Mallory Minerson

Education: MA (NYU University), PhD student in Psychiatry at the University of Alberta.

Mallory is a PhD student in psychiatry at the University of Alberta whose research focuses on a discursive analysis of decolonization of medical and mental health documentation. She is a Registered Drama Therapist (MA New York University), Certified Canadian Counsellor, Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator-Clinician (Brené Brown’s work), Clinical Traumatologist (Traumatology Institute) and Licensed Practical Nurse. Mallory’s work is multimodal, trauma-focused and is guided by embodied arts-based research. With a background working in Forensic mental health, community outreach, grief, trauma and loss, with an all-ages population in community-based, individual and school-based sessions, Mallory has been both a clinician and Regional Clinical Supervisor in the NWT. She is currently practicing clinically for GNWT Justice. Ms. Minerson is passionate about moving drama therapy and performance into the quantitative research domain and is curious about the ways the inherent benefits of embodiment and art-based healing engagement intersect. Mallory has also completed the first level training in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University and is interested in the overlap of medical humanities, arts-based research, drama therapy and narrative medicine.