Mercedes Ballbé ter Maat

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Mercedes Ballbé ter Maat

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Mercedes ter Maat, Ph.D., LPC, ATR-BC is a professor in the Department of Counseling at Nova Southeastern University’s College of Psychology in Ft. Lauderdale. Prior to joining NSU she was the director of the school counseling graduate program at the George Washington University, Alexandria, VA campus and an assistant professor at Virginia Tech. She has over 33 years of combined working experience as a counselor educator, mental health counselor, school counselor, and art therapist. Dr. ter Maat participates in local, state, national, and international leadership undertakings for the fields of mental health counseling, school counseling, and art therapy, and has presented and published articles and book chapters on topics related to multicultural counseling, ethics, motivational interviewing, and the use of art in counseling and therapy. She actively participates in humanitarian work, most recently in Peru, Argentina, Swaziland, and Lebanon, and her research interests are in enhancing the quality of life of immigrant, minority families, and refugees in crisis by identifying risk and promoting protective factors through school- and community-based interventions. She is a past-president of the American Art Therapy Association, a past president of the European Branch of the American Counseling Association, and the current honorary president of the Croatian Art Therapy Association. Dr. ter Maat is a licensed professional counselor and a board-certified/registered art therapist.

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Education/Academic qualification

Ph.D. Counselor Education and Supervision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

… → 2000

Leadership Training, Coalition of Allied Health Professions

… → 1999

M.Ed. Education, Counseling and School Counseling Specialization, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

… → 1999

M.A. Art Therapy, George Washington University

… → 1986

B.A. Psychology and Studio Art, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

… → 1984

External positions

Art Therapist, The Red Pencil International Humanitarian mission

2019

Art Therapy Supervisor, The Red Pencil International humanitarian mission

2019

Art Therapist Consultant, UNICEF

2019

Art Therapist Consultant, Art Therapy: Healing with the Heart

2017 → 2020

Member of the Board of Directors and art therapist, ProCure-Art

2016 → 2020

Lead Art Therapist, The Red Pencil International humanitarian mission

2015

Art Therapist, Mayeau Humanitarian Foundation

2013

Ambassador to the United States and Art Therapist, The Red Pencil International

2013 → …

President, American Art Therapy Association (AATA)

2011 → 2013

President-Elect, American Art Therapy Association (AATA)

2009 → 2011

Site Visitor Team Chair and Team Member, Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)

2006 → 2013

Director, School Counseling & Guidance Program, Broward County Public Schools

2003 → 2006

Director and Assistant Professor, George Washington University

2002 → 2003

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech

2000 → 2002

Graduate Assistant, Virginia Tech

1999 → 2000

Professional School Counselor and Art Therapist, Arlington County Public Schools

1995 → 2003

Art Therapist, Hospice of Northern Virginia

1994 → 1995

Art Therapist, Crossing Place

1989

Lead Art Therapist and Training Officer, St. Elizabeths Hospital

1989 → 1994

Art Therapist, Hospice of Northern Virginia

1986 → 1990

Art Therapist, Private Practice

1986 → 2003

Expressive Therapist, Psychiatric Institute of Washington, DC.

1985 → 1989

Student Art Teacher, Sidwell Friends High School

1985

Art Therapy Intern, Children's Hospital National Medical Center

1984 → 1985

Disciplines

  • Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Psychology
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  • 5 Membership of committee
  • 5 Membership of network
  • 5 Other
  • 3 Editorial activity
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