Kelley Linhardt, MA LCAT ATR-BC CCTP is an art therapist, family therapist, and trauma specialist in private practice in Dublin, Ireland and is a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Kelley's background in trauma-informed embodied therapy developed through education and training including completion of the International Trauma Studies Program and the Ways of Seeing International Training program in dyadic dance/movement therapy and is EMDR-trained and a Level II reiki Practitioner. Kelley also honed her skills through practice, learning about embodied multimodal work as the Sensory Modulation Trainer at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY and as a clinician at Dancing Dialogue, a private practice focused on dance/movement and embodied play therapy. She has experience working with clients across the lifespan, is a painter, and a mother.
Kelley has presented her work internationally and is a co-editor of The Embodied Art Therapist.
Preface
Mia de Béthune, Kelley Linhardt, and Valeria Koutmina
Introduction
Mia de Béthune, Kelley Linhardt, and Valeria Koutmina
2: Trauma, attachment, and the body: Implications for art therapy
Kelley Linhardt
7: Sensorimotor therapy and sensory modulation applications within art therapy
Kelley Linhardt, Valerie Bostory, and Mia de Béthune
10: Social dichotomies, the body, and the transgressive power of creativity in an acute psychiatric setting
Kelley Linhardt
17: At home in one's body: Embodied art therapy spaces
Kelley Linhardt
Friday, June 12, 2026
Embodied Art Therapist virtual book launch hosted by the New York Association of Art Therapy (NYATA). Open to the public.
Friday, July 10, 2026
Embodied Art Therapist virtual book launch hosted by Lesley Univeristy. Open to the Lesley University community.
Friday, October 2, 2026
Embodiment in Theory and Practice: A New Paradigm in Art Therapy hosted by the School of Visual Arts (SVA) as part of its virtual Community Lecture Series. Open to the public.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
The Embodied Art Therapist: Theory and Practice for a New Paradigm: American Art Therapy Association (AATA) conference panel presentation in-person in Charlotte, NC, USA. Open to AATA conference attendees.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Exploring Embodied Methods for Online and Virtual Reality Art Therapy : American Art Therapy Association (AATA) conference panel presentation in-person in Charlotte, NC, USA. Open to AATA conference attendees.
Saturday, October 24, 2026
The Embodied Art Therapist book launch and conference at New York University (NYU) in-person in New York, NY, USA. Open to the public.
Kelley is available for clinical supervision, consultations, trainings, and workshops. You can contact her at kelley@theembodiedarttherapist.com.