N/NY-SS-360 - Get Your Art Game On! Student-Athletes and the El Duende Painting Process

Dr. Barbara Parker-Bell, PsyD, ATR-BC, is the Director of Art Therapy Programs at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. She received her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and her Masters in Expressive Arts Therapies from Lesley College. In 2016-2017, Dr. Parker-Bell completed a Fulbright Scholarship for Teaching and Research in Tomsk, Russian Federation.  She continues to foster collaborative exchanges with Russian art therapy specialists in creative ways. Dr. Parker-Bell has extensive program direction and teaching experience as well as clinical experiences with clients with a broad range of concerns.  Her current interests include art therapists' contribution to career exploration and creative methods for supporting client and therapist resilience.  Dr. Parker-Bell has served as a Director on the Board of the American Art Therapy Association and is a Past President of the Art Therapy Credentials Board.

Emi Heck is a recent graduate from Florida State University's art therapy program and is currently working as a counselor/art therapist at a residential eating disorder facility in Maryland. Emi has a love of sport psychology, and it is her professional goal to incorporate art therapy practice with sport psychology to reduce the mental health stigma for athletes seeking support.