Art Therapy
Jasmina Pacek
Prof. Dr. Art. Jasmina Pacek, Univ. Spec. Art.Therap. is a Croatian-American artist and art therapist currently living in Croatia. She is a licensed art therapist, having completed the University Specialist Program in Creative Therapies, Art Therapy specialization, conducted by the Academy of Arts and Culture and the Faculty of Medicine in Osijek in collaboration with George Washington University (USA).
As Vice Dean for Study Program Development at the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek, she was the principal author of the first academic program in arts therapies in Croatia—the Postgraduate Specialist Program in Arts Therapies, with specializations in art therapy, music therapy, drama therapy, and dance movement therapy. She currently serves as coordinator of the art therapy specialization program. She is one of the founders of HART (Croatian Association for Art Therapy) and currently serves as Vice President of HART.
Her therapeutic work with clients includes: war veterans suffering from PTSD and their family members; civilian war victims and other trauma survivors; adolescents with behavioral disorders; adolescents and adults with eating disorders; children with developmental difficulties; family therapy, as well as applying the specific benefits of art therapy in personal therapy and supervision of therapists and other helping professionals.
Dr. Pacek also researches the application of art therapy in the academic education of applied artists.
