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Sarah Deaver, PhD, ATR-BC, LPC
Associate Professor

Education and Research Building
651 Colley Avenue
Norfolk, VA 23507
Phone: (757) 446-5895

Selected Professional Experience and Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor and Research Director, EVMS Graduate Art Therapy and Counseling Program

Education

  • PhD, Old Dominion University, 2009
  • MS, Art Therapy, EVMS, 1982

Board Certifications and Licensure

  • Virginia Board of Counseling, LPC, LMFT
  • Registered and Board Certified, Art Therapy Credientials Board

Selected Awards and Honors

  • 1993, 2009 Inductee, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Selected Memberships

  • American Art Therapy Association, President-Elect
  • Virginia Art Therapy Association
  • American Counseling Association
  • Virginia Association of Clinical Counselors
  • Hampton Roads Association of Clinical Counselors
  • The Society for the Arts in Healthcare

Professional Interests

  • Art Therapy Education, Supervision, and Research
  • Adolescent Art Therapy

Clinical Interests

  • Art Therapy with Adolescents and Children
  • Women's Issues

Research Interests

  • Art Therapy education
  • Art Therapy assessment and outcomes research
  • Children's artistic development

Recent Publications

Deaver, S., & Shiflett, C. (2011, in press). Art-based supervision techniques. The Clinical
Supervisor: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice, 30(2).
 
Deaver, S. (2011, in press). Research ethics: IRB oversight of art therapy research.
Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 28(4).
 
Deaver, S. (2011). Book Review: Introduction to Art Therapy Research byLynn
Kapitan.  Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 28(1), 43-44.
 
Elkins, D., & Deaver, S. (2010). American Art Therapy Association, Inc.: 2009
membership survey report. Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 27(3), 141-147.
 
Deaver, S., & McAuliffe, G. (2009). Reflective visual journaling during art therapy and
counseling internships: A qualitative study. Reflective Practice, 10(5), 615-632.
 
Kaiser, D., & Deaver, S. (2009). Assessing attachment with the Bird’s Nest Drawing:  A
review of the research.  Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 26(1), 26-33.
 
Deaver, S. (2009).  A normative study of children’s drawings:  Preliminary research
findings.  Art Therapy:  Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 26(1), 4-11).
 
Recent Presentations

American Art Therapy Association Annual Conference,Washington,DC.  “Research on the Effectiveness of Art Therapy” Focus Group Discussant. July, 2011.

American Art Therapy Association Annual Conference,Washington,DC.  “Art-based Learning Strategies in Art Therapy Graduate Education” Paper.  July, 2011.

EVMS Insights into Autism Conference,Virginia Beach,VA.  “Art Therapy: Drawing Out the Child with Autism” Panel Moderator.  February, 2011.

American Art Therapy Association Annual Conference,Sacramento,CA.  Invited Supervisor, “Brainstorming about Research” Master Supervision Group.  November, 2010.

American Art Therapy Association Annual Conference,Sacramento,CA.  “Visual Journaling during Art Therapy and Counseling Internships: A Qualitative Study” (Paper).  November, 2010.

American Art Therapy Association Annual Conference,Dallas,TX.  “The Bird’s Nest Drawing: Assessing Attachment in Research and Clinical Practice” Workshop co-presented with Donna Kaiser, PhD, ATR-BC.  November, 2009.

American Art Therapy Association Annual Conference,Dallas,TX.  “Research Roundtable” Facilitator.  November, 2009.

Virginia Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. Graduate Student Symposium, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.  “Art-based Techniques for Clinical Supervision” (Paper).  February, 2009.

 

Last Updated on Monday, 12 September 2011 11:51