KELLEY MANDL

              Kelley Mandl,  ATR              

                        Specialties

Expressive therapies involving all five senses, youth, photography, mandala drawing, movement, music, art,  guided visual meditations, breath, EFT, aromatherapy, nutrition

A seasoned artist, educator and therapist; brings creativity, innovation and a cultured perspective to the studio, classroom or healing space

Education

M.S. in Art Therapy, 2006, College of New Rochelle

B.S. in Sociology, 1997, Southwest Missouri State University

Completion of courses in German Language, 1992, University of Maryland

Certificate of Teaching, 1984, Clay-Platte Children’s House, Montessori Institute

Professional Experience

Art Therapist/Life Coaching

Empowered others in supporting increased wellness through Aromatherapy Relaxation and holistic approach to higher levels of living, improved symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Fivesenses Wellness Life Coaching September 2010- present

 Art Therapist with youth in Foster Care, SCO Family of Services, Jamaica, NY, 2006 - 2010

Empowered Hard to Place youth in Foster care and piloted programs through group and individual counseling. Provided expressive therapies incorporating art, photography, movement, and recreation to explore trauma and difficult material otherwise unable to express.

Bronx Children’s Hospital, Psychiatric Ward, 2005 – 2006

Led group sessions for adolescent patients, facilitated individual sessions, provided expressive therapies, tracked progress of patients in sessions, collaborated with a treatment team of professionals to maximize patients’ progress, elected by staff to work with sensitive areas of traumatized youth in State Hospital setting. Researched lowered anxiety through mandala making with these youth.

Educator/ Instructor

            Americorps VISTA, Ozarks Literacy Council, 1999 – 2000

                  Revitalized corrections literacy program: piloted a collaborative adult literacy

            program that led to one-on-one tutoring in the prison system.

            Recruited and trained tutors for sustainable programs

            Springfield Public School, 1998 – 2003

            Served as reading and writing specialist and substitute teacher for all grades K-6;

            Led paper and printmaking summer enrichment workshops that offered youth an         outlet for expression.

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            Ozarks Technical Community College, 1998 – 1999

            Instructed adults from a variety of cultures in ESL and Adult Basic Education

Research and Community Outreach

Conducted interviews with traumatized adolescent population at Bronx State Psychiatric Hospital. Compiled data for a research project initiating results based on art therapy groups vs. craft making.

Masters Thesis Project, 2005 – 2006: researched the effects of mandala making as related to anxiety rates with adolescents in treatment.

Facilitated art therapy groups resulting in more participation (50%) by offering movement- based therapy at Brooklyn Residential Treatment facility for SCO Family of Services GLBQT Program, 2005 – 2007 

Participated (for practicum) at St. Mary’s Hospital in Queens, N.Y. 2004

Impacted how youth share trauma with expressive modalities by offering art therapy to children, ages 3-17, who suffered a variety of emotional and physical complications; facilitated both individual and group sessions to increase ability to express emotions through non-verbal means.

Contributed to fieldwork at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Harrison, N.Y.  2003 while

Facilitating group sessions for adult population in Substance Abuse Treatment Facility

SCAT Member through SMSU, 1996 – 1997: elected by academic committee to design and implement projects to improve social services and local awareness which led to

launching a program for teenage mothers to improve self esteem;

taught basic life skills and parenting at the Parenting and Life Skills Center, while recruiting clients via home visits and follow-up communication

 JFK Bilingual School, Berlin Children’s School, Berlin, Germany, 1989 – 1992

Taught pre-school students using bilingual curriculum