Cynthia Wilson PhD, MA, ATR-BC has been practicing Art Therapy for over 15 years with a PhD in Art Therapy, masters in Marriage and Family Therapy and a Certificate in Art Therapy from Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU). She holds both registration and board certification as an Art Therapist. Her clinical dissertation research and individual practicum topics included destigmatization, collaborative care, attunement, communication, trauma and dissociative spectrum disorders. In private practice, she works with children, adults, groups and families with issues of trauma, dementia, dissociation,
behavioral and learning delays, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, and rehabilitation, skilled nursing and sub-acute placements. She has been the Central Valley Regional Representative for the Northern Ca Art Therapy Association (NorCATA) since 2016 and is currently also the Acting President and Regional Rep Liaison. As reg rep she has curated 3 public art shows for people to express their transformation with art therapy and designed a protocol as response to the Northern Ca wild fires in Paradise. She organized the implementation of and co-facilitated an art festival immediately after the Ca fires and further organized and co-facilitated a year of monthly art therapy support groups for fire survivors. She has also written a chapter on Art Therapy and collaborative care with sex trafficked individuals. Her career as an art therapist is substantial to the field of trauma to bridge the gaps between credentials for collaborative care and advocate when words can not.
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