Creative Arts and Play Therapy for Attachment Problems

About

Cathy A. Malchiodi PhD ATR-BC LPCC LPAT REAT is a psychologist andexpressive arts therapistspecializing in trauma recovery. Since the 1990s Dr. Malchiodi has worked with traumatized children adolescents adults and families expanding the range of understanding of nonverbal sensory-based concepts and methods. Founder and executive director of the Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute Dr. Malchiodi has given over 700 invited keynotes lectures and workshops around the world and has assisted more than 500 organizations and institutions in developing trauma-informed expressive arts and disaster relief programming. Her books include Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy Understanding Childrens Drawings and Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children Second Edition. Dr. Malchiodi is a contributing writer forPsychology Today an active visual artist and an aspiring musician. David A. Crenshaw PhD ABPP RPT-S is Clinical Director of the Childrens Home of Poughkeepsie New York and Adjunct Faculty at Marist College. He has taught graduate courses in play therapy at Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University and has published widely on child and adolescent therapy child abuse and trauma and resilience in children. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of its Division of Child and Adolescent Psychology Dr. Crenshaw has received lifetime achievement awards from the New York Association for Play Therapy and the Hudson Valley Psychological Association. He is a past chair of the board of directors of the Coalition against Sexual and Domestic Abuse and a member of the professional advisory board of the Courthouse Dogs Foundation and of the Dutchess County Task Force against Human Trafficking.