Winnie Wong, ATR-BC, LCPC, is an EMDR-trained clinician, Registered Board-Certified Art Therapist, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, supervisor, educator, researcher, and artist. She has fourteen years of institutional and community experience across Singapore, India, Hong Kong, and Chicago. At YWCA, she implements anti-oppressive frameworks grounded in critical feminisms and relational-cultural theory to provide long-term trauma therapy to survivors of sexual violence of all ages. She overseas the clinical internship program and school-based program in her current role as a Clinical Program Coordinator. She also delivers professional training on crisis intervention, teaches and engages in national and international art therapy discourses, and serves as an elected Council Member on the Accreditation Council for Art Therapy Education (ACATE) to promote best practices for art therapy programs, thereby contributing to the high standards and quality of practitioners in the mental health field. Finally, she is the founder of Dialogue in Art, an accessible community art studio in Hong Kong for underserved youth experiencing sociopolitical unrest.
RECENT NEWS:
- Published article in Art Therapy Journal, Emergent Well-Being: A Qualitative Study on Cultural Identity and Belonging of Emigrated Hong Kongers Post-2019
- Featured member of American Art Therapy Association: Winnie Wong
- Commemoration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month: Pen, Crystal Bracelet and Furniture: Exploring the Complexities of Belonging and Well-Being
- American Art Therapy Association, How does your Asian heritage intersect with your work as an art therapist?
- More about past presentations here