Jayashree George
Art Therapy
With a background in fine arts and art history from India, as well as a background in art therapy and marriage and family therapy from the U.S., Dr. George's clinical work focuses on trauma work using somatic experiencing and attachment-based couple's therapy. She has worked with individuals, couples and families with a variety of issues including domestic violence, infidelity, post-traumatic stress and familial disharmony. Over the past decade, Dr. George's research interests have been centered in issues of diversity in clinical practice. Her most recent co-authored articles are, “Taking a pulse of the American Art Therapy Association’s values: A study of a nonprofit organization in conflict,” published in The Psychologist-Manager Journal and "An Updated Feminist View of Intimate Partner Violence," published in Family Process, a premier journal in the family therapy area. Within the latter article, Dr. George advocates for non-violence in intimate partnerships and engagement in couple's therapy within a feminist, anti-oppressive frame. She is currently working on a study of intimate partner violence in Odisha, India. Dr. George's current art practice explores the plight of elephants as they are blamed for their wildness and are oppressed in multiple ways. She is also a Bharatanatyam dancer, and uses this classical Indian dance form to create contemporary choreographies dealing with issues of cultural and environmental dissonance.
