Elizabeth Allen

Elizabeth Allen is a 2020 graduate from Temple University, with a BA in art therapy from the Tyler School of Art in Architecture, where she completed her research. She is a current first-year graduate student in Drexel University’s MA in Art Therapy and Counseling program. At Temple, she completed undergraduate fieldwork at Magee Rehabilitation Outpatient in Philadelphia, in addition to active involvement in student organizations and community arts practices. She hopes to work with children in a medical setting as a future art therapist and counselor. 

Jamie Cannon

Jamie Cannon is a recent graduate from Holy Family University with plans to continue into their graduate program. As a part of Holy Family’s Honors program, they were required to complete and present an independent research project of their choosing. Their project focused on the viability of art therapy as a treatment method for people charged with sexually based offences. Their future plans include getting my doctorate and focusing on research related to the corrections system and how to best help those who are incarcerated from reoffending upon release.

Heather Brown

Heather Brown, MS, ATR, LPC, ACTP, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Registered Art Therapist, Advanced Certified Trauma Practitioner through the National Institute of Trauma and Loss and the coauthor of Therapeutic Interventions for Families and Children in the Child Welfare System. She holds her Master's degree in Counseling and Art Therapy from Eastern Virginia Medical School and is accredited through the State of Michigan as well as the Art Therapy Credential Board.

Originally from the Baltimore-Washington metro area, Heather moved to Detroit 12 years ago and since then has effectively helped metro Detroit's children, teens, adults, and professionals by providing high quality and creative therapeutic interventions and trainings. Heather also offers individual and group supervision for LLPC's (Limited Licensed Professional Counselors) and future-ATR's (Registered Art Therapists) as well as post-licensure case and career consultation. She has provided numerous presentations and trainings in community forums, professional conferences, and educational settings on parenting, working with children and families in foster care and adoption, child and adolescent mental health concerns, trauma/PTSD, grief & loss, and art therapy.

Emery Mikel

Founder and Director, Water & Stone

Emery H. Mikel, MA, ATR-BC, LCAT, LCPAT provided studio art therapy to the elderly and people living with dementia throughout the Washington, DC area until her relocation to Huntington, NY. She created and conducted her own contract service with 15-20 retirement homes. She studied Transpersonal Art Therapy at Naropa University. She is the founder and director of Water & Stone: a transpersonal and contemplative creative arts therapy collective. She also mentors therapists, supervises interns, and guest lectures at George Washington University and Nazareth College. She received her MA in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology: Art Therapy from Naropa University in Boulder, CO.

Dr. Jessica Stallings

Program Therapist and Adjunct Professor, Emporia State University

Dr. Jessica Stallings, ATR-BC, LMHP taught at Emporia State University, worked in private practice, and is currently working in partial hospitalization with children ages 5 to 12. She completed a dissertation on using popular culture with individuals with ASDs.

Pamela Ullman

Founder, Colors of Play

Pamela Ullmann, MS, ATR-BC, ATCS, LCAT is a board certified and licensed art therapist who has practiced in the field for more than 20 years, working with children and families in a variety of community and healthcare settings. She is currently working as an Art Therapist in a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit, and was previously a Program Coordinator for the Autism Program, with the Institute of Child Development in a University Medical Center. She was instrumental in developing the Art Therapy program in 2003 for the Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center in Manhattan and subsequently served as director of the Child Life and Therapeutic Activities department there.

Pamela has an independent practice called Colors of Play, LLC and has recently formed a nonprofit organization, Healing Arts Family Connection, Inc. that provides creative arts therapy services for children with special needs and families throughout the tri-state area

Dr. Melissa Klay

Melissa Klay, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCAT, is a licensed, registered, and Board Certified Art Therapist and a limited-permit clinical psychologist in New York. She has been providing psychotherapy services for the past 18 years, teaching as an adjunct assistant instructor at Pratt Institute, and conducting qualitative and quantitative studies.

Amanda Bechtel

Licensed Clinical Professional Art Therapist

Amanda Bechtel, ATR-BC, LCPC, LCPAT is a board certified registered art therapist, licensed clinical professional counselor and licensed clinical professional art therapist. In addition to eating disorders, she has used art therapy to treat symptoms of depression, anxiety, self-injurious behavior and substance abuse. She holds a certificate in advanced trauma treatment. Amanda regularly presents on art therapy and eating disorders at national conferences and regional symposiums. She is adjunct faculty at St. Mary of the Woods College and currently sits on Maryland's Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists.

Peggy Kolodny

Licensed Art Therapist

Peggy Kolodny MA, ATR-BC LCPAT, licensed art therapist, is adjunct clinical faculty at University of Maryland School of Social Work, Notre Dame of Maryland University as well as multiple professional institutes. She has a trauma-focused art psychotherapy private practice with Level 2 certificates in EMDR and IFS (Internal Family Systems).

Abbe Miller

Associate Professor and Art Show Coordinator, Albertus Magnus College

Abbe Miller, MS,  ATR-BC, LPCA has taught nationwide, the processes of transformational art psychotherapy for over 37 years. She is Associate Professor and Art Show Coordinator of the Graduate Art Therapy Program at Albertus Magnus College and maintains a private practice.  She is an exhibiting artist. She has numerous journal articles and is a third year doctoral student at Lesley University.

Megan Robb

Program Director, Art Therapy Counseling - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Megan Robb, ATR-BC, LPC, NCC is an Associate Professor and Director of the Art Therapy Counseling at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Robb's research interests include shame, multicultural education outcomes, culturally sensitive art therapy practice, medical art therapy, and group art therapy. Her recent clinical work as an art therapist was at the National Institutes of Health. Robb currently resides in St. Louis, Missouri.

Jenna Krauter

Jenna Krauter, MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT is a licensed art therapist and graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York. She has extensive experience in adult inpatient treatment and focuses on the integration of art therapy and psychoeducation in treatment for adults with chronic mental illness.

Jamie Shoneman

Jamie Shoneman, ATR-BC, LCAT is a Licensed Art Therapist who has experience working with populations from Pre-School Children to Geriatrics. She has specialized in Trauma Therapy and has extensive experience working with the Dually Diagnosed throughout the recovery process as well as providing mentorship and supervision to students and professionals.

Tracy Councill

Program Director, Tracy's Kids

Tracy Councill, MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT is both Program Director for Tracy's Kids and Art Therapist in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at Georgetown University Hospital's Lombardi Cancer Center. She has taught Medical Art Therapy, Studio Art Therapy and Art Therapy for Trauma at The George Washington University, Eastern Virginia Medical School, and Florida State University and creates paintings, block prints and sculpture. She has served as on the Board of AATAand as Chair of the Membership Committee

Kathryn Tedeschi

Founder and Clinical Director, Sage House Counseling & Art Therapy

Kathryn Tedeschi, MA, ATR-BC, LCAT, LPC is a graduate of The George Washington University art therapy program. She has experience working with children, adolescents, adults, military veterans and individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities. Since 2011 she has worked as an art therapist for Tracy's Kids, providing services to pediatric Hematology-Oncology patients in Washington DC. Kathryn recently moved to New York to start the Tracy’s Kids art therapy program at the Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children's Health at New York-Presbyterian /Weill Cornell.