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Dr. Joanne F. Vizzini is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Nationally Certified Counselor. She received her Master's of Science Degree in Pastoral Counseling from Loyola University, Columbia, Maryland in September 1997. Dr. Vizzini completed the Doctoral Program for Pastoral Counseling at Loyola University, Columbia Maryland, January, 2003. She is an adjunct faculty member at Loyola University, has taught Clinical Case Supervision, Substance Abuse, and Group Counseling in Schools, and Diagnosis of Emotional and Mental Disorders at the graduate level. She supervises Master's and Doctoral level interns from the Pastoral Counseling Department.
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Upcoming Workshops:
Upcoming Spring 2012 Workshops
Expressive Arts to Lighten the Heart and Encourage Gratitude, May 11 or 12
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Previous Workshops:
More Tools for Healing the Heart that Hurts, April 20 and 21 Creative Arts for Sensitive Topics, March 16 or 17
Fall Workshop Dates
Expressive Arts to Lighten the Heart and Encourage Gratitude
Nov. 4 or Nov. 5
Creative Arts for Sensitive Topics Workshop Sept. 16-17
February 26th Workshop
March 18th & 19th Workshop
July 2010 Workshop!
Click here to see photos from the July 2010 Workshop!
April 2010 Workshop
November 2009 Workshop
October 2009 Workshop
Click here to see photos from previous workshops!
Presentations: Click here to see photos from the Puppet Therapy Workshop at Elmer Wolfe Elementary!
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Dr. Vizzini is an approved provider of continuing education credits for the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) and the Maryland Board of Social Workers. She will be updating this workshop page with her new and exciting workshops shortly.
Dr. Vizzini provides individual supervision for several Master's level clinicians each semester. She is in full-time private practice with offices in Mt. Washington, Maryland and Columbia, Maryland. Her caseload includes adults, youth and children with general mental health issues. She utilizes puppet therapy in her private practice and at Breakthrough, a five-day intensive therapeutic experience run by Ms. Ann Smith, M.S., LMFT, LCPC, CAC. In 2007, she began the Puppet Therapy Institute to train others in using puppets in therapy. Formerly, she worked part-time at Metro Maryland Counseling Center with general mental health issues and at Epoch Counseling Center with men and women suffering from addiction.
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Participants from Puppet Therapy workshop practicing eye focus and voice gesturing
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Dr. Vizzini counseled client's in group using puppet therapy as a co-therapist with Nancy Michaelson and at Cathedral House Re-entry Program for ten years. Prior to her Master's studies, taught elementary school. She is a Maryland State Certified Teacher with a specialty in early childhood education and special education.
In 1980, she received a Maryland State Student Research Grant to utilize puppets as a teaching tool regarding learning disabilities. Her puppetry workshops have been presented at a multitude of venues since 1999, such as professional conferences with the American Counseling Association and the American Psychological Association to various churches and creative sites, such as Yama Studio, Baltimore, for yoga teacher training.
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