MARIE CARUSO-TERESI, LPAT, MPS, ATR-BC

Director of INNER TRUTH ARTS

Marie Caruso-Teresi is a NJ, Licensed, board-certified art therapist holding her MPS in Art Therapy & Creativity Development from Pratt Institute. She received her Bachelors degree in Fine Art from Montclair State University.

It is Marie's firm belief that art therapy is the bridge that reaches reach many who are misunderstood or unable to communicate directly. Her approach is to guide clients through the healing process to achieve self-discovery, new insights, develop positive skills, and find their inner truth.

Marie currently offers tele-heath sessions only.

TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS

NJ Domestic Violence Program

Dorothy B. Hersh Child Protection Center “Child Sexual Abuse/Complex Trauma”

Trauma Informed Practices & Expressive Arts Therapies Institute “Trauma Informed Art Therapy”

HAP EMDRIA, EMDR level 2 practitioner

MARI©, Mandala Assessment Research Instrument, Certified Practitioner

Soul Collage®, Certified Facilitator

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

American Art Therapy Association’s 45th Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas: “The Woman’s Womb:  Art Therapy with Women Following Hysterectomy”, 2014

MacWilliam, B. 2017, Complicated Grief, Attachment and Art Therapy Theory and Treatment Applications, Authored Chapter: “The Women’s Womb: Archetypal Imagery and Grieving Lost Self-Part”

Mobile Crisis Response Team, Trinitas Regional Hospital, Elizabeth, NJ: Domestic Violence Effects on Children and the use of Creative Arts Therapy

Paramus Public Schools, Art Department Educators:  Art Therapy with Exceptional Children, creative pathways to positive education

Upper Saddle River Women’s Club: Art Therapy, an Introduction focusing on Self-Care

Exhibitions

Gallery U, Westfield, NJ, Swart,  NJ social workers & art therapists exhibition, 2016

Living Incubator Performance Space, Newark, Nj, Misogyny is the Root of All Evil, 2016

Shaffler Gallery Exhibition, NY, The Ethical Space, 2017