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Faculty and Staff

Debra Linesch, Ph.D., M.F.T, A.T.R-B.C 
Prof. Linesch has been a faculty member and supervisor since 1988 and is currently Department Chair. She worked for several years at Vista Del Mar Child Care Services, Dubnoff Center for Child Development and in private practice. She is the author of numerous professional articles and two clinical textbooks, Adolescent Art Therapy and Art Therapy with Families in Crisis. Her newest book, Celebrating Family Milestones Through Making Art Together, was written to introduce the art therapy process to families outside of clinical settings. Prof. Linesch's recent scholarly work continues to support the development of methodologies specific to art therapy research.

E- mail to: dlinesch@lmu.edu


Paige Asawa, Ph.D., M.F.T, A.T.R.-B.C.
Prof. Asawa has been a faculty member since 1998. She received her doctorate from the Union Institute & University, 2003.  She received her Master's degree in Marital and Family Therapy from the LMU program where she was the Helen Landgarten Scholar of 1992.   In 1994 she co-authored A History of Art Therapy in the United States. Since 1992, she has been in private practice and currently has an office in the South Bay. In her practice, she utilizes art therapy with individuals, couples, and groups.

E-mail to: pasawa@lmu.edu


Faculty Emeriti

Helen B. Landgarten, M.A., M.F.T., A.T.R.-H.L.M.
Prof. Landgarten is the founder and former chair of the department. Her books include Clinical Art Therapy, Family Art Psychotherapy, Adult Art Psychotherapy and Magazine Photo Collage: A Multicultural Assessment and Treatment Technique.


Maxine Borowsky Junge, Ph.D., L.C.S.W, A.T.R-H.L.M.
Prof. Junge has been an educator and clinician for over 20 years and is former chair of the department. Her publications include "Women and Creativity: Including Case Studies of Frida Kahlo and Diane Arbus," "Feminine Imagery and a Young Woman's Search for Identity," A History of Art Therapy in the United States, and Creative Realities: The Search for Meanings, a study of creativity of visual artists and writers. Dr. Junge was recently awarded Honorary Life Membership in the American Art Therapy Association.

E-mail to: mbjunge@whidbey.net


Staff

Kathleen Fogel-Richmond, M.A., M.F.T., A.T.R.
Ms. Fogel-Richmond is the Practicum Coordinator for LMU's program. She is a 1995 graduate of LMU's art therapy program and was an art therapist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Inter Community Child Guidance Center. She has supervised LMU students in their practica since 1996 and has taught LMU's Group Dynamics course. 

E mail to: kfogelr2@lmu.edu

Lori Gloyd, M.A.
Ms. Gloyd is the Adminstrative Coordinator for the Marital and Family Therapy program and has worked for the department for a number of years.

E-mail to: lgloyd@lmu.edu



Part-Time Instructors

Janet Carnay, M.A., A.T.R., M.F.T.
Janet Carnay has received two Master's degree: LMU's M.A. in Marital and Family Therapy and New York University's M.A. in Educational Psychology. She was the recipient of the Helen Landgarten Scholar Award from LMU in 1997 and taught Group Dynamics for the department in the same year. As well as being a professional artist for twenty years, Prof. Carnay has extensive artist-in-residence teaching experience in non-profit, therapeutic schools both in Los Angeles and New York City. Prof.Carnay has initiated conferences focusing on the impact of changing roles and relationships with the family, particularly on women's lives and self-esteem. She is co-author of The Jewish Woman's Awareness Guide (1992), a facilitator's manual for small groups exploring identity formation. Currently, Prof. Carnay works at the Julia Ann Singer Center providing counseling to at-risk minority children in a family-oriented treatment center and teaches LMU's Cultural Issues class.

Rita Coufal, Psy.D., M.F.T, A.T.R.
Rita Coufal, a native Canadian, received her Master's degree in Clinical Art Therapy from Loyola Marymount University in 1986, and became a registered Art Therapist and a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in 1988.   Prof. Coufal received her doctorate in psychoanalysis in 2001 from the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, she is currently a member of ICP and serves on the institute’s board of directors. She has been a practicum supervisor and guest lecturer in this department since 1988 and joined the part-time faculty in 1994. Prof.Coufal has been on the faculty of the Graduate Department of Social Welfare at U.C.L.A., teaching Clinical Art Therapy. As an art therapy consultant at CPC Westwood Hospital, she worked with inpatient and outpatient adults in individual and group treatment. In addition, she has developed and facilitated prevention/treatment programs for at-risk minority youth and their families in a community mental health setting. An invited lecturer at universities, conferences and mental health settings, Prof. Coufal is in private practice in Santa Monica and received her doctorate at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis this past spring. She teaches both the Psychopathology and Adult Art Psychotherapy courses for LMU's program.

Erica Curtis, M.A., A.T.R.-B.C., L.M.F.T.
Erica Curtis graduated from LMU’s Marital and Family Therapy Master’s Program as the recipient of the Helen Landgarten Scholar Award. She has since been a lecturer at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) and served as an art therapy consultant for program development at a Riverside adult day care facility. For 6 years, Prof. Curtis specialized in working with children and adolescents with Autistic Spectrum Disorders and other Social Learning Disabilities, providing individual, family, and group art therapy. Currently, she is Assistant Clinical Administrator at Summit View School, a therapeutic school-based setting for children with learning disabilities. Prof. Curtis was actively involved in the reorganization of the Southern California Art Therapy Association (SoCalATA) and served three years on its board of directors as president. She continues her involvement now with the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) as the speaker elect to the AATA affiliate chapters. Prof. Curtis teaches Art Therapy Literature at LMU.

Gail Goldstein, MA, ATR, LMFT
Prof. Goldstein received her Masters Degree from Loyola Marymount University’s Marital & Family Therapy/Clinical Art Therapy Program in 1990. She worked for a number of years at a therapeutic school, specializing in the treatment of children and adolescents with severe emotional disturbances. She has also worked in both inpatient and outpatient psychiatric hospital settings. She has supervised practicum students and Art Therapy/MFT interns since 1993. Currently Ms. Goldstein is the Director of Outpatient Psychiatric Services at Sherman Oaks Hospital. In addition, she has a private practice in Encino specializing in work with trauma victims and is a part-time faculty member at LMU teaching Group Dynamics.

Joellen Lapidus, Psy.D., MFT
Prof. Joellen Lapidus specializes in the treatment of alcholism, drug addiction, anxiety, depression and marital conflict.  She is in private practice in Westwood and brings an eclectic background in inpatient and outpatient treatment; experiential therapies such as gestalt therapy, voice dialogue and hypnotherapy; and contemporary psychoanalysis to her classroom and clinical work.  She received her masters in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles and her PsyD from the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies.  Prof. Lapidus teaches the drug and alcohol treatment course at LMU.

Philip Levin, Ph.D.
Prof. Levin is a clinical neuropsychologist with long-standing interests in neurocogitive development, the effect of neuropsychological impairments on functional developmental issues, and the development of language and its impact on the development of reading.  He is interested in the providing training on report writing and feedback for families utilizing neuropsychological assessments in community mental heath settings. Prof. Levin received his doctoral degree from the California School of Professional Psychology and is the program director and a supervisor for The H.E.L.P. Group.  He teaches Psychological Testing in the LMU art therapy program.

Mimi Lind, MSW, LCSW
A licensed clinical social worker, Ms. Lind is currently the Director of Mental Health Services at Venice Family Clinic. She teaches Assessment, Detection and Treament of Spousal Abuse for the LMU MFT program.

Einat Metzl, M.A., A.T.R.-B.C., M.F.T.
Einat Metzl is a PhD candidate in the art therapy doctoral program at Florida State University. She is in the final stages of her dissertation exploring resilience and creativity in New Orleans after hurricane Katrina. She graduated from LMU's Marital and Family Therapy Master’s Program as the recipient of the Helen Landgarten Scholar Award in 2005. In the last couple of years, while completing the courses for doctoral studies and working as an art therapist in the psychiatric units at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, Einat taught an introduction to art therapy counseling course and supervised practicum students from the Florida State University's MA program in art therapy / art education. Einat has an extensive clinical experience, which includes working at psychiatric hospitals, residential facilities, special education schools, an early intervention center, and an elderly adult facility.

Jane Schulman, M.A., A.T.R., L.M.F.T.
Jane Schulman is a 1982 graduate of the Clinical Art Therapy program at LMU. From 1987 to 1994, she was a part-time faculty member of the program, teaching Group Dynamics, and then Psychopathology and Adult Art Psychotherapy. From 1987 to 1999, Prof. Schulman was on the faculty at California State University, Los Angeles, teaching in that school's art therapy program. A registered Art Therapist and licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Prof. Schulman has worked primarily in private practice with children, adolescents, adults, and families. Through the years, she has also valued the opportunity to work with adults with persistent mental illness, individually and in groups, in inpatient and partial hospitalization programs. She recently completed a year-long certificate program in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies. Prof. Schulman is also a fine art photographer and is interested in the expressive and therapeutic use of photography and writing. She teaches Group Dynamics for our program.

Brian Ura, M.A., MFT, ATR
Prof. Ura works as a therapist and clinical coordinator at the Sherman Oaks Partial Hospitalization Program in Sherman Oaks, CA..  He also has a private practice in Encino, where he works with adults suffering from Trauma and complex P.T.S.D., as well as depression and anxiety, utilizing psychodynamic psychotherapy, art therapy, E.M.D.R., and mindfulness. Mr. Ura's background and training include being a professional artist and art teacher, as well as having worked for major motion picture and T.V. studios as a scenic artist.  He completed his internship at The New School for Child Development in Sherman Oaks, CA., working with severely emotionally disturbed children and their families.  He also has an extensive background in meditation practice, having studied with teachers of various traditions.  In his hospital based work, Mr. Ura supervises interns, leads process groups, art therapy groups, meditation groups, and rhythm-for-health drumming groups.  He currently teaches Art Explorations in LMU's Art Therapy program.