Erin Partridge, PhD, ATR-BC (she/her) is an artist and board certified, registered art therapist. Erin received a BFA, studying fine art, psychology and women’s studies at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 2006. She went onto obtain a MA in art therapy from New York University in 2008, and a PhD in art therapy from Notre Dame de Namur in 2016.
Erin’s teaching and lecturing experience includes teaching at NDNU, Dominican University of California and Lewis & Clark College in the art therapy departments, guest lectures in art and counseling programs, mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, workshop facilitation at national and international conferences, and interviews with media about art therapy. Her clinical experience includes work in community, pediatric, forensic, and geriatric settings and she is published in the areas of art therapy, elder care, and technology. Her research interests incorporate the lived experience and focus on participatory, ethnographic, and art-based approaches.
Her first book, Art therapy with older adults: Connected and empowered was published February 2019. Her second book, Getting on In The Creative Arts Therapies: A Hands-On Guide to Personal and Professional Development was published February 2021.
Erin is also a Certified Forest Therapy Guide and an ERYT.
This episode was recorded on 1/12/24.
