Kyle Bernier is an Award-winning author, UX designer, advisor, researcher, and artist. Kyle's work focuses on breaking down barriers to creativity, creating a more accessible experience with one's art practice, and fostering sustainable relationships to the creative world around us.
MaKael White, MA, LMFT, ATR, CCTP, CIMHP, C-DBT (he/him)
MaKael is a passionate change maker. He currently works with clients, interns, and community partners to create and expand accessible, competent, and inclusive mental health care in the South Puget Sound and rural WA. While specializing in gender care and polyamory, his true focus is in creating a safer healthier world for everyone.
Dana Sayre, MA, RDT (they/them)
Dana Sayre is a Registered Drama Therapist via the North American Drama Therapy Association. They have a small private practice in Central Texas and also do contract work with Thriving Autistic and UT Austin. Dana has been published in the Drama Therapy Review, Arts in Psychotherapy, and QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking.
Bailey Call, MA, ATR-P (she/her)
Bailey Call is an art therapist that specializes in working with adults and teens in the LGBTQIA+ community. She utilizes Jungian approaches, like active imagination and dream work, in tandem with a multi-cultural and social justice lens. Her passion for human rights and social issues—including race, class, gender and sexuality—continually inform her practice.
Adrienne Iannazzo is a highly trained trauma-focused art therapist in Arlington, VA. She utilizes art therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to help individuals process trauma, explore emotions, and find new coping strategies. Adrienne's expertise lies in employing creative techniques to reduce stress, enhance well-being, and facilitate transformative healing experiences.
Alison is a Scottish based integrative art psychotherapist who specialises in supporting and collaborating with GRSD (gender, sex and relationship diverse) clients. They have previously designed and delivered an award winning LGBTQIA+ mental health project and now predominantly work in private practice as a therapist, supervisor and trainer. She is particularly interested in finding creative ways to support clients in their recovery from trauma, in addition to helping people navigate the impact of internalised oppression.
Corrin, Sarah, and Jennifer are art therapists in Pittsburgh, PA who work in private practice primarily serving the LGBTQ Community. They all believe that art has the power to transform individuals and communities and engage in both private practice and social justice oriented community outreach.
Paris Courtney, MA (they/she)
Ling Cheun Bianca Lee is an artist, advocate, Board-Certified Registered Art Therapist, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor born and raised in Hong Kong. Bianca currently is teaching faculty and Honorary Lecturer at Antioch University Seattle and the University of Hong Kong.
Cody Mosely (they/them)
Cody Mosely is an art therapist in training, dedicated to creating a safe and inclusive space for individuals seeking support and healing. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, they embrace diversity and understand the importance of culturally responsive care. Pursuing a Master's degree in counseling specializing in Art Therapy, Cody combines their love for creativity and psychology to support others on their transformative therapeutic journey.
Kelly Johnson (she/they)
Kelly Johnson is a dedicated graduate student at Antioch University Seattle, pursuing her Art Therapy focus in the CFT program. As a queer woman, she is deeply passionate about LGBTQIA+ rights and advocates for inclusivity and equality. With a love for connecting with others and a zest for outdoor adventures, Kelly is also driven to explore the world and immerse herself in diverse cultures.
Katie Wood, RYT, MA (they/them)
Katherine (Katie) Wood is a queer, genderfluid, white, neurodivergent artist and musician. Katie is in their third and final year of graduate school at Lewis and Clark College, and will graduate in June 2023 with a degree in art therapy and a certificate in eating disorders counseling. Katie lives with their partner and two fur-friends in Portland, OR, and enjoys playing piano, drawing and sculpting, stained glass work, practicing yoga, playing board games, watching animated series, and gardening.
Julian Rice (they/he)
Ling Cheun Bianca Lee is an artist, advocate, Board-Certified Registered Art Therapist, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor born and raised in Hong Kong. Bianca currently is teaching faculty and Honorary Lecturer at Antioch University Seattle and the University of Hong Kong.
Zachary D. Van Den Berg (he/they)
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Programming Chair: Gette Levy (they/them)Gette Levy is an established artist living in Wisconsin. Their work as an art therapist is inherently connected to their work as an artist. Themes of embodied joy, generational trauma, chosen family, culture shock, and disability can be found in Gette’s work no matter where it arises or in what capacity. | Rachel Mims (she/her) Rachel Mims is a U.S. Army veteran, Licensed Professional Counselor and Board Certified Art Therapist. She enjoys working with women and LGTBQ+ folks, and military veterans whose mental health has been impacted by systemic inequalities and/or trauma. Her favorite art forms are mixed media work, making and sending postcards, and art journaling. | Kasi Misseldine (they/them) Kasi is an Art Therapist who currently works with teens, adults, and older adults in a psychiatric in-patient hospital setting. They use visual art, music, movement, and writing in their approach and are constantly honored to share and witness the healing and connecting power of creativity and art making for the folks they work with. Kasi lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota with their partner, dog, and cat. |
Programming Chair: Gette Levy (they/them)
Gette Levy is an established artist living in Wisconsin. Their work as an art therapist is inherently connected to their work as an artist. Themes of embodied joy, generational trauma, chosen family, culture shock, and disability can be found in Gette’s work no matter where it arises or in what capacity.
Rachel Mims (she/her)
Kasi Misseldine (they/them)
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Dana Sayre (they/them) Dana Sayre (they/them) is a Registered Drama Therapist in Central Texas. They specialize in working with LGBTQIA+ issues, Disability/Neurodivergence, and complex trauma. Dana also engages in community organizing and contract DEI work. | Leslie Woodris (she/her) Leslie is a compassionate, person centered Art Therapist and Mental Health Therapist practicing in the greater Des Moines area for the past 4 years. Leslie strives to support those in her community and those she works with through open and honest exploration. Leslie believes that creative expression can bring freedom and healing. |
Dana Sayre (they/them)
Leslie Woodris (she/her)
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Outreach Co-Chair: Sara Blevins-Ranes (she/they) Sara Blevins-Ranes, MA, ATR-P, LPC-Associate, is a queer art therapist based in San Antonio, TX. She is a graduate of Converse University and The George Washington University and works with children and adolescents in an in-patient setting. She is currently working on sand tray certification and play therapy licensure. Instagram: @sara_bee_123_sketch | Outreach Co-Chair: Marie Julie Deschamps (she/her) Art psychotherapist, innovator, researcher, professor and artist, I am also a mother raising my kids determined to make tomorrow's world more inclusive and tender. | Mary Andrus (she/her) Mary Andrus able bodied, cis, white woman, a mother, artist, musician, introvert, art therapist, filmmaker and teacher. She specializes in treating people with trauma, works as an educator at Lewis and Clark training students to become art therapists, where she co-founded Art for Social Change, a group that uses meaningful art making, community building and activism to impact people in her community. She has a passion for learning, hiking, creativity and connecting with other humans. |
Outreach Co-Chair: Sara Blevins-Ranes (she/they)
Instagram: @sara_bee_123_sketch
Outreach Co-Chair: Marie Julie Deschamps (she/her)
Mary Andrus (she/her)
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Marketing Chair: Lyrah Wallace (he/they) Lyrah Wallace, LCAT-LP is working towards licensure for creative arts therapy in New York State. Lyrah has two MS degrees from Emporia State University in art therapy and clinical counseling. They have been practicing art-based psychotherapy since 2018, specializing in working with queer and neurodivergent clients of all ages. | Sharon Arbtin (she/her) Sharon is a Registered Art Therapist and founder of Evergreen Envisioning: A Holistic Approach to Mental Health. In her practice, she partners with individuals through accessible arts-based processes to help them unlock embodied connections to themselves and their feelings, expanding their self-knowledge, tools, resilience, and opportunities to authentically engage in their relationships. She's invested in disability advocacy and intergenerational, community-based anti-oppressive work. | Kytana Priebe (she/her) After spending half a decade at a pediatric hospital, where Kytana provided services to hundreds of young clients, guided multiple interns, and ultimately, managed the art therapy program; this year Kytana joined the group practice, Ellie Mental Health in Rockville, MD. As a survivor herself, she is a trauma-informed art therapist who specializes in empowering adolescents and young adults battling mood disorders, chronic illness, and disordered eating, especially with those within this beautifully diverse community. |
Marketing Chair: Lyrah Wallace (he/they)
Sharon Arbtin (she/her)
Kytana Priebe (she/her)
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Logistics/IT Chair: Monica Phinney (she/her) Monica is a Registered Drama Therapist in Kansas City, Missouri, and is best known for her work on Netflix's Procession. She runs Heartwork Studio, where she provides arts-based wellness workshops and relationship coaching for queer nonmonogamous folx. | Ashley Abigail Gruezo Resurreccion (they/siya) Ash is a 2nd generation queer Filipino/-American Art Therapist. | Bailey Carter (she/her, they/them) |
Logistics/IT Chair: Monica Phinney (she/her)
Ashley Abigail Gruezo Resurreccion (they/siya)
