Melinda Ashley Meyer, M.A., CAGS, Ph.D

Dr. Melinda Ashley Meyer is the Director and Co- founder of the Norwegian Institute for Expressive Art Therapy and a researcher at the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies and Ms. Meyer is a Director of Psychodrama and is a trained bioenergetic-therapist. Since 1983 she has focused on the combination of community, group and individual psychotherapy. She worked as an expressive art therapist at the Psychosocial Centre for Refugees with torture survivors and war refugees from 1990 – 2004. She has been giving lectures and workshops within the field of trauma and cross-cultural group work in Europe, North, Central and South America. In addition to two documentary films she has written articles and participated in writing several books.