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Marissa DeVita is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Board Certified Art Therapist with 14 years of experience. She earned her Masters in Counseling Psychology with a specialization in Art Therapy from Caldwell College. Marissa has provided art therapy through Settlement’s Kardon Center for the Arts Therapies (and formerly Kardon Institute) for the past 13 years. At the Widener Memorial School, she facilitates school-wide community based art projects including murals and art installations and provides group art therapy to classrooms. Marissa also has experience working with populations including autism spectrum disorders, developmental delays, child behavioral disorders, depression, anxiety, divorce, grief and loss and eating disorders. She has worked in varied settings including hospitals, outpatient facilities, schools and community health centers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and has supervised several art therapy students. Marissa enjoys creating her own artworks in her preferred mediums of painting, pastels, mixed media and photography.

Education: Caldwell College, MA Counseling Psychology

Specialties: Art Therapy

Divisions: Kardon Center for Arts Therapy