Ashley Boyd Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois

Northwest Suburbs, IL

I facilitate workshops that educate children and adolescents in various art making techniques. In the workshops I teach and encourage individuals to think of their art in a more existential and conceptual manner rather than just teach techniques. Workshops have included “Objects as Self-Portrait using Photography” and “Using Altered Books to tell Your.

Bartlett, IL

• At Maryville Academy’s Casa Salama program I am the clinical therapist for a residential program for female adolescents, ages 12 to 21, with severe mental health diagnoses and intellectual developmental disabilities..
• Provide individual therapy; utilizing art therapy and play therapy in… Show more At Maryville Academy’s Casa Salama program I am the clinical therapist for a residential program for female adolescents, ages 12 to 21.
• Provide individual therapy; utilizing art therapy and play therapy in conjunction with talk therapy as a means of best suiting clients based on their emotional and cognitive development.
• Provide group therapy based around the needs of this specialized population.
• Use trauma informed practice to guide sessions and interactions with clients.
• Focus heavily in attachment disorders and attachment issues.

Forest Park, IL

• At Riveredge Hospital, I provided assistance and support to the milieu and patients during their impatient treatment.Responsibilities included:
• Assisted staff with group therapy sessions.
• Charted on patients using BIRP notes.
• Assisted the charge nurse in various functions including processing intake patients.
• Provided hygiene and meal assistance to patients when needed.
• Ran codes using critical thinking skills, crisis management skills, validation and encouragement to… Show more At Riveredge Hospital, I provided assistance and support to the milieu and patients during their impatient.

Forest Park

• At Riveredge Hospital, I provided therapeutic services to patients ranging from pediatrics to geriatrics with a variety of mental illnesses. Responsibilities include:
• Provided both individual and group therapy to those admitted at the hospital.
• Executed the administrative duties of other therapists who are ill or on leave.
• Provided care in all areas of the hospital including inpatient services, partial hospitalization program, residential program, and intensive outpatient… Show more At Riveredge Hospital, I provided therapeutic services.
• Provided care in all areas of the hospital including inpatient services, partial hospitalization program, residential program, and intensive outpatient program.
• Built rapport quickly with individuals using empathy, humor, play, and art.

Forest Park, IL

• At Riveredge Hospital, I interned in all three behavioral health programs – the partial hospitalization pediatrics and adolescents, inpatient facilities for pediatrics through geriatrics, and residential treatment for.
• Utilized the modality of art therapy in crisis and stabilization treatment through a mixture of CBT and Internal Family System orientations.
• Designed my own therapeutic directives focusing on using… Show more At Riveredge Hospital, I interned in all three behavioral health programs – the partial hospitalization pediatrics and adolescents, inpatient.
• Designed my own therapeutic directives focusing on using elements from IFS therapy in art therapy.
• Worked with the expressive therapy team on interventions in modalities such as dance/movement, and drama therapy while adapting them into the art therapy process.
• Built rapport with patients by using empathy, validation, and encouragement.

Brookfield, IL

At Community Support Services, developed and implemented an open-art studio program for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities at Community Support Services. I utilized participant’s individual strengths to encourage them to find their artistic media, style and technique. Once complete, I arranged a gallery show for participants.

Brookfield, IL

• At Community Support Services, a non-for-profit organization for individuals with intellectual disabilities, I participated in two projects - developing the art curriculum for a pay-for-service day program targeted to.
• Formulated appropriate lesson plans and taught staff how to apply different alterations for a variety of cognitive and motor functioning skill levels.
• Prepared art… Show more At Community Support Services, a non-for-profit organization for individuals with intellectual disabilities, I participated in two projects - developing the art curriculum for a pay-for-service.
• Prepared art field trip program allowing clients to either view art, see art in a vocational setting or allow them to create art in a new setting.
• Provided art activity and reflection after the outing to reinforce memory and connection skills.
• Outreached various art organizations to gain collaborations for the new day program.

Master Of Art In Counseling And Art Therapy, Art Therapy/Therapist, 3.82/4.00

Activities and Societies: Adler Art Therapy Association, Psi Chi Honnor Society

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Photography, Graphic Design, Psychology, 3.18

Activities and Societies: Students for Piece and Justice, Study Abroad Italy,