 | VINCENT DOPULOS, MA, RDT, LPC:
Vincent is the Bereavement Coordinator for the Pastoral Care Department of Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey. He also facilitates bereavement groups for Atlantic Home Care and Hospice in Millburn, New Jersey. He is a training staff member of Creative Alternatives of New York. Vincent holds a Masters Degree in Drama Therapy from New York University with advanced training in Compassionate End of Life Care from Roshi Joan Halifax. He is licensed in New Jersey as a Professional Counselor.
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| MARIA HODERMARSKA, BFA (1983); MA (1989, New York):
Maria Hodermarska is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT), a Registered Drama Therapist (RDT) and a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC). Her work spans both the creative and applied psychological uses of the theater arts most often within community-based mental health programs and alcohol/substance abuse treatment programs serving un-served or under-served populations. Ms. Hodermarska has been an adjunct assistant clinical professor in the Graduate Program in Drama Therapy at NYU since 1995. She is a faculty member of the Institute for Drama Therapy in New York City. She is the former Education Chairperson for the Board of Directors of the National Association for Drama Therapy. In 2007, she co-authored a chapter in Healing the Inner City Child, Creative Arts Therapies with At-risk Youth, V. Camilleri Ed., published by Jessica Kingsley Press. Ms. Hodermarska has presented and consulted nationally to various organizations including: the American Association of Mental Retardation (AAMR), Duke University School of Medicine, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, Cuyahoga County Developmental Services Office, and the Maryland Chapter of AAMR. She has presented at Grand Rounds for many major area hospitals, and lectured at NYU School of Social Work and Union Theological Seminary. |  |
|  | LUCY McLELLAN MA, RDT, LCAT:
Born in London, England, Lucy arrived in New York in 2002 to study in the Drama Therapy program at New York University, receiving an excellence award as "Drama Therapy Student of the Year" on completion of her Masters in 2004. Lucy is currently Program Director at Creative Alternatives of New York and leads drama therapy groups with diverse client populations, ranging from female survivors of domestic violence to children with pervasive developmental disorders. In addition to her clinical work, Lucy is also an adjunct faculty member of the Drama Therapy program at NYU and as an ongoing student herself, recently completed a year of study in the International Trauma Studies Program at Columbia University in May 2007. In addition, Lucy has served as President of the TriState Chapter of the National Association for Drama Therapy since 2005 and was recently elected to serve as Eastern Regional Representative of the NADT, beginning her term of office this fall. |
| PHIL JONES - SPECIAL GUEST FACILITATOR
Phil Jones is Reader in the Carnegie Faculty at Leeds Metropolitan University in England and has lectured widely in the art therapies, provided clinical supervision in his postgraduate teaching of Dramatherapy, and held the posts of Principal Lecturer on Masters programmes in Dramatherapy and Art therapy, and Course Leader of Advanced Training in Art Therapy and Dramatherapy, Postgraduate Diploma in Dramatherapy and Foundations in Art, Drama and Dance Movement Therapy. He is author of The Arts Therapies ( Routledge 2005) and the second edition of his book Drama As Therapy: Theatre as Living (Routledge) has recently been published. His sole authored books have been been translated and published in Chinese, Korean and Greek. His edited books include ‘Childhood’ (Pearson 2007) and ‘Supervision of Dramatherapy’ (Routledge 2009). He is general editor of the forthcoming ‘New Childhoods’ book series for Continuum publishing. | |
| | AVIEL HADARI -SPECIAL GUEST FACILITATOR
Aviel Hadari is the chair person for the Drama Therapy masters program in Lesley University in Israel and is on faculty at The Gestalt OSD Center in Cleveland, Ohio. He has a private Drama Therapy/Gestalt Therapy clinic in Israel and has worked extensively with IDT Founder Robert Landy in both the United States and Israel. He is co-author with Landy of the recent paper: “Stories of destruction and renewal—A drama therapy experience.” Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 47, 3, 413-421. |
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