Cathy A. Malchiodi
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Cathy A. Malchiodi

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Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, REAT (www.cathymalchiodi.com) is a psychologist and expressive arts therapist, specializing in the treatment of traumatic stress. She is the executive director of the Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute and president of President of Art Therapy Without Borders, a global non-profit organization. Cathy has authored 20 books, 50 chapters and refereed articles, and given over 500 invited keynotes and workshops around the world. Widely interviewed by a variety of news outlets, she has been featured Time Magazine, CNN, Cosmopolitan, Natural Living, Marie Clare, Australia Childhood Foundation, US News and World Report, and VICE, among others. Cathy is a contributing writer for Psychology Today and has a readership of approximately 5 million. Her latest book is Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body and Imagination in the Healing Process; her bestselling book Understanding Children’s Drawings will be in its second edition in late 2020. Cathy is a recognized advocate, visionary, change agent, and innovator of expressive arts therapy programs for children, adolescents, adults, and families, particularly with survivors of trauma. She has been involved in a wide variety of community, national, and international agencies. Cathy has also served on the boards of American Counseling Association (ACA), serving as the first Representative from the Association for Creativity in Counseling (ACC); Association for Humanistic Counseling (President); American Art Therapy Association (AATA); First Aid Arts; International Child Art Foundation; and on numerous national and international boards in mental health, counseling, arts, and humanitarian causes. In honor of her clinical and academic contributions, Cathy is the first 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) and the National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children.
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