Heather Mclaughlin

(MENAFN- The Conversation)

• Senior Lecturer: Creative Arts Therapies Department, DIrector: Concordia Arts in Health Centre, Concordia University

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Heather McLaughlin is a board certified art therapist, registered marriage and family therapist, licensed psychotherapist, and clinical supervisor. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Creative Arts Therapies Department at Concordia University, Art Therapy Graduate Program Director and the Director of the new Concordia Arts in Health Centre. She was part of the core faculty in the Marriage and Family Therapy program at the Argyle Institute for Human Relations and spent many years working in community arts education. She maintains a private practice working with individuals, couples and families with a focus on relationships, trauma, and compassion. Ecological and social justice are her central concerns and have been a focus in all of her work.

Experience

• 2022–present Senior lecturer, Concordia University
• 2004–present Art Therapist, psychotherapist, Private practice
• 2014–2022 Lecturer, Concordia University
• 2007–2015 Core faculty- MFT program, Argyle Institute for Human Relations
• 2005–2011 Youth and Teen Director, Visual Arts Centre
• 2000–2010 Art instructor, Visual Arts Centre

Education

• 2007 Argyle Institute, MFT Diploma
• 2004 Concordia University, MA in Art Therapy
• 1995 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, BFA
• 1994 École National des Beaux Arts, Paris, Exchange

Publications

• 2012 (w/ Shalmon, M. and Keefler, J.) The use of art in couples and family therapy., Intervention, la revue de l'Ordre des travailleurs sociaux et des thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec

Grants and Contracts

• 2021 Pilot projects: Concordia Arts in Health Centre and Health Role: project lead Funding Source: Raschkowan foundation
• 2020 Concordia Arts in Health Centre and Health and Wellness Services: developing a collaborative working model Role: project lead Funding Source: SHIFT Grant

Professional Memberships

• Canadian Registered Marriage and Family Therapist and Supervisor- Canadian Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
• Professional Member- Ordre des travailleurs sociaux et thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec
• Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor- American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
• Psychotherapy Permit holder- Ordre Professionel des Psychologues du Quebec
• Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC)- Art Therapy Credential Board
• Professional Member- Association des arts thérapeutes du Québec

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