Sunhee K. Kim, Ph.D., ATR-BC, ATCS, LCAT

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Teaching Experience

• 2021.03 – Present: Head Professor, Department of Expressive Arts Therapy, Seoul Women’s University

• 2010.03 – 2021.02: Professor, Graduate School of Special Therapy, Seoul Women’s University

• 2002.09 – 2010.02: Adjunct Professor, Department of Expressive Arts Therapy, Graduate School of Special Therapy, Seoul Women’s University

• 2000.01 – 2003.12: On-site Clinical Supervisor, School of Visual Arts / Internship Students’ Supervisor

• 2000.01 – 2003.12: On-site Clinical Supervisor, New York University / Internship Students’ Supervisor

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Clinical Experience

• 1998.09 – 2010.02: DOJ Health Services - Adult Day Health Care Program

• 1998.08 – 2001.09: Cabrini Medical Center/ Cabrini Hospice - Child Life Program

• 1998.03 – 1998.09: The Jewish Home & Hospital – Social Day Program for Memory Impaired Adults

• 1996.01 – 1997.01: North Central Bronx Hospital – Adult Acute Psychiatry Unit

• 1996.05 – 1997.01: North Central Bronx Hospital - Children/Adolescent Psychiatry Unit

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Professional Presentations

• 2024: Korean Spatial Design Society Spring Conference Lecture, "Art Therapy for Safe Urban Recovery"

• 2024: George Washington University (GWU) D-PPAT Special Lecture

• Kim, S. K., & Kim, N. (2017). "Psychosocial Interventions with Expressive Arts Therapies for PTSD Prevention: Based on Post-trauma Support Experience in Nepal After Earthquake." The Expressive Therapies Summit, New York, USA, October 14, 2017

• Kim, S. K., Lee, G., & Kim, S. (2014). "Adapting the PPAT Assessment to Digital Devices: A Report." The Expressive Therapies Summit, New York, USA, November 8, 2014

• Kim, S. (2013). "Using the Psychocybernetic Model of Art Therapy in Quantitative Research." The Expressive Therapies Summit, New York, USA, November 9, 2013

• Kim, S. (2013). "Realignment of Art Psychotherapy." Fall Symposium at Graduate School of Professional Therapeutic Technology at Seoul Women’s University, Seoul, Korea, October 30, 2013

• Kim, S. (2013). "CBT for Adult ADHD and its Approaches in Art Therapy." The Korean Association of Psychotherapy Conference, Seoul, Korea, October 18, 2013

• Kim, S. (2013). "A New Paradigm in Art Therapy: Neuroscientific Research." The 2nd International Symposium: Developments and Directions in Creative Arts Therapy Research, Jeonju University, Korea, October 5, 2013

• Kim, S. (2012). "Addiction and Art Psychotherapy." The Korean Association of Psychotherapy Conference, Seoul, Korea, May 4, 2012

• Kim, S. (2012). "A Quantitative Study: Art Therapy and Healthy Aging." The 1st International Symposium: Creative Arts and Psychotherapy, Jeonju University, Korea, April 11, 2012

• Kim, S. (2011). "Healthy Aging and Art Therapy." The 42nd American Art Therapy Association Conference, Washington DC, USA, July 6-10, 2011

• Kim, S. (2010). "Art Psychotherapy & Neuroscience: Art Therapy Clinician Training with a Neuroscientific Point of View." Seoul Women’s University, Seoul, Korea, October 27-28, 2010

• Kim, S. (2010). "Anger and Art Therapy." The Korean Association of Psychotherapy Conference, Seoul, Korea, April 16, 2010

• Kim, S. (2010). "Healthy Aging and Art Therapy." Public Presentation at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, USA, February 1, 2010

• Kim, S. (2008). "Art Therapy Development in Korea: The Current Climate." The 39th American Art Therapy Association Conference, Cleveland, OH, USA, November 19-23, 2008

• Kim, S. (2007). "Creative Art Therapy for Healthy Aging." Body, Mind, and Spirit: Innovations in Research, Practice, and Pedagogy, Presentation at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, USA, March 30, 2007

• Kim, S. (2005). "Creative Imagination and Guided Imagery in Art Therapy." The Semi-Annual Workshop Presentation at NJ Life Care Center, Fort Lee, NJ, USA, June 13-15, 2005

• Kim, S. (2004). "Rediscovery of Art Therapy: Scientific Basis for Art Therapy & Professional Development for Art Therapists." The 6th Annual International Workshop Presentation at Seoul Women’s University, August 9-11, 2004, Seoul, Korea

• O'Connor, K. J., & Kim, S. (2003). "Ecosystem Play Therapy." The 1st Annual International Psychotherapy Workshop Translation at Seoul Women’s University, Seoul, Korea, January 20-24, 2003

• Kim, S. (2002). "Therapeutic Power of Art and Art Therapy." The 1st Art Therapy Workshop at Graduate School of Education & Psychology, Seoul Women’s University, July 11, 2002

• Kaplan, F. F., & Kim, S. (2002). "Scientific Art Therapy: A New Way of Understanding Art Therapy." The 3rd Annual International Workshop Presentation at Seoul Women’s University, July 1-5, 2002

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Publications and Papers

• Hass-Cohen, N., Kim, S. K., & Mangassarian, S. (2015). "Art Mediated Intra-interpersonal Touch and Space: Korean Art Therapy Graduate Students’ Cultural Perspectives on Sharing Attachment-Based Cloth Albums." The Arts in Psychotherapy, 46(1), 1–8

• Kim, S. K. (2013). "A Randomized, Controlled Study of the Effects of Art Therapy on Older Korean-Americans’ Healthy Aging." The Arts in Psychotherapy, 40(1), 158–164

• Kim, S. (2010). "Anger and Art Therapy." The Journal of Korean Association of Psychotherapy, 2(2), 97-104

• Kim, S. K. (2010). "Healthy Aging and Art Therapy." Unpublished Doctorate Dissertation, Lesley University

• Kim, S. (2010). "A Story of a Healing Relationship: The Person-Centered Approach in Expressive Arts Therapy." The Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 5, 93-98

• Kim, S. (2009). "Art Therapy Development in Korea: The Current Climate." The Arts in Psychotherapy, 36(1), 1-4

• Kim, S. (1998). "A Journey of Finding the Self: The Development of the Sense of Self in Art Therapy." Unpublished Master’s Thesis, New York University

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Affiliations

• Professional Credentialed Member, Art Therapy Credential Board (ATCB)

• Full Member, American Art Therapy Association (AATA)

• Full Member, New York Art Therapy Association (NYATA)

• Full Member, American Psychology Association (APA), Div. 10

• Chair of the Academic Committee, Korean Art Therapy Association

• Chair of the Qualifications and Training Committee, The Korean Association of Psychotherapy

• President, Art Therapy Division, International Society of Arts Psychotherapy (ISAP)

• Full Member, Korean Association of Qualitative Inquiry

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Media Appearances

• October 2018: EBS Military Broadcasting “Job Show” – Art Psychotherapist Segment

• May 2016: “30 Cultural Jobs” – Art Psychotherapist Segment

• August 2015: EBS “Emotional Poverty” – Children Struggling During Vacations

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Articles

• June 2021: “Introducing the Expressive Arts Therapy Major” with Professor Sunhee Kim

• March 2021: “Coloring Both the Map and the Heart Bright”

• October 2017: “What is Expressive Arts Therapy?”

• September 2017: "Between Parenting and Discipline, Parents Need Help Too"

• August 2017: "How Maumtoktok Helps Adolescents with Psychological Issues"

• June 2017: "Providing Receptive Relationship Experiences for Stable Social Development in Children"

• April 2017: “Move Your Body and Express Yourself Actively”

• November 2016: Good Neighbors Conference on Promoting Mental Health in Children and Adolescents

• May 2016: Seoul Women's University’s “Health 100-Year Project Lecture”