Ericha Scott
Biography:
Psychotherapist, Clinical Director, Faculty Member, Author, Researcher, Artist, Supervisor and Consultant
Ericha has worked with the co-occurring patterns of trauma, addiction, and physical and mental
illness for 24 years. In 2006, she wrote a chapter in a textbook entitled, Integrating the Creative Arts into Trauma and Addiction Treatment. That same year she was awarded the Sierra Tucson Alumni Recognition Award, selected as one of five, out of 285 staff members, to be noted for excellence.
Ericha is a nationally certified counselor, a board certified registered art therapist, and she is licensed in three states. She has been a board member of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association and she has run a graduate program in counseling psychology supervising 12 adjunct faculty members and 25 graduate students. She has worked as a clinical director for a residential, dual diagnosis, treatment program supervising 30 clinical staff members and twenty clients. For the last seven years, Ericha has taught creative arts therapies as a form of alternative medicine for the Associate Fellows in Andrew Weil’s Program of Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. Recently, she has been hired to teach creative arts therapy for Integramed, a program founded by Lee Cowden, MD.
Ericha’s passion for wellness is generated by her family members who have struggled with addiction.
Education:
Bachelors Degree in Fine Art
Master’s Degree in Education
Post Master’s Graduate Certificate in Art Therapy (25 Semester Hours)
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Emphasis in Marriage and Family Practice and Creative Arts
Psychotherapy
Certifications and Licenses:
• Board Certified Registered Art Therapist (ATR-BC) by the Art Therapy Credentials Board, Inc.:
#02-061.
• Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT), International Expressive Art Therapy Association.
• National Certified Counselor (NCC), certification number: #71182.
• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), state of Arizona: #12334.
• Licensed Independent Substance Abuse Counselor (LISAC), state of Arizona: # SA-1482 .
• Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LPC), state of New Mexico: #1112 (Retirement Status).
• Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC), state of Texas: #1458.
•Texas Alcohol and Drug Association of Counselors, Diplomate Addictionologist (ADC-III): #6646-0388, transferred to California 2007 as (CADC-II), (CADC-II is the highest level of certification offered in the state of California for addiction counseling services).
