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\n” process_description4=”establish the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA).” process_description5=”offered an expressive arts therapy course at Appalachian State University in the mid-1980s, which developed into a master’s program in community counseling with major in expressive arts therapy in 1999 (McNiff, 2009).”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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