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Title
Art Therapist
Email
susanne.bifano@mountsinai.org
Phone
212.241.6797
Fax
212.427.3049
Bio
Susanne Bifano MPS, MS.Ed, ATR-BC, LCAT is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist and Professional Artist at The Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital. Susanne has been working in the field of art therapy for nine years and recently joined the Child life and Creative Arts Therapy team in September 2010. She brings with her four years of experience providing art therapy to students classified with Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities in the Miami Dade County Public Schools Clinical Art Therapy Department. She has extensive experience working with at risk youth and families in the Department of Juvenile Justice and Transitional Living Spaces. Her previous work in the South Bronx focused on family art therapy and community development at UNITAS Therapeutic community where she continues to incorporate systems theory and community approaches in her current position.
As the Art Therapist at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital, Susanne provides bedside and group art therapy practices to inpatient units and in the Zone. Susanne is an adjunct faculty instructor at the College of New Rochelle in the Art Therapy masters program. She currently exhibits work in New York and Miami.
Credentials
MS.Ed: Early Childhood Special Education, University of Miami, Miami, FL
MPS: Art Therapy and Creativity Development, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
BFA: Fine Arts Painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Certification:
New York State Licensed Creative Arts Therapist since 2006
Board Certified Art Therapist since 2005
Professional Organization Memberships
• Society for the Arts in Healthcare
• Art Therapy Alliance
• Medical Art Therapy
Special Interests
Culturally Responsive Practices
Publications
Selected for E-Book publication of illustrated concepts in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy (to be published fall 2012).
Presentations
2010 Urban Poverty in the United States and the Art Therapist’s Culturally Responsive Duties co-presenter at Expressive Therapies Summit, New York, NY
2010 Urban Poverty in the United States and the Art Therapist’s Culturally Responsive Duties co-presenter at Florida Art Therapy Association annual conference Orlando, FL
2010 The Gap in Service Beyond Incarceration: Accessing Community Resources for Pregnant Teens After Discharge from Juvenile Detention Advocacy Project presentation at University of Miami
2010 Aspects of Art Therapy for undergraduate students at the University of Miami Anthropology course Complementary and Alternative Medicine in conjunction with the UM School of Nursing, Miami, FL
2009 Arts for Learning The ARTS & English Language Learners workshop for early childhood educators, Miami, FL
2009 Arts for Learning Early GET smART Visual Arts and Literacy workshop for early childhood educators, Miami, FL
2006 Parent and child pop-up book workshop for students with autism and their families at P37r, Staten Island, NY
2005 Using art with at risk children, adolescents and families for case managers and social workers atPathways for Youth, Bronx, NY
2005 Looking at Children’s Art Work for teachers at PS 396, Bronx, NY
2004 The Use of Art in the Severely Emotionally Disturbed classroom settings for teachers at PS 396 @304k, Brooklyn, NY
2002 – The Use of Art with At-Risk Families for mental health workers at CAMBA’s Family Center, Brooklyn, NY
2000 - Guest Juror at Bayonne Area’s Art Expo Talent Showcase held at the Mill Creek Mall in New Jersey, Juror for painting category for scholarship award with over twenty area competing high schools
1997-2000 – Juror by Selection on Pratt Institute’s Pre-College Scholarship Jury
1997 - Guest Presenter at Jackson Memorial High School’s National Art Honor Society Induction Ceremony with interview on public cable channel; presenting portfolio development, and visual art careers to students, parents, teachers and school personnel |
