Kelley Linhardt, MA ATR-BC LCAT CCTP, is a New York State licensed creative arts therapist, board-certified art therapist, and certified clinical trauma practitioner. She is also an avid painter who was drawn to the field of art therapy because she has experienced the healing power of art-making in her own life. Kelley has a deep clinical and theoretical interest in how embodied/full-bodied art-making can ameliorate the symptoms and severity of complex trauma. Along with co-editors Mia de Bethune and Valeria Koutmina, Kelley is editing an anthology of the practical application and clinical importance of embodiment in art therapy for Routledge Press entitled “The Embodied Art Therapist”, which has an expected publication date of June 2026. In addition to painting, Kelley sees clients in private practice at a multidisciplinary creative arts therapy atelier in New York City and Cold Spring, NY, and is a faculty member in the graduate art therapy program at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City.

Affiliation: Collaborator with Mia de Bethune