David Gussak, Ph.D., ATR-BC., is professor and the Chairperson for The Florida State University Department of Art Education, and is the Clinical Coordinator for its Graduate Art Therapy Program. Dave has presented extensively internationally, nationally and regionally on: forensic art therapy,...
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David Gussak, Ph.D., ATR-BC., is professor and the Chairperson for The Florida State University Department of Art Education, and is the Clinical Coordinator for its Graduate Art Therapy Program. Dave has presented extensively internationally, nationally and regionally on: forensic art therapy, art therapy in forensic settings, working with aggressive and violent clients, working with clients who have substance abuse issues, the work of the art therapist, and supervision for art therapists. He has published extensively on various topics, but most significantly on art therapy within the forensic milieu. He also has a new blog with Psychology Today, entitled Art ion Trial: Confessions of a Serial Art Therapist (http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/art-trial)His first solo-authored book, Art on Trial: Art Therapy in Capital Murder Cases (2013), published by Columbia University Press, is now available. He is currently co-editing the Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Art Therapy with Dr. Marcia Rosal. It is anticipated that this 85(+)-chapter volume will be available by late 2015. He is also e co-editor and contributing author for the book Drawing Time: Art Therapy in Prisons and Other Correctional Settings (1997) with Dr. Evelyn Virshup and Art Education for Social Justice (2010) with Dr. Tom Anderson, Kara Hallmark and Alison Paul.He is currently on the editorial board for the AATA Journal and the chairperson of the Nominating Committee. He is also guest editor for several other journals, including The International Journal of Offender Treatment and Criminology. After all this time, he still loves what he does, and still can't believe that he gets to get paid to do it.
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