PhD in Expressive Therapies, Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2010 (Dissertation title: "Aesthetic Mind - Meditative Mind: Reflections on Art as Yoga and Contemplative Practice"); MA, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., l98l. Discipline area: Art Therapy; BA, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, l978. Major: Studio Art, emphasis areas - photography, lithography, ceramic sculpture. Major: Art Education. Minor: Psychology.
MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Transpersonal Art Therapy Concentration
CNSA 569 - Art Therapy Perspectives / CNSA 604 - Foundations of Art Therapy / CNSA 624 - Art Therapy Studio: Process and Materials / CNSA 634 - History & Theory of Art Therapy / CNSA 665 - Civic Engagement Studio Practicum / CNSA 790 - Counseling Practicum / CNSA 801 - Professional Counseling Orientation & Ethical Practice I / CNSA 824 - Internship Studio Methods I / CNSA 844 - Internship Studio Methods II /
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Michael A. Franklin, PhD, ATR-BC, is professor and past chair of the graduate Transpersonal Art Therapy program at Naropa University. Prior to this appointment, he practiced as a clinician and chaired the art therapy programs at the College of St. Teresa and Bowling Green State University. Michael continues to work as a clinician in private practice and as an international lecturer, workshop leader and researcher publishing over 30 papers on numerous subjects. His current work integrates the relationships between art therapy, art-based empathic/compassionate methods, social engagement, yoga philosophy, meditation and studio art. He is the author of: Art as Contemplative Practice: Expressive Pathways to the Self with SUNY Press. (see ArtisYoga.com)