www.meganvanmeter.com/for-expressive-therapists. 

Megan hopes to support other art therapists in understanding the ETC through training methods similar to the ones used by Lusebrink and (Kagin) Graves-Alcorn.  Aside from her passion for helping others learn, she has served the art therapy community through board and committee work via the American Art Therapy Association, AATA affiliate chapters, and the Art Therapy Credentials Board.

Dr. Lisa D. Hinz is a licensed clinical psychologist and board-certified art therapist with more than two decades of experience advancing the theory and practice of art therapy. She is an associate professor and director of the Art Therapy Psychology Doctoral Program at Dominican University of California in San Rafael. Dr. Hinz began her career in clinical psychology but discovered her passion for art therapy while supervising a master’s student at the University of Louisville Counseling Center. This experience led her to earn a post-graduate certificate in art therapy in 1992, where she trained under Drs. Vija Lusebrink and Sandra (Kagin) Graves-Alcorn, co-creators of the Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC)—a foundational framework for understanding the therapeutic power of art. A leading voice in the field, Dr. Hinz has authored numerous professional publications and three influential books, including Expressive Therapies Continuum: A Framework for Using Art in Therapy, now in its second edition (2020). Her scholarship reflects a deep interest in materials and methods in art therapy, and she has been teaching and writing about ETC theory for over 23 years. In addition to her academic leadership, Dr. Hinz maintains a private practice in St. Helena, California, specializing in the treatment of eating issues, substance abuse, and lifestyle medicine.

Megan VanMeter is a board-certified art therapist who is licensed through the counseling boards in Arizona, Indiana, and Texas.  She currently operates a virtual private practice, but prior to this she provided clinical art therapy services in behavioral health, correctional, educational, medical, and social services settings, offering workshops for therapists on the side. Megan earned her master’s degree in art therapy at the University of Louisville, where she studied under Expressive Therapies Continuum co-creators Drs. Vija Lusebrink and Sandra (Kagin) Graves-Alcorn.  From these two visionary art therapy pioneers, she learned how to develop responsive, in-the-moment interventions that serve to connect with and support clients as they organically move toward integration. A teacher at heart, Megan has been helping art therapists learn facets of the Expressive Therapies Continuum for over 15 years.  Megan offers an ETC newsletter to keep professionals abreast of learning opportunities, and she maintains an ETC bibliography that features the framework’s co-creators and their educational descendants. 

This free resource supports exploration of the ETC within the context of a training lineage and is available at https://www.meganvanmeter.com/for-expressive-therapists. 

Megan hopes to support other art therapists in understanding the ETC through training methods similar to the ones used by Lusebrink and (Kagin) Graves-Alcorn.  Aside from her passion for helping others learn, she has served the art therapy community through board and committee work via the American Art Therapy Association, AATA affiliate chapters, and the Art Therapy Credentials Board.

Dr. Lisa D. Hinz is a licensed clinical psychologist and board-certified art therapist with more than two decades of experience advancing the theory and practice of art therapy. She is an associate professor and director of the Art Therapy Psychology Doctoral Program at Dominican University of California in San Rafael. Dr. Hinz began her career in clinical psychology but discovered her passion for art therapy while supervising a master’s student at the University of Louisville Counseling Center. This experience led her to earn a post-graduate certificate in art therapy in 1992, where she trained under Drs. Vija Lusebrink and Sandra (Kagin) Graves-Alcorn, co-creators of the Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC)—a foundational framework for understanding the therapeutic power of art. A leading voice in the field, Dr. Hinz has authored numerous professional publications and three influential books, including Expressive Therapies Continuum: A Framework for Using Art in Therapy, now in its second edition (2020). Her scholarship reflects a deep interest in materials and methods in art therapy, and she has been teaching and writing about ETC theory for over 23 years. In addition to her academic leadership, Dr. Hinz maintains a private practice in St. Helena, California, specializing in the treatment of eating issues, substance abuse, and lifestyle medicine.

Dr. Elizabeth Hlavek, DAT, LCPAT, ATR-BC is an art therapy clinician, scholar, and advocate. In 2012 Elizabeth spearheaded efforts to develop a clinical art therapy license in Maryland, and subsequently sat on the MD Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists, and later the American Art Therapy Association's Board of Directors.  She continues to hold leadership roles within AATA. Elizabeth's doctoral research examined artwork made by victims in Nazi captivity which she grounded to existential theory. Her book, A Meaning-Based Approach to Art Therapy: From the Holocaust to Contemporary Practices, details her phenomenological study in which she interviewed surviving artists about their experiences creating artwork. She posited that art-making allowed victims to find meaning in their experience, a concept that informs her clinical work. Elizabeth frequently lectures and teaches about her research. She also adjuncts at the International Institute for Existential Humanistic Psychology and St Mary of the Woods college.

Dr. Elizabeth Hlavek, DAT, LCPAT, ATR-BC is an art therapy clinician, scholar, and advocate. In 2012 Elizabeth spearheaded efforts to develop a clinical art therapy license in Maryland, and subsequently sat on the MD Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists, and later the American Art Therapy Association's Board of Directors.  She continues to hold leadership roles within AATA. Elizabeth's doctoral research examined artwork made by victims in Nazi captivity which she grounded to existential theory. Her book, A Meaning-Based Approach to Art Therapy: From the Holocaust to Contemporary Practices, details her phenomenological study in which she interviewed surviving artists about their experiences creating artwork. She posited that art-making allowed victims to find meaning in their experience, a concept that informs her clinical work. Elizabeth frequently lectures and teaches about her research. She also adjuncts at the International Institute for Existential Humanistic Psychology and St Mary of the Woods college.