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Joan Phillips received a Masters degree in Psychology from Duquesne University and another Masters degree in Art Therapy from Emporia State University. She also received her Doctorate in Interdisciplinary Studies/Art Therapy from the Union Institute and University in 2004. She has been a practicing art therapist for 30 years, and maintains a private practice in Norman, Oklahoma. She has credentials as an art therapist, marital and family therapist and as a counselor, and specializes in family art therapy, art therapy with sexual abuse issues and child and adolescent therapy. Joan is a faculty member at the University of Oklahoma and is visiting faculty at NYU, FSU, and other universities. She has presented professional trainings locally, nationally and internationally, and has been an invited guest of both the Korean and Taiwanese Art Therapy Associations as well as training child therapists in South Africa. She has published numerous articles and three book chapters. She is a collage and mixed media artist, and published poet. Joan has served on both the American Art Therapy Association and the Art Therapy Credentials Board.
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Upcoming CEU events for professionals, held at Norman Regional Hospital Education Center on North Porter Ave. To register or for more information contact Joan Phillips. Each three hour workshop is $50.

Friday April 20 9 a.m.-noon Handouts, homework and resources: extensions of counseling to assist clients in achieving their goals or in maintaining gains.

Friday May 18 9 a.m.-noon Parenting education integrated into counseling of children and parents- resources, case sharing and methods.

Friday June 8 9 a.m.- noon Ethics update featuring guest Nena West of the licensure office

Friday June 8 12:30- 3:30 Supervision update featuring guest Nena West of the licensure office

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Joan Phillips has just completed a Fulbright Scholar appointment at the Athlone Institute of Technology in Athlone, Ireland during the Fall of 2011. During her stay in Ireland she was a Lecturer at the Institute in creative arts in social care, as well as organizing a workshop on "Research Strategies in Social Sciences" on December 2, 2011. She also prepared two professional papers and submitted them for publication. In addition, Dr. Phillips was an invited speaker at the Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists 25th anniversary gala, spoke to art therapists and masters level students in Cork, and presented an art therapy workshop at the National University of Ireland/Maynooth. In addition she presented poetry in several settings, and collaborated with the Athlone Art and Heritage group to provide an arts workshop, artist training in community arts and screening of the film "Art from the Streets".

Art therapy community interventions in Joplin, Missouri, July 2012

L-r Linda Marcy, ATR-BC, Judith Fowler, ATR, Joan Phillips, ATR-BC, Amelia Reiser, dancer

L-r Linda Marcy, ATR-BC, Judith Fowler, ATR, Joan Phillips, ATR-BC, Amelia Reiser, dancer

Heart in the Hand

For more information, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbuoxQW4mI0

All images and photographs of participants were taken with full permission of those involved or the parent/guardian for each minor. All were informed of the limited use for these for education and sharing of the work and signed consent for such.

Interviews

Interview about how Art Therapy can reduce stress

How Art Therapy Can Reduce Stress

Interview in Seoul, Korea December 2010 when Dr. Phillips visited Seoul to provide training through the Department of Arts and Culture

Listen to Dr. Phillips' Interview (mp3 format).