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The supervision component of this course may count toward participants' hours for mental health licensure. Check with your region's regulations to learn more.

Patricia's career as a clinical mental health professional began in May of 1999 when she graduated from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh PA, with a Bachelor of Science in music therapy. She completed her clinical training with Deforia Lane, Ph.D. at the University Hospitals of Cleveland in January 2001. She earned my Master’s in Music Therapy (MMT) from Temple University in May of 2010. Patricia is a board-certified music therapist, licensed professional counselor as well as a certified MARI® practitioner and teacher. Her areas of expertise includes some of the following: trauma informed care, music therapy, pain management, guided imagery, mindfulness-based play-family therapy, sand play, focusing, mandala assessment research instrument, cognitive behavior therapy, functional behavioral analysis, emotional freedom technique, and eye movement and desensitization and reprocessing. Patricia provides clinical supervision for established mental health professionals and therapists pursuing state licensure.

To date, Patricia established new creative arts therapy programs and behavioral health supports in settings such as residential homes, ambulatory healthcare settings, pediatric hospitals, pediatric rehabilitation centers, senior homes, homeless shelters, day programs, and schools. She is an advocate for the advancement of quality programming for people who have mental health needs. Patricia finds that she can influence this type of support through her leadership roles, clinical work, training programs, clinical supervision opportunities, and development of community programs that increases individuals' access to specialized health services. It brings Patricia great joy to serve her community in this way.