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Kim Anderson, MSW, LCSW, ATR-BC Clinical Consultant
Current Professional Summary
Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Board Certified Art Therapist Clinician, Educator, Writer and Consultant, based in Saint Louis, Missouri since 1978. Independent practice of the psychotherapeutic arts and comprehensive consultation for human services programs and helping professionals. Areas of expertise include wholistic mental health, responsible practice, self-care for the care giver, creative enrichment, cultural diversity and multicultural issues.
Educating for Change, St. Louis, Missouri, Saint Louis, Missouri Assistant to Dr. Bonnie M. Davis and media manager for nationally recognized educational consultant. Position includes travel and booking arrangements, media coordination, quarterly e-newsletter publication and website design and publishing.
Consultant and Freelance Writer/Editor, Saint Louis, Missouri (since 1998) Specializing in media services to socially conscious entrepreneurs, small businesses, and human service organizations. Published mainstream and professional writer and poet. Editor of professional books, journals, and doctoral thesis.
Additional Professional Experience
Social Work, A Journal of the National Association of Social Workers (2000 – 2003) Contributing Editor. Often asked to review articles submitted for publication which contained content relating to women’s issues and multiculturalism in social work research and practice.
St. Louis Institute of Art Psychotherapy, Saint Louis, Missouri (1995-2001) Instructor. Courses included Theory and Practice of Psychotherapy, Psychopathology, Research Methods in Art Psychotherapy and Group Principles and Practice.
Field Instructor / Licensure Supervisor (1990-2001) Supervision of students and graduates from all major universities in eastern and mid-Missouri regions.
Women's Counseling Collective, Saint Louis, Missouri (1987-2000) Co-founder and clinical coordinator of group private practice, supervision and training program specializing in psychotherapy issues pertaining, but not limited, to physical, emotional, and sexual violence.
Previous Employment
Residential Psychiatric Services, Saint Louis, Missouri (2006-2008) Contract therapist for adults residing in residential care environments.
Family Resource Center, Saint Louis, Missouri (2002-2005) and (1985-1987) Part-time Family Therapist and Art Therapist providing expressive arts therapy to children and families. Previously held position of Senior Family Therapist.
Macoupin County Mental Health Center, Carlinville, Illinois (1985) Clinical Supervisor for a variety of programs including general services to individuals, couples, families, and counseling for children and youth with attention to households affected by chronic mental illness, developmental disabilities, alcohol and drug abuse, domestic violence, and sexual abuse. This position also involved program development and grant writing responsibilities.
Women's Self Help Center, Saint Louis, Missouri (1983-1985) Individual and group therapist with emphasis on issues of adult women surviving the traumas of domestic violence, rape, and child sexual abuse.
Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri (1981-1984) Administrative and research assistant for Eloise Rathbone McCuan, Ph.D. in the field of older women’s studies, and for the Child Welfare Institute, including projects focused upon abuse and neglect, foster care and adoption, and physical and mental health special needs.
Self-Employed, Southwestern Missouri (1978-1982) Free lance writer, photographer, and graphic artist in the Ozarks Mountain region of Southern Missouri. Projects included publication and film work, general media project coordination, and extensive darkroom management, processing, developing and printing skills.
Education
Post-Graduate Certificate, St. Louis Institute of Art Psychotherapy, Saint Louis, Missouri (2001)
Masters of Social Work (MSW), Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri (1984) Designed and implemented an independent curriculum combining a prior degree and career in mass media with an interest in promoting social issues and service organizations.
Bachelors of Science in Mass Media (1980) Double majors in writing and photography; minor in graphic arts.
Professional Memberships
ö American Art Therapy Association ö National Association of Social Workers
Additional Clinical Training and Continuing Education
Authentic Movement Group for Therapists, Caroline Heckman, Dance Therapist Engaging with Artwork, Cathy Moon, MA, ATR, BC Midwest Festival of Expressive Arts Therapies, Various Presenters Authentic Movement, Caroline Heckman, Dance Therapist Current Strategies in Trauma Treatment, Christine Courtois, Ph.D. Cash, Credit and Co-Dependency, Yvonne Kaye, Ph.D. Art is a Way of Knowing, Pat Allen Shadows on the Wall: Silhouettes of the Self, Ericha Scott, Ph.D. Multiple Personality Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment, Colin Ross, M.D. Relapse Prevention, Terry Gorski, Ph.D. Double Duty, Dual Identities, Claudia Black, Ph. D. Social Work Ethical Inquiries Committee Training, Wm. Butterfield Ethical Issues in Social Work, Frederick Reamer, DSW, JD. Child Abuse Treatment and Play Therapy, Eliana Gil, Ph.D. Advanced Training in Treatment of Abuse, various instructors, State of Illinois Clinical Interventions in Child Sexual Abuse, Suzanne Sgroi, M.D. Men Who Rape, Nicholas Groth, Ph.D. Borderline and Narcissistic Personality Disorders, James Masterson, M.D. Women who Kill in Self-Defense, Lenore Walker, Ph.D.
Alternative and Creative Arts Training
Elemental Earthways: Various Natural/Wholistic Healing Topics, Pat Tuholske St. Louis Writer’s Workshop, David Linzee Creative Non-Fiction, Ina Hughes Coyote Medicine, Louis Mehl-Medrona, MD Drum & Rattle Making for Wellness, Lench Archuletta Craft Alliance: Weaving, Hand built and Wheel Thrown Pottery, Various Instructors Death and Dying, Sandra Ingerman, MA The Way of the Shaman, Michael Harner, Ph.D.
Research and Writing Projects
Contributing Columnist, CHARACTERplus, Cooperating School Districts, St. Louis, Missouri 2009-2010.
Contributor to The Biracial and Multiracial Student: A Journey to Racial Literacy, Bonnie Davis, author and editor, June 2009.
Helping Without Bias: A New Paradigm for Culturally Competent School Counseling, work in progress.
Writing the Woman’s Way: A Creative Writing Workbook Honoring the Feminine Frame of Mind Work in progress with Bonnie Davis
“Vocational Rehabilitation” and “Marguerite Weaver’s Stew” Poems published September 2004, MARGIE: American Journal of Poetry
Full Circle: Countertransference Containment through Mandala-Making (A Case Study of Closure) Art Therapy Thesis, ©2002.
Original Groups, Workshops, and Courses (Multiple Presentations of each, 1985 -present)
Hot Flashes, Cool Stories: The Muse at Menopause (with Bonnie Davis)
Writing the Woman’s Way: A Creative Writing Workshop Honoring the Feminine Frame of Mind (with Bonnie Davis)
“Righting” Creatively: Trickster Tales and other April Fools
“Righting” Creatively: Creative Writing as an Expressive Arts Therapy (for professionals)
In Search of Spirit: Group for Women exploring Spiritual Growth and Development
Creative Consciousness: A Workshop series Exploring the Creative and Spiritual Life-Cycle
Treating Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Violation: A professional training and supervision group based upon the ten-week group model (with Debra Kuhn)
Loving Someone who has been Sexually Abused (with Debra Kuhn) -- A Workshop for Male Partners of Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Violation -- A Workshop for Female Partners of Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Violation
Professional Presentations And Trainings Conducted
Residential Psychiatric Services In-Service Training, St. Louis, MO, April, 2007 “Working with Developmentally Delayed Clients: Facing our Limitations, Expanding our Skills”
Midwest Festival of Expressive Arts Therapies, Lake Geneva, WI, June 2003 “Windows of Opportunity: Building a Multicultural Community through Art”
Social Work 2000: Strategies to Succeed in the New Market Economy NASW's Meeting of the Profession, Baltimore, Maryland, November, 2000 “Wholistic Practice: A Systemic Approach to Mind, Body, Psyche and Spirit in Clinical Work"
Prescott College, Tucson, Arizona, February 19, 2000 "Id, Identity, and Ideas of Reference: Evolution of a Practice Identity"
Turning Point, Warrenton, Missouri, May - June, 1997 "Rape and Sexual Assault Response Training"
Missouri Coalition Against Domestic Violence, St. Louis, Missouri, April 1997 "Secondary Survival: Self-Care for the Care Giver who works with Domestic Violence"
Jewish Family and Children's Services, St. Louis, Missouri, January 1997. "Secondary Survival: Self-Care for the Care Giver who works with Severe Trauma Recovery".
Jewish Family and Children's Services, St. Louis, Missouri, November 1996. "Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Interventions and Strategies of Psychotherapy"
Missouri Coalition Against Sexual Assault First Annual Conference (In conjunction with MOVA Annual Conference), Lake of the Ozarks, March, 1996. "Secondary Survival: Self-Care for the Care Giver who works with Severe Trauma Recovery".
Jewish Community Center Association, St. Louis, Missouri, 1995. "Self-Care for Care Givers".
Women's Self Help Center, St. Louis, Missouri, 1994. "Secondary Survival: Self-Care for the Care Giver who works with Severe Trauma Recovery"
National Association of Social Workers (Missouri Chapter) Annual Conference, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, April 1994. "Secondary Survival: Self-Care for the Care Giver who works with Severe Trauma Recovery"
Great Rivers Mental Health, St. Louis, Missouri, 1993. "Ritualistic Abuse: Overview and Implications for Treatment"
Family Resource Center, St. Louis, Missouri. "Ritualistic Abuse: Overview and Implications for Treatment" (1993) and "Characteristics of Families at Risk for Violence and Related Treatment Issues" (1987)
Division of Family Services, Jefferson County, Missouri, 1993. “Ritualistic Abuse: Overview and Case Consultation"
George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1992. "Multiple Personality 'Design' and the Dissociative Continuum"
Women's Counseling Collective, Clayton, Missouri, 1993, 1992, 1991. Case Consultation and Supervision for Professionals Working with Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse" (with Debra Kuhn)
St. Anthony's Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, 1990. "Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Group Therapy Model for In-Patient Settings" (with Debra Kuhn)
David P. Wohl Clinic, St. Louis University Hospitals, St. Louis, Missouri, 1989. "Identification and Treatment of the Adult Woman who has Survived Childhood Sexual Abuse” (with Debra Kuhn)
St. Martha's Shelter, St. Louis, Missouri. "Working with Battered Women who have Experienced Childhood Sexual Abuse"
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, July 1986 "Past Meets Present and Future: Establishing a Network Against Domestic Violence in a Rural Community" (with Carol Dodgson)
National Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Annual Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, July 1985. "Toward Mutual Respect: Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse and their Male Significant Others" (with Vanessa Brown, Mark Robinson and Jim Read)
Breaking the Silence of Sexual Assault, St. Louis, Missouri, April, 1985. “Networking: New Options for Adult Survivors”
Women and Justice Conference, Jefferson City, Missouri, September 1984. "Female Juvenile Offenders: Implications of Sexual Abuse" (with Carol Dodgson)
Community Presentations And Volunteer Trainings
Rhythm and Blues and Reds and Greens (with Bradley Drury), The Wellness Community, September 2003.
Art and Music: Expressive Therapies for Wellness (with Bradley Drury), Cancer Wellness Fair, A.G. Edwards, June 2003.
“Righting” Creatively: The Art of Giving Thanks in Trying Times, The Wellness Community, November 2001.
“Righting” Creatively: Trickster Tales and Other April Fools, The Wellness Community, March 2001.
Gangs, Cults, and Mind Control: Methods of Psychic Manipulation "Counseling Children and Adolescents", University of Missouri, St. Louis, November, 1996.
Populations to Consider: Diversity Issues in Rape and Sexual Assault. St. Louis County YWCA Sexual Assault Response Team, 1990 - 1996.
Adult Survivors of Sexual Assault: Acute and Delayed On-Set Delineations of Post-traumatic Stress "Women and Empowerment", University of Missouri, St. Louis, October, 1996.
Rape and Sexual Assault Response Training. St. Charles County Victim Services, 1995-1996.
Trauma History and Eating Disorders, Abtec Unit, Edgewood Program, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, February 1996.
Domestic Violence: Today's Headlines, Tomorrow's Healing "A Woman's Look to the Future" Fair, St. Charles County Community College, October 1994.
Populations to Consider: Diversity Issues in Rape and Sexual Assault SARAH Campus Sexual Assault Response Team, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1994.
Sexual Harassment: An Issue of Power, Pride and Prejudice (with Debra Kuhn), Hyland Center, St. Anthony's Medical Center, June 1994.
Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Violation: Specific Populations Groups, St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, June 1989.
Women and Mental Health Series: Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Violation (with Debra Kuhn and Ellen Tetlow), St. Anthony's Medical Center, May 1988.
Counseling Techniques, Women's Self Help Center Volunteer Training, 1987.
Conflict Resolution and Stress Management: Dynamics of Sexual Aggression, Blackburn College, Carlinville, Illinois, February 1986.
Special Needs of the Sexually Abused Child, A.P.L.A.C.E., Foster and Pre-Adoptive Parent Training.
Domestic Violence Shelter Volunteer Training (with Carol Dodgson), Taney County S.H.A.R.E. Program, Hollister, MO.
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