Art Therapy > Faculty
Susanna Ruebsaat, PhD
Instructor
Registered art therapist and clinical counselor, clinical supervisor and instructor, doctoral mentor at City University and author of Mourning the Dream/Amor Fati. An illustrated Mythopoetic Inquiry (2018).
I have been in practice for over 25 years with a background in Jungian theory and practice. I am also interested in further exploring Existential Psychoanalysis in its endeavour to engage rather than fear the unknown, understanding the unknown as the necessary condition for creativity. As we enter the open the space of the paper or canvas before us we imagine it to symbolize this unknown and we are invited to take a leap of faith.
Exploring life narratives (personal myths), and the process of transformation and individuation:
The journey of individuation often presents us with the meeting of the destructive/creative paradox, and the possibility of a larger awareness that touches the deepest part of our being.
The authentic self and the false self seem to speak in different languages. They have different voices and speak of different things. What are they speaking about? What do they each tell us of ourselves? Art therapy can be a place of inquiry into these voices and the inner figures they are connected to in relation to the self, the ego and the shadow archetypes.
Credentials: BFA, DVATI, MA, T.Ed PhD
Registries and Associations: BCATR, RCC-ACS
