Senior Lecturer: Creative Arts Therapies Department, DIrector: Concordia Arts in Health Centre, Concordia University
Heather McLaughlin is a board certified art therapist, registered marriage and family therapist, licensed psychotherapist, and clinical supervisor. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Creative Arts Therapies Department at Concordia University, Art Therapy Graduate Program Director and the Director of the new Concordia Arts in Health Centre. She was part of the core faculty in the Marriage and Family Therapy program at the Argyle Institute for Human Relations and spent many years working in community arts education. She maintains a private practice working with individuals, couples and families with a focus on relationships, trauma, and compassion. Ecological and social justice are her central concerns and have been a focus in all of her work.
Experience
2022–present
Senior lecturer, Concordia University
2004–present
Art Therapist, psychotherapist, Private practice
2014–2022
Lecturer, Concordia University
2007–2015
Core faculty- MFT program, Argyle Institute for Human Relations
2005–2011
Youth and Teen Director, Visual Arts Centre
2000–2010
Art instructor, Visual Arts Centre
Education
2007
Argyle Institute, MFT Diploma
2004
Concordia University, MA in Art Therapy
1995
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, BFA
1994
École National des Beaux Arts, Paris, Exchange
Publications
2012
(w/ Shalmon, M. and Keefler, J.) The use of art in couples and family therapy., Intervention, la revue de l’Ordre des travailleurs sociaux et des thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec
Grants and Contracts
2021
Pilot projects: Concordia Arts in Health Centre and Health
Role:
project lead
Funding Source:
Raschkowan foundation
2020
Concordia Arts in Health Centre and Health and Wellness Services: developing a collaborative working model
Role:
project lead
Funding Source:
SHIFT Grant
Professional Memberships
Canadian Registered Marriage and Family Therapist and Supervisor- Canadian Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
Professional Member- Ordre des travailleurs sociaux et thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec
Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor- American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
Psychotherapy Permit holder- Ordre Professionel des Psychologues du Quebec
Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC)- Art Therapy Credential Board
Professional Member- Association des arts thérapeutes du Québec