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Helen B. Landgarten Art Therapy Clinic Located in the LMU Department of Marital and Family Therapy with specialization in Art Therapy, the Helen B. Landgarten Art Therapy Clinic collaborates with multiple organizations including the Los Angeles Unified School District, Loyola Marymount University Family of Schools, American Red Cross, Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center, New Directions for Veterans, and Save the Children. These partnerships include seven different programs that deliver more than 1,500 hours of direct service. Working without walls and reaching out into the community, MFT students, faculty and alumni provide sustained art therapy services throughout the year. The
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services help a variety of clientele, including young people in school settings, as well as adults and families in community centers, shelters and veterans’ homes. “We are not building a building, we are building a community of art therapists” is how Helen B. Landgarten, art therapist and department founder, described the clinic named in her honor at its inauguration. The clinic also serves the educational needs of the department’s graduate students by providing opportunities to participate in and observe art therapy services in non-clinical settings in the community.
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