Abby Calisch, Psy.D., LPC, ATR-BC is
a clinical psychologist, licensed professional counselor and a registered and
board-certified art therapist. She will become the Director of the Graduate Art
Therapy Program effective July 1, 2008, and a Professor in Health Professions
and the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Psychiatry.She received her B.A.
in Sculpture from the University of Colorado, her M.S. in Art Therapy from
Hahnemann Medical University (now Drexel) and her Psy.D. from the Illinois
School of Professional Psychology (now Argosy-Chicago).
Prior to coming to EVMS, Dr. Calisch’s academic positions included professor of graduate
psychology at Argosy University in Dallas, associate professor and director of
art therapy at the University of Louisville, associate professor and director of
the art therapy program at Concordia University (Montreal, Quebec), and
assistant professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Her clinical
appointments have included founding art therapist at Michael Reese Hospital,
director of expressive therapies at the University of Chicago Billings Hospital,
director of the Expressive Therapies Department at University Hospital, and art
therapist at Central State Hospital-Louisville, Presbyterian Hospital-Dallas
and Southwestern Medical Center-Zale Lipshy-Dallas.
Professionally, Dr. Calisch has served as chair of the Educational Program Approval
Board for several terms and as a director on the Board of the American Art
Therapy Association for two terms. She has presented at numerous local,
national and international conferences and has published on the topics of
supervision, cultural diversity, problem- focused art therapy and theoretical
orientations.
