MERILYN FIELD
Director of the Art Therapy Program
merilyn.field@converse.edu
Milliken Art Building, Room 06
Phone: (864)-596-9314
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| Merilyn Field received her B.A. degree at Converse
College with a major in Psychology and Art Therapy. She also
attained her M.A. degree in Art Therapy from Norwich University,
Montpelier, VT. |
| Merilyn Field is a registered art therapist whose
enthusiasm for the many facets of art therapy is evident in her
work with students and community groups. Her graduate study
focused on the use of art therapy in psychiatric populations; she
practiced art therapy in Behavioral Health Service facilities
before coming to Converse. |
| Professor Field’s wide range of contacts with
health care professionals allow her students the opportunity to
work with such diverse populations as emotionally handicapped
students, developmentally delayed students, children and
adolescents at risk, Alzheimer patients, cancer survivor groups,
and the chronically mentally ill. |
| She is a member of the American Art Therapy
Association, the National Coalition of Art Therapy Educators, and
the President of the South Carolina Art Therapy Association.
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