Carolyn Brown Treadon, PhD, ATR-BC, ATCS

Carolyn Brown Treadon is a registered and board certified art therapist (ATR-BC) and an art therapy certified supervisor (ATCS). Before teaching at PennWest Edinboro, she taught at Florida State University and Thomas University. 

Before beginning teaching, she provided art therapy services in alternative schools and outpatient settings before becoming clinical supervisor of a community based mental health clinic. During that time, she supervised art therapy interns as well as interns from other disciplines.

Her published research includes topics on using art museums in the therapeutic process and using the art therapy process to alter individual's perceptions and attitudes toward individuals with disabilities. She continues to explore how using resources such as the museum and other experience-based practices can help students in their training to become art therapists.     

She has served on the Art Therapy Credentials Board and the American Art Therapy Association and is the program coordinator for the art therapy concentration and assistant chair for the Department of Psychology, Counseling and Art Therapy. 

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