FOUNDERS Judy Rubin and Ellie Irwin have long been recognized as pioneers in the fields of art and drama therapy. Dr. Rubin initiated an art therapy program at Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic (WPIC) in 1964; at about the same time, Dr. Irwin began a drama therapy program at Pittsburgh Child Guidance Center (PCGC). They have worked together since 1969. more...
		JUDY RUBIN Judith A. Rubin majored in Art at Wellesley College (1957), earned a masters' degree in Education at Harvard (1959), a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in Counseling (1976), and completed training in Adult (1980) and Child (1983) Analysis at the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Institute. more... View Judy Rubin's CV
		ELLIE IRWIN Eleanor C. Irwin received her Ph.D. in Speech from the University of Pittsburgh in 1963. She received group therapy training from the Group Therapy Training Program in the Workshop in Living Learning, graduating in 1973; and from the New York Institute in Psychodrama in 1978. She completed training in Adult (1991) and Child Psychoanalysis (1992) at the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Institute. more... View Eleanor Irwin's CV
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
		DEBBY SLAVITT Deborah Jane Slavitt, now Executive Director of Expressive Media, Inc., grew up in NJ with a lively interest in writing and the arts, and took an A.B. in psychology and art at Smith College. more... View Debby Slavitt's CV