Dr. Mary Ellen Hluska, ATR-BC, LCPAT

Mary Ellen Hluska has a strong clinical background using art therapy in acute medical and psychiatric hospital settings. Her practice in art therapy has always been based on the incorporation fine arts skills to promote developmental mastery of milestones in at-risk children, adolescents and their families. Creative thinking encourages problem solving, which initiates innovative thought processes, so children and adolescents can make sense of their world. Her teaching philosophy is similar and incorporates fine arts skills with mastery of core concepts to help students understand the material. Hluska believes that student work should reflect a solid understanding of all of the core components that make the field unique. This includes understanding becoming a therapist and also understanding how to instill art making as an integral mechanism for growth in clients. She has taught research as an adjunct and continue to explore research methods for the artist and art therapist.

Teaching: ATC 502 Materials and Techniques in Art Therapy