The Language of Art

Two veteran counselors and a current student recently helped four veterans of foreign wars engage in hands-on healing during a 10-week art therapy group developed by the American Healing Arts Foundation. Ed Rooney ’04 and Dixie Ciccarelli ’05 are both graduates of Ottawa University-Arizona and met in pursuit of their master’s in counseling with an art therapy concentration. David Burkett is a student of Ciccarelli, who is an adjunct instructor in OU’s Expressive Arts Therapy program.