Judith Greer Essex, Ph.D, LMFT, REAT, CAGS

Judith is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a registered expressive arts therapist.
She currently directs the Expressive Arts Institute, San Diego with her partner Wes Chester. For many years a member of the Academy of Dance Therapist Registered, Judith is a specialist in the language and social meaning of the body, dance therapy and improvisational performance.
She created courses at several universities and theater conservatories, including the San Diego Repertory Theater Conservatory, where she developed a course on physical imagination. At EGS she recently taught the Advanced Training course for the therapy and coaching track and proctored the Thesis defence.
When, in 2005 she was the Artist-in-Residence she performed a one woman show "Red Moon" and loves to put improvisational structures on dancers with all levels of experience.
You can read her article on diorama and the use of miniatures in Poiesis. Her private practice includes couples, individuals and businesses.