Dr. Maria Kim, ATR-BC, LMFT, received her PhD from Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, with a specialization in Expressive Therapies-Art Therapy, and a Master’s Degree in Marital and Family Therapy, specializing in Clinical Art Therapy from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA. She is a Registered and Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC) through the American Art Therapy Association, a clinical member and an Approved Supervisor in-training of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), and a clinical member of the Korean Art Therapy Association.

She is licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in the state of California and Illinois. At Antioch University Seattle, she serves as Teaching Faculty of Creative Arts Therapy and Couple & Family Therapy Specialization.

Prior to joining the Antioch faculty, she taught as an adjunct faculty member in the graduate art therapy program at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Additionally, she has extensive experience and knowledge of Korean culture and youth, having worked as a teacher in South Korea. Her work as a clinician began in 2003, when she started at a youth and family-centered community clinic in Los Angeles, providing individual, family, group, and parenting services to diverse, multicultural clients, including immigrants. She served as a clinician and eventually as a senior therapist, supervisor, and representative of the clinic for the meetings with DMH and DCFS in Los Angeles. Currently, her private practice is primarily telemental health, which she started in 2017, focusing on working with adults who face various life challenges through individual treatment.

She serves as the President of the Illinois Art Therapy Association for the 2021 term. In the past, she served as the Conference Chair for the Illinois Art Therapy Association and as Chair of the Multicultural and Nominations Committee for the Southern California Art Therapy Association.
Her interests include research on preventative interventions, focusing on student, teacher, and community wellbeing, self-care, and supervision using the Open Studio Process (OSP). She is also interested in international work and has provided workshops and seminars in South Korea on art therapy and the OSP through both in-person and online sessions. She has currently trained 13 OSP facilitators in South Korea and the US. She currently serves as a reviewer for the Journal of the Korean Art Therapy Association. She translated two books into Korean, including "The Soul’s Palette" (originally authored by Cathy Malchiodi) and "Art is a Way of Knowing" (originally authored by Pat B. Allen).