Director - The California Center for Creative Renewal 1905 Crest Drive

Faculty Retreats Leader, University of San Diego, Nursing Department 1997 - 1998 Staff Retreat Leader, Elizabeth Hospice 2000 Art Therapy Consultant, A Reason To Survive 2001 Staff Retreats Leader, County Health and Human Services 2000 - 2003 Staff Retreats Leader, Perinatal Services Providers of San Diego 2000 - 2003 Program Consultant, picART: Boys & Girls Club of Encinitas, Carlsbad &Solana Beach 2000 - present Staff Retreats Leader, San Diego CAL WORKS Providers 2001 - 2003 Staff Retreats Leader, San Diego County Adoption Workers 2001 - 2002 Staff Retreat Leader, Physical Rehabilitation Network (PRN) 2002 Staff Retreat Leader, Head Start 2002 Retreat Leader, Women 9s Caucus for Art 2003 Staff Retreat Leader, Encinitas Unified School District Management Team 2003 Conference Retreat Leader, American Art Therapy Association 2004 Team building retreat for the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture, 2006 Staff Support Leader, International Survivors of Torture 2006, 2007, 2008 Retreat Leader, Jewish Healing Arts Center 2006, 2007, 2009 Retreat Leader at Cal-a-Vie Health Spa, "Healing Body, Mind and Spirit" 2006 Habitat for Humanity, House Building, New Orleans 2006 Guest Instructor, the School of Visual Arts, New York City 2006 Retreat Leader, Seaside Church of Religious Science 2007, 2008 Retreat Leader, Del Mar Garden Club 2008 Retreat Leader, San Diego Psychological Association 2008 Retreat Leader, Management team of Camp Pendleton Marine Base 2008 and 2009 PUBLICATIONS: "Beyond Psychic Numbing: Child Art Therapy and the Nuclear Taboo", Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, Vol. 6, No.<br><br> 3. 1989. "Art Therapy and Group Process," Group Network, San Diego, Aug.<br><br> 1989. "The Use of Art Therapy Following Perinatal Death," Art Therapy. Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, Vol.<br><br> 9, No. 3. 1992.<br><br> "Women and Art Therapy d in California Art Therapy Trends, Ed. E. Virshup, Chicago: Magnolia Street Publishers,1993.<br><br> "Creative New Ways", SDNC-California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists Perspectives, Vol. 8, No.1., 1999. LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS: cIntermodal Expressive Arts Therapy to Explore Loss and Reconnection: Personal and Ecological Parallels d Pre-conference course with Mimi Farrelly-Hansen, the American Art Therapy Association Conference, New Orleans, 2006 cArt Therapy: Support for Families of the Mentally Ill d NAMI - National Association of the Mentally Ill, 2006 cArt Therapy in the Healing Gardens d Rancho Santa Fe Artists Guild, 2006 cEco-Art Therapy d the School of Visual Arts, New York City workshop for the faculty and graduate students, 2006 cCreativity, Spirituality and Healing d workshop for the Jewish Healing Center, 2006 cHealing Body, Mind and Spirit d workshop for Cal-a-Vie Health Spa, 2006 cExploring Countertransference through Bioenergetics & Art d 2004, American Art Therapy Association Conference, San Diego, California, presentation with Barbara Thompson cArt Therapy and the Hero 9s Journey d 2004 The Art of Management International Conference, Paris, France cArt Therapy with Artists d 2004, San Dieguito Art Guild cArt Therapy: Healing through the Arts d 2003, San Diego Museum of Art cResilience and Art Therapy d2003, Children 9s Hospital Itinerant Therapists Retreat cArt Therapy: Creative Renewal through the Arts d 2003, San Diego Museum of Art: North County cArt Therapy and Psychodrama in Exploring Internalized cIsms d 2003, National Conference on Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama, Santa Fe, New Mexico, presentation with Alyce Smith Cooper cArt Therapy with Organizations d 2002, The Art of Management, International Conference, London, England cArt Therapy with the Difficult Child d 2002, San Diego County School Social Workers Association cArt Therapy: Creating Healing Spaces d 2002, Society for the Arts in Healthcare, National Conference "Spirituality, Art Therapy and Activism: The Use of Nature in Creativity and Healing" 2001 School of Visual Arts National Conference, New York City panel presentation with Mimi Farrelly-Hansen "Brain Storms / Soul Storms: Outsider Art and Art Therapy" 2001 Sushi Performance and Visual Arts Gallery - artist lecture " Nourishing the Patient; Nurturing the Therapist" 2001 International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Foundation Conference "The Healing Journey: From Garden Studio to Social Activism" 2000 International Expressive Arts Therapy Association Conference "Relighting the Creative Flame" 2000 Foundation For Women Conference "Bridging the Abyss: Art Therapy in Working with the Difficult Client" 2000 California Society for Clinical Social Work "Art Therapy : Journey from the Garden to Social Action" 2000 Gardens for Humanity, Sedona, Arizona "Creating a Sense of Place: Journey from the Garden to Social Action" 1999 American Art Therapy Association Opening Plenary Speaker, Orlando "Art Therapy & Spirituality: Creativity & Healing" 1999 California Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Conference "Bridging the Abyss: Art Therapy with Adolescents" 1999 Grand Rounds, Children's Hospital "A.T.<br><br> and Recovery: The Creative Road Back from Trauma" 1999 North County California Association of Marriage Family Therapists "Sculptural Exploration of Developmental Models of Autonomy and Interconnection" 1998 American Art Therapy Association Conference - Portland "Building a Community of Scholars" faculty retreat facilitator 1998 University of San Diego School of Nursing "Art Therapy: Accessing the Unconscious through the Creative Process" 1998 North County California Association of Marriage Family Therapists "Art Therapy: Accessing the Unconscious through the Creative Process" 1998 I.C.N.E., Spokane ,WA - guest instructor cArt Therapy as if the World Mattered"1997 American Art Therapy Association Conference - Milwaukee "Revealing and Containing through Art Therapy: PTSD, Creativity and Recovery" 1997 Southern Illinois University lecture and workshop "When Words Are Not Enough: Art Therapy and Survival" 1997 Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Conference "Art Therapy: Healing Through Creativity"Multiple Dimensions of Play Therapy: California Statewide Conference 1997 "Encuentro: Art and the Power of Expression" Centro Cultural de la Raza Training Project 1997 "Sculpting Your Protagonist's Environment" Mystery Writer's Conference: Sisters in Crime - "Bare Bones IV"1997 opening plenary speaker "A Creative Exploration of Internalized "isms" Through Art, Drama and Poetry" (with George Amelio Sanchez) American Art Therapy Association Conference - Philadelphia 1996 "Binding Our Wounds: Japanese and American Healing Rituals Following Abortion" (with Ava Torrey-Bueno) American Art Therapy Association Conference - Philadelphia 1996 "Collaborating with Artists: Individual and Communal Healing" (with Diane Gage PhD) American Art Therapy Association Conference - San Diego 1995 "Women and Art Therapy d Northern and Southern California Art Therapy Associations Conference 1995 "Art Therapy and Outsider Art: Exploring Personal Passions" San Diego Museum of Art 1995 "Opening the Window to the Unconscious: The Use of Art, Meditation and Dance in Therapy " Marriage, Family , Child Counselor Conference 1995 "Women and Art Therapy: Moving Treatment Beyond the Patriarchal Paradigm" American Art Therapy Association Conference - Chicago 1994 "Art Therapy for Women Artist" Women's Caucus for Art Meeting 1994 "Art Therapy : Healing Through Creativity" Nebraska Methodist College: guest Instructor 1994 "Art Therapy in Working with Patients Facing Terminal Illness" Dimensions of Caring - National Hospice Conference 1992 "The Use of Art Therapy Following Stillbirth, Miscarriage and Abortion d Knowing Women Conference - Association of Humanistic Psychology 1991 "Art Therapy in the Adult Bereavement Process" 1990 and 1991 Kaiser Hospice: community presentation "Art Therapy with Bereaved Children" 1989 Hospice of North Coast: staff training "Art Therapy for Children in the Nuclear Age" 1989 Canadian Art Therapy Association: National Conference "Art Therapy for the Elderly" 1989 Associated Senior Artists meeting "Art Therapy in the Nuclear Age" 1989 Symposium: San Diego Art Therapy Association "The Empty Cradle: Use of Art Therapy in Miscarriage and Stillbirth" 1989 Association of Nurse Educators of San Diego meeting "Art Therapy with Cancer Patients"1988 The Wellness Community "Breaking Through the Nuclear Taboo: Art Therapy with Children in the Nuclear Age d 1987 American Art Therapy Association Conference - Miami "Women's Workshop: Self Exploration Through Art Therapy d 1987 University of California, San Diego: Women's Center "Art Therapy with the Medically Hospitalized" 1985 Nursing Education Council of San Diego "Art Therapy in Staff Training and Development" 1985 Sharp Hospital, Cabrillo Alcohol Rehabilitation Program TELEVISION AND RADIO APPEARANCES: Television interview - ABC with Kimberly Hunt 1998 Radio interview - KPBS with Dan Erwin 1995 Television interview - The Rosemary Broccoli Show 1987 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, RETREATS and SEMINARS: Team building retreat for the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture, 2006 University of San Diego, Nursing Department Faculty Retreats 1997 and 1998 Elizabeth Hospice - staff retreat 2000 Boys and Girls Club "PicART" - staff training and consultation 2000-present Cal Works - San Diego County Social Services- staff retreats 2000-present County Health and Human Services - staff retreat 2000-present Perinatal Services Providers - retreat 2000-present A Reason to Survive (ARTS)- staff training 2001 Staff Support Leader, International Survivors of Torture - 2006 Habitat for Humanity, House Building, New Orleans - 2006 PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: American Art Therapy Association 1978 - present Registered 1981 Served on Regional Qualifying Board 1991 - 1993 Board Certified 1995 Local Arrangements Chair of National Conference: 1995 Served on ATCB nominating committee 2002 - present San Diego Art Therapy Association 1977 - present President 1983 - 1985 Treasurer 1989 - 1992 Vice President 1995 - 1999 Southern California Art Therapy Association 1997 - present California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (SDNC chapter) 2001 - present International Expressive Art Therapy Association 1996 - present Registered 1998 International Networking Group (art therapy) 1991 - 1994 United States representative 1991 - 1992 Women 9s Caucus for the Arts 1992 - present Foundation for Women 1998 - present Toast Masters International 2002 - present Toast Master of the Year 2007 and 2008 SHOWS: Ann Reilly Gallery 1993 to 1995 "Art with A View" : Sushi Gallery Invitational Show and Auction 1994 "San Diego Art Walk" 1994 "Weaving California Visions": Paladion Art Show 1995 "Wild Women" : Women's Caucus for Art Juried Show 1997 "Art with a New View": Sushi Gallery Invitational Show and Auction 1997 Women's Caucus for Art Members Show 1997 "Womanhood 1900-1999": Women's Caucus for Art Juried Show 1999 Women's Caucus for Art Members Show 1999 "Small Wonders / Little Treasures": Studio Maureen Invitational Show 2000 "Brain Storms / Soul Storms": Sushi Gallery Juried Show 2001 Foundation For Women Shows, 2001- present cThe Telephone Project d: La Jolla Fiber Arts Gallery Invitational Show, 2003 "Still Life and Botanical drawings" La Vida Del Mar, 2008 "Travel Sketchbooks" The Athenaeum, 2008 "Travel Sketchbooks" La Vida Del Mar, 2009 HONORS: Phi Zeta Kappa, Phi Omega Epsilon, Phi Alpha Theta, Sinai Honor Society, Honor roll: 1968 -1972 Graduated Summa Cum Laude 1972

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