Peggy Kolodny
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Peggy Kolodny, MA ATR-BC LCPAT, is a Board -Certified, Licensed Art Psychotherapist with level 2 training in EMDR and IFS. Founder of the private practice Art Therapy Collective of Owings Mills, she has specialized in trauma treatment across the life span since 1982.
She is adjunct faculty with George Washington University and Florida State University’s Art Therapy Graduate Programs as well as multiple professional training faculties, presenting workshops internationally. Peggy developed the trauma course at FSU titled: Neuroscience-informed Art Therapy for Stress and Trauma with a focus on dissociation and DID.
Currently, Peggy is an appointed Board Member of the International Society on the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISST-D), the Co-Chair of their EMDR Special Interest Group, and past chair of their Creative Arts Therapies SIG.
Past faculties include University of Maryland School of Social Work, Goucher College, and Maryland Institute, College of Art. Past positions include director of a nonprofit, The Family Connection; past chair of the Central Maryland Sexual Abuse Treatment Task Force, and past president of the Maryland Art Therapy Association.
Recent publications includes the following chapters:
- “Dissociation and DID: who else is in the room?” in Wiley’s Handbook of Art Therapy (Gussak & Rosal, 2026).
- “Active Imagination: Jungian Underpinnings in the Joining of IFS, EMDR, & Art Therapy” in IFS-Informed EMDR (Polidi, 2025).
- “Create, Destroy, Transform” in From Mourning to Meaning: The Expressive Arts in Grief Therapy ( Thompson & Neimeyer, in press 2026).
- “The Interweave of IFS, EMDR, and Art Therapy”, co-authored with Salicia Mazero in EMDR and Creative Arts Therapies (Davis, Fitzgerald, Jacobs & Marchand, 2023)
- Two chapters on trauma, neuroscience, substance use, and art therapy in Art Therapy in the Treatment of Addictions and Trauma (Quinn, 2021).
In her spare time, Peggy enjoys more writing, drawing, painting, gardening, and her family.
Unlock the power of creativity in therapy by blending art therapy techniques with Internal Family Systems (IFS) to deepen emotional awareness and foster self-leadership. Through experiential collage and clay activities, guided practice, and case demonstrations, participants will gain practical tools to apply these approaches in both individual and group therapy.