Board of Directors and International Advisory Board

The Awareness Center operated from April 30, 1999 - April 30, 2014.  The organization is no longer operating.  The following is a list of former Board and Advisory Board members is being provided for historical purposes only!

Board of Directors

• Vicki Polin, MA, LCPC - CEO, President and Founder; Psychotherapist
• Leah Marinelli, RN, CNM, NP - Certified Nurse-Midwife, Nurse Practitioner 
• Judy Mitzner - Para-Legal, Survivor of clergy sexual abuse
• Marcia Cohn Spiegel, PhD - Honorary Board Member - Activist 

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International Advisory Board

• Shalom Atlas, MA, MSW - Clinical Social Worker, Specialist in sexual abuse of men, Former director of the sexual abuse hotline for Orthodox men.  (Jerusalem, Israel)

• Mesa Leventhal Baker, MD - Pediatrician and expert in the detection and diagnosis of cases of child abuse. (Baltimore, MD)

• Debra Guckenheimer, PhD - Sociologist (San Francisco, CA)

• Isaac Hersh - Survivor of child abuse and neglect (Brooklyn, NY)

• Simonne Levi-Jameson PhD (MA) MAPPA - Founder and Director - Children's Right Foundation Inc and Curator/Director - Art Sans Frontieres, Survivor of childhood sexual abuse (Melbourne University, Australia)

• Rabbi Nochem Rosenberg - Activist in chassidic (ultra-orthodox) communities globally (Williamsburg, NY)

• Robin Sax - Director at Large, Former Deputy District Attorney, legal analyst and commentator, author (Los Angeles, CA)

• Rabbi Michael Schudrich - Chief Rabbi of Poland (Warsaw, Poland)

• Richard C. Schwartz, PhD - Marital and Family Therapy, Educator and Author (Chicago, IL)

• Eli Somer, PhD - Clinical Professor of Psychology, Haifa University (Haifa, Israel)

• Heather Steele - The Innocent Justice Foundation (Encinitas, CA) 

• Harriet Wadeson, PhD, LCSW, ATR-BC, HLM - Pioneer in the field of Art Therapy; educator, researcher and author (Chicago, IL)

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The Awareness Center is also grateful for the time and energies of the following individuals who spent time on our executive board and advisory board.  These individuals include:

Past Executive Board Members

• Rabbi Yosef Blau  - Yeshiva University, New York, NY (2004 - 2005)
• Ruth B. Guggenheim - Director of Jews For Judaism, Baltimore, MD (2003)
• Laura Shaw Frank, JD, Baltimore, MD (2004 - 2005)
• Michael J. Salamon, PhD - Adult Developmental Center, Hewlett, NY (2001 - 2014)
• Rabbi Ze'ev Smason - Nusach Hari B'nai Zion, St. Louis, MO (1999 - 2002) 
• Na'ama Yehuda, MSC, SLP, APP, New York, New York (2001 - 2009)

Past Advisory Board Members

• Ellen Bass - co-author, Courage to Heal (1999 - 2005)
• Rabbi Reuven Bulka - Congregation Machzikei Hadas, Ottawa, Canada (2002 - 2004)
• Rabbi Yosef Blau  - Yeshiva University, New York, NY (2002 - 2005)
• Renee Cannella - Attorney at Law, Stamford, CT (2002 - 2011)
• Laura Davis - co-author, Courage to Heal (1999 - 2005)
• Rabbi Mark Dratch -  JSAFE, New York NY (2003 - 2004)
• Rabbi Cindy Enger - Faith Trust Institute, Seatle, WA (2003 - 2004)
  
• Esther Giller - Sidran Foundation, Towson, MD (2001 - 2003)
• Debbie Gross - Crisis Center for Religious Women, Jerusalem, Israel (2001 - 2003)
• Marci Hamilton, JD - Attorney, Professor at Yeshiva University (2006 - 2008) 
• Rebecca Hoffberger - American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (2002 - 2010)
• Phil Jacobs - Editor, Baltimore Jewish Times (2003)
• Rabbi Ari Kahn - Givat Zev, Israel (2004)
• Mike Lew, M.Ed. - author, Victims No Longer (1999 - 2005)
• Jeannie Meece - Executive Director, STTAR Center, Ellicott City, MD (2006 - 2010)
• Rabbi Shlomo Porter - Etz Chaim Center for Jewish Learning, Baltimore, MD (2002 - 2006)
• Wendy Schudrich, LMSW, PhD - Researcher and Adjunct Professor, New York, NY (2008 - 2013)
• Vivian Skolnick, PhD - Psychologist and Psychoanalyst, Chicago, IL (2006 - 2010)

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Harriet Claire Wadeson, Ph.D., LCSW, ATR-BC, HLM

Harriet Claire Wadeson, Ph.D., LCSW, ATR-BC, HLM

Cornell University - Chicago, IL

American University - Washington, DC

Catholic University - Washington, DC

(1961) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - Washington  DC 

Union Institute - Jackston, TN 

Goddard University - Plainfield, VT

(1978) University of Houston - Houston, TX  

University of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, IL

Annual Summer Institute - Lake Geneva, WI

Northwestern University - Evanston, IL

   

Harriet Claire Wadeson is one of the pioneers in the field of Art Therapy, and has been a long time member of The Awareness Center's International Advisory Board.  She is an accomplished, author, researcher and educator. 

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Table of Contents:

1. Bio:  Harriet Claire Wadeson
2. IATA Presidents & Leaders 2012 (09/01/2012)

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Bio:  Harriet Claire Wadeson

HARRIET CLAIRE WADESON, PH.D., LCSW, ATR-BC, HLM, is a Professor Emerita at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she directed its Art Therapy Graduate Program for 23 years and its Annual Summer Institute for 20 years. She developed and directed the Northwestern University Art Therapy Certificate Program for 9 years, directed the Art Therapy Graduate Program at the University of Houston for 2 years, and conducted art therapy research at the National Institutes (NIH) for 13 years. She is the author of 8 books on art therapy, over 70 articles in professional journals, 7 chapters in psychology and art therapy texts, and she has given over 100 presentations at professional conferences. She has also conducted over 100 workshops and given over 80 invited lectures. She has been an invited guest faculty throughout the world in 14 countries and has led professional delegations to European and Asian countries. She has received numerous awards, including Honorary Life Membership in the AATA, Rush Award from the American Psychiatric Association, a Resolution of Commendation from the Illinois State Legislature, Distinguished Faculty Award from Northwestern University, and numerous art awards, including a First Prize from the Smithsonian Institute.

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IATA Presidents & Leaders 2012

Illinois Art Therapy Association (IATA) - Sept. 1, 2012 

Harriet C. Wadeson is interviewed and talks about her involvement in the American Art Therapy Association, her growth and development as a clinician as art therapy has evolved, her art-making while facing cancer and the importance of making art in her life.

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