Education:

• BA, Psychology and English Literature, Cornell University

• MFA, Theater, acting concentration, Sarah Lawrence College

• MA, Child Clinical Psychology, University of Denver

• Completed Alternative Training Track of North American Drama Therapy Association

 

Certifications:

• P-RDT (Provisional- Registered Drama Therapist)

• Board Certified Life Coach

 

Experience:

• Drama Therapist at Ben Samuels Children's Center

• Instructor, Montclair State University Department of Theatre and Dance.

• Drama Therapist at Celebrate the Children, a school in Denville, NJ

• Assisted professor of Drama Therapy, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ

• Drama Therapy intern at Bergen County Division of Family Guidance, CATS program and Youth Resource Center.

• Drama Therapy intern for RISE and REFLECTIONS teen improvisation theater programs

• Founder and Facilitator of Sibshop Montclair

• Improvisational drama teacher at Montclair Cooperative School

• Coordinator and facilitator for Luna Fantasy Factory theater camp

 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Recent Publication:  "Introducing Drama Therapy During a Pandemic: Clinical Commentary" in Drama Therapy Review, 7(2): 299-308.

• Writer, producer, and actor in award winning web series, Cells of Quarantine  (2021).

• Founding member and facilitator of Circle of Sparks Playback Ensemble, Montclair, NJ

• Recent publication: “A Personal Reflection: Psychodrama Training as a Method of Deepening the Actor's Craft” in The Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy 66 (1): 147–149

• Workshop presentation, Theater Approaches for the Classroom: Building Empathy and Attunement, for Alliance of Private Special Education Schools in North Jersey (ASAH) in-service

• Monologue from my therapeutic theater play “Shadow of my Son” published in The Best Women’s Stage Monologues of 2008

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Learn more about Nadine and drama therapy on her website PersonalPlays.com