Who We Are
Amanda Bechtel,
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Amanda Bechtel, ATR-BC, LCPC, LCPAT is a board certified registered art therapist, licensed clinical professional counselor and licensed clinical professional art therapist. She graduated with an MS in Art Therapy from Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, WI. She is a certified as a Practitioner Member of Sandplay Therapists of America. Amanda has worked at both the Eating Disorder Center at Rogers Memorial Hospital in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin and the Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition to eating disorders, she has used art therapy to treat symptoms of depression, anxiety, self-injurious behavior and substance abuse. She holds a certificate in advanced trauma treatment. Amanda regularly presents on art therapy and eating disorders at national conferences and regional symposiums. She is on the faculty at the St. Mary of the Woods graduate art therapy program. Amanda currently sits on the Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists for the state of Maryland. |
Licenses and Certifications |
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
LC2961 Licensed Clinical Professional Art Therapist AT002 Board Certified Registered Art Therapist 08-075 Certifications Sandplay Therapy Practitioner Level I and II Certificate in Internal Family Systems |
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Teaching and Presentations |
2017, Expressive Therapies Summit, Los Angeles, CA Full Day Course: "Reshaping Body Image: Tape Sculpture as Arts Based Social Justice"
2016, Expressive Therapies Summit, New York, NY Full Day Course: "Reshaping Body Image: Tape Sculpture as Arts Based Social Justice"
2016, Expressive Therapies Summit, New York, NY Full Day Course: "Exploring Our Parts Through Internal Family Systems and Art
Therapy: Curiosity, Creativity, and Courage"
2016, Montgomery County Mental Health Association, Rockville, MD Two Day Training:
"Foundations of Sandplay Therapy"
2015, American Art Therapy Association Conference, Baltimore, MD Paper: “Unblending Our Parts:
Integrating Art Therapy and Internal Family Systems”
2015, Expressive Therapies Summit, New York, NY Full Day Course: “Altered Books in the
Treatment of Complex Trauma: Metaphor & Transformation”
2015, Sandplay General Assembly, Baltimore, MD Paper “Message in a Bottle: Communication
from the Unconscious”
2014, American Art Therapy Conference, San Antonio, TX Focus Group “The Diagnostic
Drawing Series”
2013, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD Full Day Workshop “The Art of
Storytelling and Altered Books”
2013, Binge Eating Disorder Association Annual Conference, Bethesda, MD Workshop: “Feeling Good in your Skin: Moving Through Dance for Body Image Building”
2012, Expressive Therapies Summit, New York, NY Full Day Course: “Altered Books as a Transformative Tool for Adolescents and Adults”
2012, Expressive Therapies Summit, New York, NY Half Day Course: “Countertransference and Other Challenges Working with Eating Disorder Clients”
2012, American Art Therapy Association Annual Conference, Savannah, GA, Plenary Panelist: “Art Therapy and Eating Disorders”
2012, Mount Mary Art Therapy Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, Paper: The Body as Container: Achieving Integration through the Body Outline Drawing”
2012, Binge Eating Disorder Association Annual Conference Philadelphia, PA, Workshop: “Visual Journaling: Healing Your Heart Through Art”
2010, American Art Therapy Association Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA Paper: “Rewriting Life Stories: The Altered Book as a Tool of Transformation”
2010, American Art Therapy Association Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA Half Day Course: “Body Tracing Technique: Clinical Training for Art Therapists”
2010, Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA Paper: “Rewriting Life Stories: The Altered Book as a Tool of Transformation”
2009, Mount Mary Art Therapy Symposium, Milwaukee, WI Paper: “Bookbinding as Transitional Object in Clients Struggling with Eating Disorders”
2008, American Art Therapy Association Annual Conference Cleveland, OH Paper: “Bookbinding as Transitional Object with Eating Disorder Patients”