About Raquel Farrell-Kirk

Raquel Farrell-Kirk is a board certified art therapist with a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and Art Therapy. Raquel has been a direct provider of art therapy services for over twenty years, working in settings ranging from schools and hospitals to therapeutic programs and private practice.

In recent years one of the main areas of focus for Raquel’s work has been in providing art therapy programming to communities, often as part of community support in the wake of traumas. Raquel was the lead art therapist in the in the Coral Springs Museum of Art various Art for Healing programs, including those developed in the wake of the school shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland . She subsequently became the lead mental health professional for the Power of Art, a public art and art therapy partnership throughout the cities of Coral Springs and Parkland that was awarded a $1M grant by Bloomberg Philanthropies and served the community for over two years, supporting recovery after the school shooting and continuing art therapy support well in to the pandemic.

Raquel is a former president of the Florida Art Therapy Association and is currently serving her second term as Secretary for the American Art Therapy Association. She now resides in Jacksonville, Florida where she maintains an art therapy and consulting practice and is an active part of her local homeschool community.