[Self-Study] Doctoral Education: Is it for Me? (N/NY-ES81)

Dr. Danielle Tidwell Chen is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Registered Art Therapist, and Registered Play Therapist with over a decade of experience in art therapy and family therapy. She holds a Ph.D. in Art Education with a concentration in Art Therapy Theory and Practice from Florida State University, where she also earned her M.S. in Art Therapy. In addition, she obtained a Master's in Family Therapy from Mercer University and a B.S. in Psychology with a concentration in Studio Art from Georgia State University.

As an AAMFT Clinical Fellow and an Approved Supervisor in Training, Danielle’s research focuses on the intersections of multiracial and multicultural identities. Her work explores how art therapy and systemic theories can help individuals navigate complex identities, particularly through the lens of cultural humility and social justice. She is passionate about using response art as a tool for therapists to engage in self-reflection and personal development. Danielle has been published in the Art Therapy Journal, contributing to important discussions on identity, social justice, and therapeutic practice. Her professional affiliations include the Association for Play Therapy (APT), the American Art Therapy Association (AATA), and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT).

Nancy Gerber, Ph.D, ATR-BC is Associate Clinical Professor Emerita and founding and former director of the Ph.D Program in Creative Arts Therapies at Drexel University.  She currently is Teaching Faculty at Florida State University. Previously she was the Director of the Graduate Art Therapy Program at Drexel University. Dr. Gerber has presented and published on doctoral education for art therapists, mixed methods research, aesthetic intersubjective worldview in research and practice, arts-based research, and the mechanisms of change in the creative arts therapies.  She was a former vice-chair of the IRB and currently chairs the Doctoral Education Subcommittee for the American Art Therapy Association. She co-facilitates  the Arts-Based Research SIG at the International Congress of Qualitative Research.  Dr. Gerber has developed the Arts-Based Research Global Consortium to advance socially responsible arts-based research. Dr. Gerber was the first recipient of the first Distinguished Educator’s Award from the American Art Therapy Association.

Lisa D. Hinz, Ph.D., ATR-BC is a licensed clinical psychologist and board-certified art therapist. She is an associate professor and director of the Art Therapy Psychology Doctoral Program at the Dominican University of California. Dr. Hinz is the author of many professional publications and three books on art therapy. The second edition of her book, Expressive Therapies Continuum: A Framework for Using Art in Therapy was released in January 2020 and builds upon her interest in materials and methods in art therapy. Dr. Hinz specializes in the treatment of eating issues, substance abuse, and lifestyle medicine; she maintains a private practice in St. Helena, California.