ERIKA E. LEEUWENBURGH, LPC, LCADC, ATR
EDUCATION:
10/84 Masters Degree - Pratt Institute,
12/81 Bachelors of Art -
CERTIFICATION:
Licensed Clinical Drug and Alcohol Counselor
Licensed Professional Counselor
Registered Art Therapist
EXPERIENCE:
04/07 – Present The Center 36 Creative Arts Network, LLC
The center offers therapeutic and educational service for adults, teens, children and families. Creative arts therapy, play and counseling are treatment modalities within this setting.
9/07 – 06/12 Visiting Instructor –
Department of Child and Family Studies
1/09 – 1/10 Adjunct Professor –
Division of Graduate Art and Communication Studies
03/06–6/08 Clinical Supervisor – Youth Consultation Services;
Department of Addiction Services
Developed and implemented programming with focus upon Creative
11/93-03/07 Chief Child Life Services,
Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack, NJ, 07601 -Coordinator of all operational, administrative and fiscal responsibilities in The Department of Pediatrics Child Life Services. Created, developed and implemented psychosocial services for infants, children and adolescents. Provided overall clinical supervision and patient care. Coordinated internship program for graduate and undergraduate students within the Child Life/Creative Arts Therapy Services.
09/07 – 01/08 Visiting Instructor –
1998-5/06 Assistant Professor - Pratt Institute Creative Arts Therapy
2000- 2001 Advisory Council Member – Optimum Health
8/98-5/00 Administrator & Instructor,
-Coordinator of all operational, administrative and academic responsibilities in the
1993-1998 Visiting Instructor-Pratt Institute Creative Arts Therapy
- Provided first year group and individual supervision for art therapy graduate students. Integrating clinical experience with theoretical
information.
1/90-5/94 Private Practice in
12/86-11/94 Supervisor, Child Life Specialist/Art Therapist
-Tomorrows Children’s Institute,
2/85-12/86 Art Therapist – Youth Consultation Services –
Holley Child Care
Responsibilities included leading art therapy group, individual therapy sessions, and supervised art therapy interns.
PUBLICATIONS
Spring 2007 Child Life Focus Spring 2007; 25: #2 1-8
Child Life Specialist: Advocator, Educator and Supporter of Children Confronting the Dying and Death of a Loved One
12/06 Leeuwenburgh, E., Omens, S., Goldring, G., Fogel, A., Mondanaro, J., Lynch, T. Kanazawa, M.
The Health Professions: Trends and Opportunities in
Chapter 21: Creative Arts Therapies: 397-424
Jones and
09/05 Leeuwenburgh, E. and Goldring, G.(2005) Why Did You Die?
A Children’s Bereavement Workbook
Instant Help Publications:
8/00 Home Health Care Management & Practice 2000; 12: 40-45
Children, Art, and Home Health Care: The Universal Language
PUBLICATIONS
12/00 Music Therapy in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Edited by: Joanne Loewy
Chapter 3 “Music therapy in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Family Centered Care Approach” 39-50
Beth Israel Medical Center ã 2000
1993 The Arts in Psychotherapy, Volume 20 Issue 4
Book Review: “Playing for Real: The World of a Child Therapist” 345-346
1989 The Arts in Psychotherapy, Volume 16, #4
Book Review: “The Art of Grief” 333
PRESENTATIONS & GALLARY ART SHOW:
11/2013
Mindfulness and Art Therapy
04/11
The Use of Art as a Tool to Explore Illness and Allergies
12/10 – 01/11 Art = Therapy
2 Newark-Pompton Turnpike
12/09
Center 36 Creative Arts Network -
Stress Reduction using the Arts and other Creative Methods
Training for Nursing and Social Work Group Facilitators
10/09
Grief through the Eyes and Hearts of Children -Workshop
Art Supporting Children’s Grieving - Presentation
08/04/09 Beth Israel Symposium: Music Therapy and Child Life: Effective Treatment Integration
Children and Adolescents Confronting Death and Dying
10/08
Phototherapy Workshop
3/08 American Counseling Associations Annual Conference
When Words are not Enough; Enhancing your practice through Art and Creativity
5/06 Child Life 24th Annual Conference
Full Day Intensive: Clinical Supervision
2/06 2006 National Conference addressing: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDS) Sudden Unexpected Deaht in Infancy (SUDI)
Grief through the Eyes and Hearts of Children: Professional’s Presentation
Grief through the Eyes and Hearts of Children: Parent’s Presentation
10/05 Child Life Directors Networking Retreat
Planning Committee Member and “Development of Clinical Supervision Groups” Roundtable discussion group
O6/05 Child Life 23rd Annual Conference on Professional Issues
“Masters Clinical Supervision Half Day Intensive”
04/04
Weekend Intensive: Introduction to Art Therapy
10 / 03 Child Life Directors Networking Retreat
“Creative Staffing of Child Life Programs”
11/02 American Art Therapy Association Annual Conference
Supervision Group: Medical Art Therapy Session
11/02 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Sibling’s Presentation: Doll Making, Sibling Memorial Quilt &
Picture Perfect- Photo-therapy Session
Parent’s Presentation: Grief through the Eyes and Hearts of Children
10/02
09/02
Planetree Affiliate Creative Expression Art Exhibit- Watercolor Exhibit-
The Center for Health and Healing
5/02 Developmental – Behavioral Disorders & A Spectrum of Pediatric Challenges
Twentieth Annual Pediatric Conference
“Guidelines to Enhance Pediatric Care: Psychosocial Programming for Patients and Their Families” A Workshop
5/02 New Jersey Department of Education professional Development Service
The Record: NIE (Newspaper in Education) Conference 2002
“The Art of Character Development: Visual Arts as a Therapeutic Tool in the School Setting”
3/02 The
Breakout Session: “The Use of Doll Making In Bereavement Art Therapy”
11/01 The 2001 Northeast Regional Convention: Finding Our Way Forward
Addressing the Issues of SIDS and Unexpected Death from Birth to Three
The
Breakout Session: “Good Grief” Supporting Grieving Children in the Community
6/01 New Jersey Department of Human Services: Office of Education
Summer Conference: “Creating Schools of Quality”
Breakout Session “The Art of Creatively Coping: The Use of Visual Arts as a Therapeutic Tool within a School Setting”
3/01
Workshops “Creatively Coping: The Art of Behavior Management in the Classroom”
3/01
Workshop “Reducing the Impact of Divorce on Children”
11/00 Children’s
Presentation: “Good Grief: Grieving Support in Schools”
11/00 Guest lecture:
River Edge,
Presentation: “Good Grief: Grieving Support in Schools”
10/00 Department of Medical and Organizational Education present: Communicating Bad News: How to Ease an Uneasy Situation,
Presentation: Family Centered Approach to Anticipatory Grief: Communicating Bad News to Children and Adolescents
10/00 The 13th Annual
Home Health Bereavement Re-certification
4/00 The SIDS Alliance 2000 National Conference
Workshop: Healing through Doll Making
2/00
The Vincent Viscerglia Gallery at
Created a juried exhibition of artwork by art therapist and their clients dealing with issues of loss with Gallery Director and Fine Art Professor, Kendall Baker.
3/00 Pratt Institute: Passion in Work Expo and Spring Institute
Passion for the Integration of Identities: A Workshop for Working Mothers
11/99 The 30th American Art Therapy Association Conference
Workshop: Working Mother’s Sense of Self
Presentation: Survey of Undergraduate Art Therapy Educators
10/99 12th Annual
Saint Peter’s University Hospital, NJ
Presentation: “Hello Dollie” Art and Play Therapy for Siblings
4/98 11th Annual Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Conference of
Seton Hall University , NJ
Presentation: “Good Mourning Workshop and Weaving”
4/97 10th Annual Perspectives on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
St. Peter’s Medical Center, New Brunswick, NJ
Presentation: “Hello Dollie” Art and Play Therapy for Siblings
3/97
Guest Lecture: “Art & Play Therapy as a Therapeutic Intervention with
Children”
2/97
Presentation: “Enriching Quality of Life: Doll Making, A Therapeutic
Intervention”
3/91-3/97 Pratt Institute, Graduate Creative Arts Therapy, Spring Institute,
Lecture: “Pediatric Art Therapy”
11/96 The 27th American Art Therapy Association Conference
Presentation: Professional Options for Art Therapists - “Will Looking for a
Grant Work for You?”
11/96, 11/95 Pediatric Oncology Nursing Conference -
Presentation: “Pediatric Art Therapy”
6/96 The Fourth SIDS International Conference,
Committee Member for Memorial Service
Presentation: “Children’s Art: Heavens to Betsy, A Creative Exploration,
Where Have All the Babies Gone?”
5/96 Developmental-Behavioral Disorders and A Spectrum of Pediatric Challenges
14th Annual Conference, Hilton Head, SC
Presented Workshop” “Enhancing Quality of Life: The Role of the Child
Life Specialist”
Plenary Session: “Coping with Parent’s and Sibling’s Catastrophic Illness”
4/96
Guest Lecture: “Child Life and Art Therapy Interventions”
4/96 Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers
20th Annual Conference,
“Social Workers and Art Therapists as Educators in the Medical Community:
An Educational Program Developed to Orient the Bone Marrow Transplant
Staff”
4/96
Master Class: Grant writing (and other options) for Art Therapists
5/95 Co-author of grant application researching Psychosocial Support Groups in
Childhood Cancer. Procured thirty-thousand dollar grant for Tomorrows
Children’s Institute from
5/95 Association for the Care of Children’s Health
30th Anniversary Conference,
Presented: “Imagination, Art and Medicine: Towards A Healing Dialogue
Within the Culture of Pediatric Health Care”
3/95
Guest lecture: “Art Therapy with Bereaved Children”
2/94 Pratt Institute, NY
Presented: “Pediatric Art Therapy: The Development of Programs in
Medical Hospitals”
11/93 The American Art Therapy Association
24th Annual Conference,
Panel Member: “Issues Confronting the Pediatric Art Therapist”
5/93
The 32nd Annual Spring Institute,
Presented: “Art and Play Therapy Techniques: Addressing Death and
Dying”
12/92 Cancer Care,
Guest Lecturer: “Using Art and Play to Enrich the Development of a
Therapeutic Relationship”
11/92 American Art Therapy Association 23rd Annual Conference
Presented: “Exploring the Secret Underground of Siblings”
Panel Member: “Training for Therapeutic Artistry”
4/92 Kestenberg Movement Profile Conference,
Presented: “KMP in Art Therapy”
11/91 School of Visual Arts,
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