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Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPAT, LPCC, is a leading international expert, syndicated writer, and author in the fields of art therapy and art in healthcare. She has published numerous books, including, The Art Therapy Sourcebook, The Soul’s Palette: Drawing on Art’s Transformative Powers, Breaking the Silence: Art Therapy with Children from Violent Homes, Handbook or Art Therapy, Expressive Therapies, Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children, and Understanding Children's Drawings, all of which are standards in the field. She has served as editor for several journals including Trauma and Loss: Research and Interventions and Art Therapy; she has also published more than 50 of invited book chapters and refereed articles and reviews various mental health journals. A popular speaker, Cathy has given over 300 invited keynotes, workshops, and courses throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe. She has been an Adjunct Professor at Lesley University's Expressive Therapies Department for over 20 years and has been a visiting professor at numerous universities throughout the US.

Cathy is a recognized advocate, visionary, change-agent, and innovator of art therapy programs for children, adolescents, adults, and families, particularly with survivors of trauma. She is a research psychologist, a Board Certified and Licensed Professional Art Therapist, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and Certified Trauma Specialist, Level III. Cathy is also a Certified Trainer for the National Institute for Trauma and Loss and holds Accreditation Status with their organization.

Cathy has provided consultation, service, and expertise to a wide variety of community, national, and international agencies, including the International Child Art Foundation, National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children, Department of Defense, Issues Deliberation America/Australia, American Art Therapy Association, International Medical Corp, and Save the Children Foundation. Cathy has also served on the boards of American Counseling Association (ACA), distinguished as the first Representative from the Association for Creativity in Counseling (ACC); President of the Counseling Association for Humanistic Education and Development (C-AHEAD); American Art Therapy Association (AATA); Delegate to 20/20, National Future of Counseling Task Force; Research and Ethics Committees of the Society for the Arts in Healthcare; International Advisory Board, International Child Art Foundation; Advisory Board for Alzheimer's Association of America; and on numerous national and international boards in mental health, counseling, arts, and public service. In honor of her clinical and academic contributions, Cathy is the only person to have received all three of the American Art Therapy Association’s highest honors: Distinguished Service Award, Clinician Award, and Honorary Life Member Award. She has also received national honors from the Kennedy Center and Very Special Arts (VSA).

Cathy's current passion includes bringing together the art therapy community worldwide; to this end, she founded the International Art Therapy Organization in May 2009, a network of approximately 3000 professionals and students across the globe. In April 2010, she co-founded the non-profit organization Art Therapy Without Borders (ATWB), an organization dedicated to using art therapy to wake up the world through service, education, research, and global networking.

Cathy is regularly interviewed by the news media in publications such as Prevention, Better Homes & Garden, Family Circle, Cosmopolitan, Psychology Today, Congressional Quarterly, Alternative & Complementary Therapies, Boston Globe, New York Times, US News & World Report, Freud TV, and in other print and internet sources. Topics include art therapy, arts in healthcare, creative arts therapies, research on art and health, trauma intervention, disaster relief, and mental health issues with children, adults, and families. Members of the press and media, please use the contact link below to set up an interview.

Cathy currently resides in the decidedly weird city of Louisville, Kentucky with husband David and furry feline supervisors and task masters, Zoolee and Chaplin. And even though she worked hard for her psychology doctorate, is a researcher, licensed mental health professional, and syndicated writer, and has penned 12 or 13 books [she has lost count], she often finds humor in her peers' overuse of the prefix "Dr." on their websites and memos. But you can call her Dr. Cathy if you want to!

Visit Cathy's Blogs, The Healing Arts at Psychology Today Online and Trauma and Children, the official blog of the National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children. You can also find her posting to her profile on LinkedIn (500+ connections) and Facebook.

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Cathy Malchiodi's popular blog, The Healing Arts, on Psychology Today