Fulltime Diploma Graduate

1994 – Coquitlam, BC

In 1994 I ventured out on my own as a new art therapist in an industry that had not quite found a level of awareness about our profession yet. Twelve years later my private practice is thriving and so is the profession of art therapy. It has been an amazing journey.  Art therapy has taken me in many directions as a student, teacher, lecturer, and writer.

Being an art therapist has profoundly changed my life. As I see the art therapy process unfold before my eyes every day I can only imagine that it will forever be a part of my professional and personal life.

Someone once said to me. “Everyday I wake up and love going to work” I had always hoped that I would be that person one day, and well, now I am.

- Michelle Oucharek-Deo (BFA, RCAT, BCATR)

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