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Mihaela Bernard

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Education: MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, DePaul University. Concurrent Positions: Child, Adolescent and Family therapist at Inside Family Counseling; Analyst-in-Formation and Member of the Freudian School of Quebec; Adjunct Faculty at DePaul University’s Counseling Program. Awards: George Mohur Award for the paper “A Case of Childhood Psychosis: The Emergence of the Subject." Presented Papers: “Adolescent Psychosis: Being a Puppet in One’s Own Body,” “Hannah: The Clinic of the Symptom,” “A Case of Questioning Identity." Exhibits: Aesthetics and Psychoanalysis Art Exhibit at Elmhurst Art Museum, 2021. 

Interested in questions related to the intersection between aesthetics, psychoanalysis, culture, sexuality, trauma and art.

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This course focuses on the expression of family dynamics through art in contemporary society. The definition of 'family' is explored from traditional, multicultural, single parent, and alternative parenting perspectives. A variety of theoretical approaches including narrative, feminist, strategic, structural, etc. will be presented. Experiential and video components complement theoretical learning.

Class Number

2148

Credits

3