Heidi Bardot

Heidi Bardot received her Master of Arts in Art Therapy from the George Washington University. She is an active member of the American Art Therapy Association and has held chair and member positions in numerous AATA committees. In her role as director of the Art Therapy Program, she has received the Graduate Advisor Award and was chosen as the GW Commencement Speaker in 2012. She has brought an international focus to the GW Program since 2007 through her creation of the Summer Abroad diversity courses and service learning programs in France, India and South Africa.  Shehas collaborated with universities in Croatia and the UAE to create the first art therapy programs in their countries.

Bardot's previous clinical work was as a full-time and then consultant to Capital Hospice in Virginia supporting children, adolescents and adults deal with grief and loss issues through art therapy home visits, groups, workshops and camps. Bardot currently works with relief organizations in Beirut, Lebanon, training volunteers on recognizing and working with trauma using art and focusing on self-care. In Lebanon, she has also worked in the refugee camps with children and women and in the prisons with the mentally ill. Bardot has published, presented, and conducted workshops nationally and internationally on issues of war, secondary trauma, self-care, resiliency, grief, international education and promoting peace and hope. She has worked collaboratively with art therapists in Lebanon, Greece, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, India and France and organizes women’s retreats to France with her business, A Time to Explore.