Carmelina Mosher, MA, LPC

Education

Licensed Professional Counselor (L.P.C.)   2012               

Albertus Magnus College                           New Haven, CT  Post-graduate: Career Counseling, Psychological Assessment           2011-12

Southern Connecticut State University    New Haven, CT Post-graduate: Human Growth & Dev., Cognitive Assessment        2011

  University of New Haven                         West Haven, CT   Post-graduate studies: Teacher training/Education                             1994-95

Paier Institute of Art                                    Hamden, CT       Post-graduate studies: Painting, Graphic design 1990-91      

Southern Connecticut State University    New Haven, CT  Post-graduate studies: Japanese I ,   II             1980-81      

 Lesley College Graduate School        Cambridge, MA

M.A. degree:  Expressive Arts Therapy, Holistic Health               1986

Albertus Magnus College                           New Haven, CT  B.A. degree: Art/Theatre/English, Art Therapy   1984    

 TRAINING

 Psychodrama (with Zerka Moreno)   1997                          

Jungian psychology   1993-96                                             

Music therapy 1986-96

Braddock Body Process (with Carolyn Braddock)   1994

Codependency/Substance Abuse/Addictions                    1990-93

Inner Child work (with John Bradshaw)  1990-93

Gestalt therapy  1986-88

Shamanism  1984-86

Experience

 Play with Grace, Hamden, CT Jan. 2010-present

Founder & Director:  Expressive Arts program for persons with disabilities utilizing mentors (parents, educators, arts and/or human service professionals).

Performance Arts (Taking Flight) direct and produce one theatrical production per year

Music (Songs of Life) direct and produce one music performance with original songs created and performed by participants, mentors and local musicians.

Chapel Haven, Inc., New Haven, CT

 Admissions                                     Jan. 2001-present 

Assessment Teacher: Provide full-scale functional assessment and evaluation of potential students for admission to residential/educational/vocational program.

Education department                                                                   July 2000-2014 

Expressive Drama & Chorus Instructor:  Produce and direct four theatrical productions and four Choral performances per year.

   Instructor:                                                                                        July 2000-2007

Music appreciation, expressive painting, poetry, drumming, women’s group, men’s group, expressive dance, anger management, stress management.

Hamden Public Schools, Hamden, CT        1990-present

Psychoeducational specialist:             Tutoring (2^nd-12^th grades) of all subjects with homebound students.

 Private practice, Greater New Haven, CT                                        1987-present

Psychotherapist/Expressive Arts Therapist: art therapy, poetry therapy, stress management, music therapy and dreamwork.   

 Hamden Youth Services, Hamden, CT                                           2007-2009

Expressive Drama Instructor:  Produce and direct one theatrical production per year.

The Children’s Center, Hamden, CT                                             1990-1995

Psychotherapist/Expressive Arts Therapist:  Initiated and facilitated Partial Hospital program and Arts program, utilizing art, poetry, drama, creative visualization and stress management; provided individual, group and family therapy in outpatient and inpatient clinic.

Jackie Robinson Middle School, New Haven, CT                                     1992-1993

Teacher: Taught drama (7th and 8th grades) through the Comprehensive Arts program, produced and directed two performances.

New Haven Public Schools, New Haven, CT                                 1991-1992

Teacher: Taught playwriting (all 5th grade classes) through the Comprehensive Arts program; facilitated playwriting contest.

Lake Grove School, Durham, CT                                                     1987-1990

Recreation Supervisor:  Supervised and planned recreation activities for over 100 clients.

Expressive Arts Therapist: Worked with individuals and groups utilizing art, poetry, drama, music, pottery and dance therapy.

Arts Director: Initiated Arts program, Directed Fife and Drums Corps, talent shows and various theatrical and musical performances.

Ben Haven, Inc, East Haven, CT                                                      1986-1987

Teacher:  Behavior Modification

Arts Director:  Initiated comprehensive arts program.

Expressive Arts Therapist:  Worked with selected individuals utilizing art, music, drama and calligraphy.

The Hollow Reed School, Jamaica Plain, MA                                 1985-1986

Expressive Arts Therapist:  Worked with children preschool through 4^th grade utilizing art, poetry, music, drama and storytelling.

Somerville Public Schools, Somerville, MA                                  1984-1985

Expressive Arts Therapist:  Worked with children K through 8^th grade utilizing expressive painting.

St Francis Home for Children, New Haven, CT                           1983-1984

Arts Therapist:  Worked with children utilizing art, storytelling and Automythography.

Creative Experience

Linguist: Fluent in French, Spanish, Italian and Japanese

 Musician: Guitarist & vocalist, writer of original music and lyrics

 Muralist: Schools, restaurants and private homes in Connecticut and Massachusetts

 Painter & Illustrator: Oil, Acrylic, & Watercolor

 Art shows: (local, national, & international)

 Graduate Thesis: “Automythography,” Lesley University Press, 1986.

 Designer/Creator/Writer Manuals/tools/books and board/card/sculpture games for therapeutic use; poetry, original illustrated faerie tales

BOOKS

 The Wondermentals of Life and Death, ©1986

Varuna’s Adventures, © 1996

 GAMES: Games are currently utilized in schools, hospitals, prisons, clinics and private practices internationally.

 Spectrum of Feelings Game ©1994, The Survivor’s Game of Life ©1994, The Carmelinian Game of Imagery ©1995, Cycle of Discernment ©1996, Psyche Minikins ©1996

Spectrum of Feelings Game ©1994

English and Spanish

The Survivor’s Game of Life ©1994

The Carmelinian Game of Imagery ©1995

Cycle of Discernment ©1996

Psyche Minikins ©1996

Film

“Portrait of Carmelina, Documentary of an Artist,” by Mark Dixon, 1984

“The Bird Sanctuary,” by Mark Dixon, 1985

“Play with Grace Players,” C.P.T.V., 2010

"Aha"- A Documentary about the Creative Process for People with Disabilities,” by Craig Norton; 2011, Carmelina Mosher and The Play with Grace Players are featured in this documentary.

Press/Media

New Haven Register, New Haven, CT, 4/07/97; Today’s Woman, Carmelina Mosher’s mind games; A Revealing Strategy-- Winning is not the object of Carmelina Mosher’s games, By Carolyn Wyman

Associated Press, Carmelina Mosher’s mind games, 4/07/97

Greenwich Time, 4/08/97; Therapist’s games challenge player’s mental health and feelings

Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL 4/97, Carmelina Mosher’s mind games

Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, 4/97, Carmelina Mosher’s mind games

Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA, 4/97, Carmelina Mosher’s mind games

Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, FL, 4/97, Carmelina Mosher’s mind games

Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 4/97, Carmelina Mosher’s mind games

The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, 4/97, Carmelina Mosher’s mind games

The Sound, Madison, CT 9/23/00; Painting from the Unconscious.

Record-Journal, Meriden, CT 8/12/01; The Awakening, Artist’s depiction of Goddesses.

Hamden Journal, Hamden, CT 4/24/02; Resident Combines Art and Therapy.

Connecticut Post, Bridgeport, CT 8/26/02; WomanWise, Therapist Shares her Art.

Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT 5/25/08; i-towns, Cover artist,”The Shamaness.”

New Haven Register, New Haven, CT 12/03/11; Expressive drama program gives voice to those with special needs (article); Expressive drama program gives voice to those with special needs (video), Published: Saturday, December 03, 2011 By Pamela McLoughlin.

NEW HAVEN — Imagine teenagers and young adults on the autism spectrum, with Down syndrome and other special needs, developing scenes, coming up with the dialogue, creating song lyrics and bringing it all to the stage as actors and singers.

It might seem like a stretch, but it’s happening right here in “Play with Grace,” and the organization’s Taking Flight expressive drama program.

Jarrod Law, one of the program’s founders, as well as a director and a participant, is a non-verbal artist and writer on the autism spectrum whose mission is to highlight the talents of those with disabilities.

Carmelina Mosher, founder of the group, is a psychotherapist and creative arts and drama therapist, and describes expressive drama as, “a ceremony of the self in a given moment, which is creatively expanded and expounded upon until internal truths are found.”

“Through improvising and interacting with other participants, stories are created and are manifested on stage.” Mosher said. “Each participant creates their own scene, and chooses co-actors, who each represent different aspects of the participant’s self. Together, as we explore and celebrate the enactment and expression of this aspect of the participant, therapeutic transformation occurs.”

Websites:

Carmelina Mosher, Expressive Arts Therapist

www.carmelina.biz

Carmelina Mosher is an Expressive Arts Psychotherapist, Educator and Visionary Artist with a private practice in New Haven, CT. A writer and illustrator of faerie tales, she also designs psychotherapy games and shows her paintings internationally.

Mosher is of Penobscot (Abenaki) heritage. Her art and writings explore a collective mythology that people of any age and culture can appreciate.

"We all feel differently from moment to moment. Our mind is constantly shifting.  Thoughts and feelings are processed through sensory images before words. Expression through the arts often reflects our inner thoughts and feelings. This expression becomes a metaphor for how we live our lives. Arts are a bridge to our soul, and the gate to our soul's evolution.  As a guide, I am privileged to witness the power of healing through the arts."

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