Janie Rhyne
art therapist
Janie Lee Rhyne (August 14, 1913 – March 1, 1995) was a pioneer in art therapy who used art as expression and communication. She was also a pioneer of Gestalt art therapy, which integrated Gestalt therapy and art therapy. She encouraged clients themselves to interpret and express their feelings and emotions from art works.
Life and education
Rhyne was born in 1913 in Tallahassee, Florida. From her early years, she was very interested in art and people, which guided her academic pursuits. She entered the Florida State University and in 1935 earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in art and social science. After graduating the university, she learned for herself painting, psychology, homesteading, canning, and people, all of which provided a period of foundation for becoming a therapist.
In 1956, Rhyne received a Master of Arts from FSU in art and cultural anthropology. From 1965 to 1967, she trained at the San Francisco Gestalt institution as a gestalt therapist with Fritz Perls, who was the founder of Gestalt therapy. The training with Perls was most influential for her career, and convinced her that she was a Gestalt therapist who used art and led to her interest in art as therapy.
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