Art Therapy Graduate Faculty
Megan A. Robb, MA, ATR-BC,LPC,NCC
Graduate Program Director
2002, The George Washington University
Professor Robb's current teaching focus is in research methodology, research projects, group art therapy and practicum courses. She earned a master's degree in art therapy from The George Washington University and is a board-certified art therapist, nationally certified counselor, and a licensed counselor in Missouri and the District of Columbia. During her career, Professor Robb has worked in a variety of settings, including psychiatric hospitals, special education placements and mental hospitals, including the National Institute of Health's Clinical Research Center. Her clinical practice and research interests include art-based supervision, shame and cultural competent practice, medical art therapy and group art therapy, which she has spoken about during national and international presentations. In 2017, she received the Excellence in Research Award from the Art Therapy Association, and in 2013, she received the Best Paper Award from Taylor & Francis.
Jayashree George, DA, ATR-BC, LMFT, SEP
2000, New York University
With a background in fine arts and art history from India, as well as a background in art therapy and marriage and family therapy from the U.S., Dr. George's clinical work focuses on trauma work using somatic experiencing and attachment-based couple's therapy. She has worked with individuals, couples and families with a variety of issues including domestic violence, infidelity, post-traumatic stress and familial disharmony. Over the past decade, Dr. George's research interests have been centered in issues of diversity in clinical practice. Most recently, she co-authored an article, "An Updated Feminist View of Intimate Partner Violence," which was published in Family Process, a premier journal in the family therapy area. Within the article, Dr. George advocates for non-violence in intimate partnerships and engagement in couple's therapy within a feminist, anti-oppressive frame. She is also interested in inquiring into ethical practices of art in therapy by art therapists and non-art therapists alike, and currently has a research project underway. Dr. George's current art practice explores the plight of elephants as they are blamed for their wildness and are oppressed in multiple ways. She is also a Bharatanatyam dancer, and uses this classical Indian dance form to create contemporary choreographics dealing with issues of cultural and environmental dissonance.
Shelly E.M. Goebl-Parker, MSW, ATR-BC
1991, Washington University in St. Louis
Professor Goebl-Parker earned a master's degree from Washington University's George Warren Brown School of Social Work and the Art Psychotherapy Institute of St. Louis, and was a Fellow of the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission's Community Arts Training Institute. She teaches art therapy counseling techniques, developmental theory and cross-cultural practice, and supervises students in field practice, advises student research projects and teaches a course in arts-based cultural development. Professor Goebl-Parker has worked in crisis shelters, group homes, residential and special education settings. Her research and creative activities involves the intersection of art therapy, social work and community arts collaborations.
