Experts
Experts
  • Alexander Kopytin
    MD, Prof., Department of Psychology, SPbAPPO, Chair, Russian Art Therapy Association (RF)
  • Dr. Barbara Parker-Bell
    PsyD. ATR-BC, Director of Art Therapy, Florida State University, Art Education Department (Tallahassee, FL, USA)
  • Beverley A'Court
    BSc.Soc.Sci. (Joint hons. Phil. & Psych.), BAAT registered art therapist. As a long-term member of the Findhorn Foundation Community, she has contributed to many programs, and developed many applications of environmental/eco art therapy. She is an advocate for the recognition of poetic language, the body, ecology and cultural traditions in art therapy (UK).
  • Ruth Hampe
    Prof.Dr.phil.habil.em.in the faculty of inclusive education at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Freiburg, licensed child and adolescent psychotherapist (KJP), trained in guided affective imaginative psychotherapy (KIP), graduated art therapist (DGKT), chairperson of the German section of IGKGT and on the board of the German Society for Artistic Therapy (DGKT)
  • Ephrat Huss
    a supervising level art therapist, and senior professor, who chairs an MA in Art Therapy for Social workers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. She has published over 80 articles and 6 theoretical and edited books on art therapy and arts-based research within social contexts. She has also received competitive grants, provided plenary lectures, and lead a shift towards social critical theories within art therapy.
  • Pamela Whitaker
    a lecturer in art psychotherapy at the Belfast School of Art, Ulster University (Northern Ireland)
  • Chris McHugh
    a lecturer in ceramics at the Belfast School of Art, Ulster University.
  • Varvara Sidorova
    Cand. Psychol. Sci., Head of the professional retraining programs "Intermodal Therapy with Expressive Arts" of the Faculty of Clinical and Counseling Psychology at Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Head of the Art Therapy Center "ArtDom", Founder and President of the Association for Intermodal Therapy with Expressive Arts (Moscow)
  • Natalia Nazarova
    Cand. Psychol. Sciences; Member of the Council, Full and Honorary member of the National Association for the Development of Art Therapeutic Science and Practice "Art Therapy Association"
  • Monika Wigger
    Professor, Catholic University of Applied Sciences (Freiburg), Member of the management team of continued scientific education in art therapy at the Institute for Training and Research of the CU, Freiburg. Guest lecturer in the master's program Art Therapy at SFU Berlin. Art therapist in private practice. Freelance work at Refugium Freiburg. Volunteer at the CNS Support Association Münster. Board member of the German chapter of the International Association for Art, Creativity and Therapy (IGKGT/IAACT).
  • Victoria Kokorenko
    Cand. Psychol. Sci., Associate Professor of the Department of Psychotherapy, Medical Psychology and Sexology, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov.
  • Lyudmila Lebedeva
    Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Vice-Rector for Research and International Cooperation of the Metropolitan Institute of Professional Education, Professor of Moscow State Pedagogical University (Moscow)
  • Veronika Turgel
    Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Institute of Special Pedagogy and Psychology (R. Wallenberg) and State University named after Pushkin, psychologist in private practice (St. Petersburg)
  • Alexey Berdichevsky
    Psychologist, The Clinical Center for COVID-19, Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry. Host of the Vladykinskiy Family Sobriety Club after St. Matrona Anemnyasevskaya (Moscow)
  • Svetlana Pastukhova
    art teacher, art therapist, ceramic artist, host of programs at the Center for Continuing Education of Students with Special Educational Needs "Trajectory" and senior lecturer at the Lipetsk State Pedagogical University named after P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shanskiy " (Gryazi, Lipetsk region).
  • Alexey Lebedev
    psychotherapist of the Psychotherapy Department, Hospital for War Veterans, senior lecturer of the Department of General and Clinical Psychology, Volgograd State Medical University (Volgograd State Medical University) (Volgograd)
  • Lilia Sharafieva
    psychologist, eco-art therapist, master of landscape architecture, senior lecturer at the Institute of Pedagogical Education and Social Technologies, author-developer of educational and art therapy programs for grants and social projects. Head of the online school of eco-art therapy "SAD OF THE SOUL" (Tver)
  • Natalia Novikova
    Cand. Psychol. Sciences, analytical psychologist in private practice, a freelance employee of the "Institute of Art Education and Cultural Studies of the Russian Academy of Education" (Moscow)
  • Natalia Stepanchuk
    Ass. Professor, Donetsk Art College", psychologist in private practice (Donetsk)
  • Ilya Kovalenko
    executive director of the conference, head of the International School of Art Therapy (Moscow), psychoanalytic psychologist, art therapist.
  • Keith Loring
    UK-certified and registered clinical arts therapist, clinical supervisor and trainer; member of the British Association of Drama Therapists; co-founder and co-director of the humanitarian art therapy organization Ragamuffin International (UK)
  • Alena Burenkova
    Ph.D., dance and movement psychotherapist, arts therapist, teacher and supervisor of ATDT, AITI, clinical psychologist, Professional membership in international associations IEATA, EEATA, co-founder of the Association for Intermodal Therapy of Arts (RF).