Ellen Horovitz

Ellen Horovitz is an international leader and author in Art Therapy and Yoga Therapy, as well as a licensed art therapist, certified yoga therapist and psychotherapist. She is Professor Emerita and founder of the Nazareth College (Rochester, NY) gaduate art therapy program, author of eight books and past president-elect of the American Art Therapy Association (AATA). She served on the AATA board director for 12 years and was responsible for rewriting the national education standards (1992) and manuals for approved graduate programs. In addition, she has served as an expert witness on art therapy education for the US Department of Justice. She has also won numerous awards and received grants from many organizations, including a graphic consultant grant from the US Department of Defense.

Ellen works in private practice with individuals, couples, and families. She has given hundreds of lectures and workshops in the USA and around the world. Currently, she works for Pesi.com as a national speaker and lecturer. She has authored eight books with topics ranging from art therapy to yoga therapy to mainstream applications of digital photography. She has also authored over 50 juried articles and 17 book chapters, and is an expert in the field of Deafness/Hard of Hearing. Her book, Visually Speaking: Art Therapy and the Deaf, is translated into Korean.

Learn more about Ellen at www.yogartherapy.com and www.ellenghorovitz.com.