ABOUT

Mary Pellicci Hamilton, MSAT, ATR-BC, LPC, is a Child and Adolescent Art Psychotherapist and Licensed Professional Counselor in Connecticut, providing outpatient art therapy for children and adolescents experiencing anxiety, depression, life transitions, and social challenges.

With over 20 years of clinical experience, Mary supports children, teens, and their families through individual outpatient art therapy in a private practice setting. Her work emphasizes emotional awareness, coping skills, resilience, and family collaboration, helping young people navigate challenges in developmentally appropriate ways.

Mary provides child and adolescent art therapy in Connecticut, serving families primarily in Fairfield County and surrounding communities. Her practice offers a strengths-based, trauma-informed approach, integrating art therapy, expressive arts, and play-based interventions to support mental health and emotional well-being.

Her advanced clinical training includes the Yale Child Study Center IICAPS model, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Child Art Therapy at the master’s level in Turin, Italy with Judith Rubin, and Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts and Play Therapy® with Cathy Malchiodi.

In addition to clinical practice, Mary served as President of the Connecticut Art Therapy Association (CATA), where she played a key leadership role in advocating for professional title protection and state licensure for art therapists in Connecticut. CATA is an affiliate chapter of the American Art Therapy Association (AATA).

Affiliations and Certifications

Advanced Training & Certifications

Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma – Accepted into this innovative training in Global Mental Health, Mary advanced her expertise in trauma and recovery, learning strategies to support individuals and communities worldwide. Program studies were held in Orvieto, Italy.
Master of Science in Art Therapy (MSAT)
Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC)
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Connecticut

Trauma & Community Response

Following the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy, Mary relaunched the Connecticut Art Therapy Association (CATA) and contributed to the AATA Newtown Recovery Task Force.
She implemented creative art therapy workshops for children in Newtown, including students at Sandy Hook Elementary, which she co-authored in the textbook Creative Interventions for Traumatized Children, edited by Cathy Malchiodi, PhD.

Professional Memberships

American Art Therapy Association (AATA)
American Counseling Association (ACA)
Connecticut Art Therapy Association (CATA)