Lorena Fernandez, Ph.D. Reace® Email & Phone Number

Provide experiential therapy to adolescent and young adult clients via telehealth.● Develop creative curriculum for experiential telehealth sessions● Facilitate weekly group sessions using experiential methods● Conduct sessions that express adventure and imagination● Manage risk involved with sessions● Communicate clearly and professionally with clients, staff, families, agencies, and referents● Ensure documentation meets agency and professional standards per the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and The Joint Commission standards. Joint Commission standards are the basis of an objective evaluation process that can help health care organizations measure, assess, and improve performance. ● Maintain and model professional ethics, including appropriate boundaries and confidentiality

Houston, Texas, United States

ARTreach sees art as a healing, restorative, and empowering gift to help individuals overcome obstacles and thrive. ARTreach connects programs through collaborations with many community partners, including social service agencies, government entities, and other nonprofits. ttps://www.artreachtexas.org

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

EXPERIENCEArtist and educator | Amsterdam, Netherlands 07/2018 – 12/2022Artistic Collaborations, September 2019-November 20221. Exhibited art in the Austin Capitol Building called Pulse/49: A Remembrance in support of the LGBTQ community. Received a letter of appreciation from the Capitol Events & Exhibitions Coordinator. 2. Exhibited art in Germany, bringing attention to Venezuela's economic and political plight. Lost Worlds / Mundos Perdido/ Verlorene Werlten, at Kunst Haus Dreho in Korschenbroich, Germany. 3. Art installation for the international 5R dance retreat Life Cycles in Weesp, Netherlands. 4. Art installation for the international 5R dance retreat God, Sex & the Body in Amsterdam, Netherlands.5. Organized Open Studio Art Show, where collectors attended and bought artworks in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Teaching1. Taught Continued Education Credit class for Graduated Professionals in the International Expressive Therapies Summit 20222. Teaching, mentoring, and supervising students and clients in private, online, and in-person coaching and group sessions. Website: www.lfcreative.org

Houston, Texas Area

Taught five semester-long sessions of Introduction to the Humanities through the arts. Designed course curriculum to help students find artistic connections between their individual human experience and a broad range of multicultural artists, traditions, and literary arts. Students developed knowledge and appreciation for the creative process through personal art experimentation and inquiry.

Houston, Texas Area

Fine Arts creation, exhibition and sales. Teaching Person-Centered Expressive Arts.BOOKS PUBLISHED•Art and Self-Creation: The Roots of Creativity and Innovation (Think Media: EGS Media Philosophy Series) •How To Exist, An Impractical Guide: Como Existir, Guía Impráctica (English and Spanish Edition) •Spiritual Healing with Art - Curación Espiritual con Arte - (English and Spanish Edition)https://www.amazon.com/Lorena-Fernandez/e/B002BM593S

Forth Worth Texas Usa

TEXLOC, LTD Manufacturers of fluorocarbon, FEP, PFA, PTFE Tubing - Manufacturer of Fluoroplastic Tubing used in chemical processing, aerospace, robotics, medical, and semi-conductor Created (wrote & illustrated) production procedures manuals that allowed TEXLOC, LTD to become ISO certified.Technical buyer of laser and ultrasound measuring systemsTechnical installation of laser and ultrasound measuring systems used to monitor critical dimensions of wall thickness and inside and outside diameters of tubing.

Singapore

KVAERNER NATIONAL, Division of Kvaerner Singapore Pte Ltd - Manufacturer of systems and components used in oil and gas drilling and production• Production Planner/Scheduler• Planner/Scheduler: Heavily involved in the day to day planning for shop operations and insuring the timely completion and delivery of oil well heads for international clients. Research: Evaluating shop performances and efficiencies using Industrial Time Study Methods. Creation of Time Study Database using Microsoft Access.

Ph.D., Expressive Arts Therapy & Communication, Summa Cum Laude

Dissertation "The Effect of Expressive Arts on Decision Making: Sensemaking in Situations of Complexity and Ambiguity"

Certificate, Expressive Arts For Healing And Social Change

Studied Person-Centered Expressive Arts Therapy under Natalie Rogers, Ph.D.

Masters Of Arts, Humanities

Thesis: "An Exploration and analysis of the Sociological Content in the Art of Frida Kahlo: Mexican Identity, Feminism, the Struggle.

Bachelor Science, Industrial Engineering

Academic Achievement Award, fall 1993 - European Tour for Engineering Student sponsored by Texas A&M and Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany.