Dr.Micheal Franklin

Dr. Michael Franklin is the chair of the graduate Transpersonal Art Therapy program at Naropa University and founder of the Naropa Community Art Studio. Throughout his career Michael has practiced as a clinician and educator, directing the art therapy programs at the College of St. Teresa and Bowling Green State University. Michael’s past articles have focused on aesthetics, self-esteem, AIDs-iconography, interpretive-strategies, arts-based research, and contemplative clinical empathic-methods. His current research addresses art therapy education, social-engagement, yoga philosophy, and meditation. This investigation has culminated in the publication of: Art as Contemplative Practice: Expressive Pathways to the SELF with SUNY Press. ​