Caroline Peterson, MA, Director of the Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy (MBAT) program for Cancer Patients

Ms. Peterson is a board certified art therapist and an advanced level instructor in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). She has combined these skills to create mindfulness-based art therapy (MBAT), an intervention for cancer patients designed to decrease stress and increase quality of life. Ms. Peterson is a key member of the research team that is testing MBAT as part of a research grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute.  In addition, she is an active instructor in the Brind Center’s MBSR program, both as a group instructor and a provider of individual mindfulness consultations.

Ms. Peterson received her MA in Creative Arts Therapy from Drexel/Hahnemann University in Philadelphia. She has authored or co-authored several publications, including a number of peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Prior to coming to Jefferson she worked in addictions and with chronic schizophrenics in an inpatient psychiatric hospital. An artist for most of her adult life, she is the founding chair of the Center for Community Arts in Cape May, New Jersey, and continues to serve as a member of their Board of Trustees.