Dr. Sibel Golden is a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist with the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association.
Sibel is a seasoned clinician and an experienced educator. She taught at City University in Seattle in their Masters in Counseling Program for one year before moving to Bastyr University, where she taught for 6 years in the Health Psychology Department. Sibel designed and taught courses such as Art as Spiritual Practice and the Psychology of Nourishment. She has presented numerous workshops on eating disorders, body image, and various aspects of creative arts therapy in the Puget Sound Area and New York.
In 2010, Sibel was the recipient of the Rollo May Scholarship at Saybrook University. She was a regular contributor to the academic blog ‘The New Existentialists’ for 2 years, before starting her own blog at sibelgoldenphd.com. Sibel’s dissertation was a qualitative study entitled, ‘Portraits of Courage in the Creative Process of Visual Artists’.
“My background in and love of the arts, as well as my fascination with the creative process, guide my work. I believe that art and the creative process provide expansive ways to look at life, sustain motivation, and unearth new sources of inspiration”.
B.A. in Studio Art from Bard College, Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology and Expressive Arts Therapy from Goddard College, Doctoral Degree in Psychology from Saybrook University.
Jennifer Anderson is Marriage & Family Therapist and sex therapist working at a group practice in Seattle providing telehealth to clients in Washington, Colorado, and Florida. She has completed Advanced Sexology training through the Northwest Institute on Intimacy and completed the SAR in 2020.
She supports NWCEAI as the part-time Executive Administrator assisting with overall operation & administration duties. Jennifer has a deep love & respect for the creative arts and its powerful intersection with healing.
Her ‘first career’ included working in a variety of administrator roles in higher education including program coordinator for WA State K-12 certification & endorsement programs, department budget coordinator, and senior coordinator of operations. She currently resides in northern Colorado.
