Hannah has specialized in trauma, bereavement, and depression with adult and senior populations. She provides palliative care in home hospice situations for her clients. Hannah supervises mental health professionals as well as maintains a small private practice. She offers Art Therapy bereavement support groups for complex grief, and has published and presented workshops and lectures, including a key note at international conferences in Canada, US, Europe, Israel and South America on her work.

Erica Hornthal is a licensed clinical counselor and board-certified dance/movement therapist based in Chicago, IL. She is the founder and CEO of Chicago Dance Therapy and the author of the award winning book, Body Aware: Rediscover Your Mind Body Connection, Stop Feeling Stuck, and Improve Your Mental Health with Simple Movement Practices.

Born in Soviet Russia in the northern city of Severodvinsk and in adolescence moved to Kyiv, Ukraine and later in life to the USA. Finding himself in Russia at the onset of the war and traveling to Ukraine meeting with artists, Yevgen created a project called “Conflicted Art”. This is a collection of paintings, sculptures, and other forms of art by Ukrainian artists created right after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He established Conflicted Art as an organization whose goal is to help Ukrainian artists in this time of turbulence and a more ambitious goal of creating and developing US-Ukraine cultural ties.

Nathalie founded and directs First Aid of the Soul offering free mental health & psychosocial support services to Ukrainians affected by the war through multifaceted approaches & a holistic trauma-informed lens.
She holds a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a specialization in intermodal Expressive Arts Therapy from Lesley University. Her expertise is in working with individuals facing challenges related to self-worth, acculturation, displacement, complex trauma and interpersonal difficulties.

Ilya is a Master’s in Public Policy candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University. As a Board Member for First Aid of the Soul, he advises the organization’s strategy, fundraising, and communications. Ilya is currently a research assistant for the Future of Diplomacy Project and the Intelligence Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Previous to his studies at Harvard, Ilya worked as a journalist in Ukraine as an editor at Kyiv Post, a leading English-language newspaper in Ukraine. He trained and managed many journalists who are now at the newly-established award-winning Kyiv Independent.

Ph. D. (Social Science, Psychology), Senior staff scientist, Institute of Social and Political Psychology, National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, member of the board of National Psychological Association, President of Art Therapeutic Association, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Founder of Ukrainian Art Therapy Association in 2003. The author of more than 170 printed works in scientific and popular science literature, including 11 educational and methodological manuals. Since 2006, co-author and leader of the advanced training course "Theory and practice of art therapy". In 2007-2014, she was an associate professor of the Department of Psychodiagnostics and Clinical Psychology of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University.

Valeriia Vovk is a producer, arranger, composer, singer, and activist from Ukraine. She comes from Odesa, a city on the shore of the Black Sea located in the south of the country. Valeriia writes and produces music in a variety of genres including jazz, pop, r&b, EDM, indie, folk, and musical theatre.
Valeriia's biggest passion is Ukrainian poetry and folk music. She loves exploring her culture and is currently in the process of writing and releasing her first folk inspired tracks.

Olena Lutsenko, practical psychologist-methodist of the highest qualification category & art therapist. Methodist of the Kyiv City Teacher's House. Practical psychologist of Specialized School No. 114 with in-depth study of the English language. Member of the board of the NGO "Art-Therapeutic Association", head of the separate branch of the NGO "Art-Therapeutic Association" in Kyiv. She has over 27 years experience in the education system of Ukraine and has worked with art therapy for the past 8 years.