Don Seiden: Chicago Art Therapy Pioneer
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Mary Andrus , Bruce Moon, PhD, Nancy Bechtol, Brendan Leahy
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Don Seiden: Chicago Art Therapy Pioneer

This video is a compilation of five short films about Don Seiden, an art therapy pioneer who lived and worked in Chicago. Don’s art, life and contributions to the field of Art Therapy are portrayed from a variety of perspectives, all illuminating how his personal creative process is central to his approach to art therapy, art making and teaching. Video Length: 58m
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Through a lifelong commitment to reflexively processing his life history and experience though art making, Don invites the viewer to consider how art as therapy can be a central practice of a life well lived. Those not familiar with this thoughtful founder of the art therapy department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago may also want to read one of the books he wrote, two with co-authors, reflecting his uniquely creative ideas about art and life.

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Mary Andrus 

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Bruce Moon, PhD
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Bruce Moon, PhD

Bruce Moon is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and clinician whose work spans music, visual art, poetry, performance, and art therapy. A prolific singer‑songwriter, he has released 33 LPs and produced hundreds of videos reflecting his Midwestern roots and commitment to themes of justice, morality, and resilience. Moon spent 22 years as an art therapist working with traumatized children and adolescents, a role that continues to shape his creative voice. An ordained Methodist minister and professor emeritus at Mount Mary University,…

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Nancy Bechtol

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Brendan Leahy

Brendan Leahy were compensated for his contribution. None of his books or additional offerings are required for any of the Psychotherapy.net content. Should such materials be references, it is as an additional resource.

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