Maria Hodermarska, BFA (1983); MA (1989, New York)
Maria Hodermarska is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT), a Registered Drama Therapist (RDT) and a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC). Her work spans both the creative and applied psychological uses of the theater arts most often within community-based mental health programs and alcohol/substance abuse treatment programs serving un-served or under-served populations.
Ms. Hodermarska has been an adjunct assistant clinical professor in the Graduate Program in Drama Therapy at NYU since 1995. She is a faculty member of the Institute for Drama Therapy in New York City. She is the former Education Chairperson for the Board of Directors of the National Association for Drama Therapy.
Publications include: Perfume: A Meditation on the Countertransferential Drama with Babies Who Smell Bad in The Arts in Psychotherapy, Volume 36, Issue 1, February 2008, pp.39-46; Operatic Play a Drama and Music Therapy Collaboration in Healing the Inner City Child, Creative Arts Therapies with At-Risk Youth, V. Camilleri Ed., published in 2007 by Jessica Kingsley Press.
Ms. Hodermarska has presented and consulted nationally to various organizations including: the American Association of Mental Retardation (AAMR), Duke University School of Medicine, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, Cuyahoga County Developmental Services Office, and the Maryland Chapter of AAMR. She has presented at Grand Rounds for many major area hospitals, and lectured at NYU School of Social Work and Union Theological Seminary.
Maria Hodermarska is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT), a Registered Drama Therapist (RDT) and a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC). Her work spans both the creative and applied psychological uses of the theater arts most often within community-based mental health programs and alcohol/substance abuse treatment programs serving un-served or under-served populations.
Ms. Hodermarska has been an adjunct assistant clinical professor in the Graduate Program in Drama Therapy at NYU since 1995. She is a faculty member of the Institute for Drama Therapy in New York City. She is the former Education Chairperson for the Board of Directors of the National Association for Drama Therapy.
Publications include: Perfume: A Meditation on the Countertransferential Drama with Babies Who Smell Bad in The Arts in Psychotherapy, Volume 36, Issue 1, February 2008, pp.39-46; Operatic Play a Drama and Music Therapy Collaboration in Healing the Inner City Child, Creative Arts Therapies with At-Risk Youth, V. Camilleri Ed., published in 2007 by Jessica Kingsley Press.
Ms. Hodermarska has presented and consulted nationally to various organizations including: the American Association of Mental Retardation (AAMR), Duke University School of Medicine, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, Cuyahoga County Developmental Services Office, and the Maryland Chapter of AAMR. She has presented at Grand Rounds for many major area hospitals, and lectured at NYU School of Social Work and Union Theological Seminary.