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Rachel Brandoff, PhD, ATR-BC, ATCS, LCAT, LPAT

Associate Professor
Coordinator, Art Therapy Concentration

Contact Information

Rachel Brandoff, ATR-BC, ATCS, BCPC, LCAT

4201 Henry Avenue
East Falls Campus
Philadelphia, PA 19144

Email Rachel Brandoff

215-951-2943
215-951-2907 fax

Associate Professor
Coordinator, Art Therapy Concentration

Biography

Dr. Brandoff is a board-certified, registered, New York State-licensed art therapist and supervisor. She has a doctorate in Expressive therapies and a masters in Mental Health Counseling and Art Therapy from Lesley University and has experience working in a variety of settings with many different populations experiencing trauma and major life changes.  In addition to her clinical work, she has taught psychology and art therapy in several undergraduate and graduate programs since 2004. She was a founder of the Expressive Therapies Summit, an annual professional conference launched in NYC in 2010, and served for a decade as the Ethics Chair on the board of the New York Art Therapy Association (NYATA). She has maintained a private clinical practice for 12 years and provides supervision and consultation to art therapists at all stages of career.

Publications

Selected Publications

Recent

Peer-Reviewed

  • Brandoff, R. (2022). Racial Bias in Paint and Art Materials. Art Therapy, 39(1), 50-53. 
  • Brandoff, R. (2021). Complicated Grief and Art Therapy. In V. Huet & L. Kapitan (Eds.), International Advances in Art Therapy Research and Practice: The Emerging Picture. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  • Brandoff, R. & Lombardi, R. (2016). Technology-Facilitated Art Therapy Supervision. In R.L. Garner (Ed.), Digital Art Therapy: Materials, Methods and Applications. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  • Brandoff, R. & Lombardi, R. (2012). Miles Apart: Two Art Therapists’ Experience of Distance Supervision. Art Therapy, 29(2), 93-96. 

Non-Peer-Reviewed

  • Brandoff, R. (2022, October 11). A voice for the incarcerated. Creative Connections. 
  • Brandoff, R. (2020). PAATA and Telehealth in the age of COVID-19. Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association Newsletter. 
  • Brandoff, R. & Kepic, M. (2020). Counseling Women with Body Image Concerns. In S. Degges-White, M., Kepic, K., Hermann-Turner, & W. Killam (Eds.), Counseling the Contemporary Woman: Interventions and Strategies across the Lifespan. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Brandoff, R. (2019). The Art of Grief. In C. Heilbrunn (Ed.), What Happens When the Analyst Dies: Unexpected Terminations in Psychoanalysis. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Brandoff, R. & Thompson, A. (2019). Quick & Creative Art Projects for (Very) Limited Budgets. London, UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  • Brandoff, R. (2016). Creativity in Art Therapy. In N. Silton (Ed.), Exploring the Benefits of Creativity in Business, Media and the Arts. Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global.

Guest Editing

Peer-Reviewed

Research & Scholarship

Areas of Interest: Grief & bereavement, Tele-supervision & distance supervision in counseling and art therapy, Art in healthcare, arts in healing, Ethics in practice, Immersive art experiences as tools in healing and accessibility, Narrative therapy, storytelling, graphic medicine, and comics in therapy, Enhanced creativity for healing and functioning, Advocacy in education and clinical practice, Clinical approaches to working with survivors of traumatic abuse, Editorial review in my subject areas, Art therapy and Neurodiversity (including ASD), Clinical interventions with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and Relationship violence (including DV/IPV)

Grants

  • Thomas Jefferson University, Nexus Learning Grant - $6,000 funded
    Project Title: Health and the Art Experience- Course Development

Leadership & Advocacy

Local

  • Chair, Academic & Professional Standards (APS) Committee, CTC Program at Thomas Jefferson University, 1/2017- present.
  • Member, Faculty Advisory Council, Thomas Jefferson University Committee, 3/2021-present.
  • Member, University Art Committee, Thomas Jefferson University Committee, 2/2022-present
  • Member, Faculty Affairs Committee, College of Health Professions at Thomas Jefferson University, 7/2019- 6/2021; 7/2023- 6/2025.
  • Member, Ad-Hoc Faculty Affairs Committee, College of Health Professions at Thomas Jefferson University, 7/2021- 6/2022.

Regional

  • Member, Pennsylvania Counseling Association (PCA), 2017 – Present.
  • Member, Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association (PAATA), 2017 – Present.
  • Founder/Administrator, Philadelphia Area Coalition for Creative Arts Therapists (PACCAT), 2018 – Present.
  • Ethics Chair, New York Art Therapy Association (NYATA), 2009 – 2017.
  • Member, New York Art Therapy Association (NYATA), 2004 – Present.
  • Recording Secretary, New York Coalition of Creative Arts Therapists (NYCCAT), 2004 – 2007.
  • Member, New York Coalition of Creative Arts Therapists (NYCCAT), 2004 – Present.
  • Taskforce member, NYC Regional Arts in Healthcare (Chapter of SAH), 2011-2012
  • Member, Strategic Task Force on Trauma and Mental Health, US DHHS Region II, Office of Women’s Health, 2008-2012
  • Student Liaison, New England Art Therapy Association (NEATA), 2003-2004

National

  • Member, American Counseling Association (ACA), 2018 – Present.
  • Member, Association for Creativity in Counseling (ACC), 2018 – Present.
  • Member, American Art Therapy Association (AATA), 2002 – Present.
  • Scholarship Committee, American Art Therapy Association (AATA), 2021 – Present.
  • New Media Committee, American Art Therapy Association (AATA), 2012 – Present.
  • Conference Committee, American Art Therapy Association (AATA), 2008 – Present.
  • Member, Coalition for Art Therapy Educators (CATE), 2010- Present.
  • Job Analysis Committee, Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB), 2012 – 2013.
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