Kelley Linhardt

Art TherapyAttachment-Informed Couples and Family TherapyCaregiver/ Parenting SupportPlay TherapyPsychotherapyReikiTrauma-Informed TherapyWays of Seeing MethodGrief and LossSand TrayGroup TherapyMindfulnessSensory Integration and Sensory ModulationEMDR

Jun 1

Written By casey altman

Kelley Linhardt, MA ATR-BC LCAT CCTP

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In Kelley’s words: As a family therapist and an art therapist, I like to see my clients as part of a bigger picture. We are all tied together in complex ways. By understanding and strengthening the supports we have around us-- in our families, in our work and in our communities-- we are nourished and can begin to heal one another. I am passionate about developing practices to grow resilient families and communities through shared creative experiences and am delighted to integrate the power and permanence of visual art making into the Dancing Dialogue.

Kelley is a licensed creative arts therapist and registered board-certified art therapist. Kelley received her MA in Art Therapy from New York University, trained at the International Trauma Studies Program at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Kelley has undergone extensive post-graduate training in family and couples therapy at The Ackerman Institute for the Family in New York City. She is also a graduate of the Ways of Seeing training program in dance/ movement therapy, is trained in EMDR therapy, is a Level 1 Reiki Practitioner as well as a certified provider of TeleMental Healthcare from the Telehealth Certification Institute.

Kelley is a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City where she teaches in their Art Therapy graduate program. Prior to joining Dancing Dialogue, Kelley worked in a wide variety of acute mental healthcare, school and community settings throughout the five boroughs and in San Francisco, California. Kelley has served on the faculty of the New School University and Touro College. She regularly presents her work professionally around the country.

Kelley is co-editing and co-authoring the forthcoming book, The Embodied Art Therapist, with Mia de Béthune, MA LCAT ATR-BC SEP-ISP and Valeria Koutmina, MS LCAT ATR-BC for Routledge Press.

Kelley practices at both the Cold Spring, NY and New York City offices.