Jo Wallace, MA
Therapist/ Art Therapist
Education and Degrees
- MA, Notre Dame de Namur University (Art Therapy Psychology and Marriage and Family Therapy)
- Currently enrolled in PhD program, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology (Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology)
Licenses - Board Certifications
- California Board of Behavioral Sciences (Marriage and Family Therapists)
- Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC)
Professional Experience
Jo serves as a Board Certified Art Therapist for CHC treating children with oncological disorders, chronic and life threatening medical illnesses, autistic spectrum disorders, and anxiety or mood disorders.
She has seven years of experience working with children with severe behavioral and emotional problems and children on the autistic spectrum. Additionally, she has nine years of experience working with children faced with medical illnesses.
Professional Affiliations
- California Marriage and Family Therapy Association
- American Art Therapy Association
Languages
- English
Awards
- Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Fellowship Award
- Employee Excellence Award (Children’s Health Council)
- Delta Epsilon Sigma (Graduate Studies Honor Society)
Recent Presentations
- Presenter at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford Medical Rounds, “Art Therapy”, through Stanford University, February 2008.
- Poster Presentation at 2008 SIMD Annual Meeting, “Psychological Aspects of Patients with Niemann Pick Disease, Type B”, through Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, February 12, 2008.
- Presenter at Children’s Health Council, “Medical Art Therapy”, through the Children’s Health Council, December 1, 2007.
- Presenter at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford for Child Life Department “Art Therapy Techniques”, through the Children’s Health Council –October, May, 2005.
Recent Publications
- Arrington, D. (Ed.), Cherry, R., Wallace, J., Carolan, R., Etherington, A., & Duncan, A. (2007). Art, angst, and trauma: A right hemisphere intervention in developmental issues. Medical Art Therapy. Springfield, IL: Chelsey Thomas.
- Wilson-Crosbie, T., Packman, W., Wallace, J., & Hogan, L. (2007). Gaucher disease: An investigation of the personality profiles and psychological characteristics of adults with Gaucher disease. UCSF and Stanford University.
- Wallace, J., Yorgin, P.D., Carolan, R., Moore, H., Sanchez, J., Belson, A., Yorgin, L.C., Major, C., Granucci, L., Alexander, S., Arrington, D. (2004).The use of art therapy to detect depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in pediatric and young adult renal transplant recipients. Journal of Pediatric Transplantation, 8, 52-59.
- Roller-White, C., Wallace, J., Huffman, L. (2004). Identifying thinking impairment through children’s drawings. Journal of American Art Therapy Association, 21(4), 210-218.
