Episode 7: Navigating Our Career as International Drama Therapists - with Mika Lee

Welcome to Our First Episode in ENGLISH!!! If you are also in the care-taking professions, including but not limited to Creative Arts Therapists, Mental Health Counselors, Social Workers, Nurses, etc., we would love to hear more stories about how you began your career. Feel free to contact us via ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠ ⁠⁠Language: English, Chinese. Highlights of This Episode: CATs can find jobs super easily? Drama therapists "act" when they work? The unique challenges of being an international CAT in the US Host: Clara, drama therapist in training at NYU, student representative at NADTA, founder and president of MOU Theatre at NYU, former vice president of CFan Chinese Theatre Club at UCLA. She graduated from UCLA in 2020 with a MA in Psychology and a minor in Statistics. Clara is a quasi-artist, an actress, a fitness trainer, and as an international student, she speaks Mandarin and English. Mika Lee, MA, RDT, LCAT is a Registered Drama Therapist and a New York State Licensed Creative Arts Therapist. Mika has worked in the past 10 years in both New York City and Taiwan in a variety of clinical settings, including adult and adolescent inpatient psychiatry, child and adolescent outpatient psychiatry, and pediatric inpatient medicine unit. Mika currently works as the Director of Creative Arts Therapy division in the Behavioral Health Department in a New York City public hospital. Editing : Jessica is a theatre educations practitioner who believes in the power of stories and presence. She is constantly navigating the possibilities and imaginations beyond texts and words.