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Dr Margaret Hills de Zárate
Date of Completion: 4th
December 2016
Current Roles
Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader, MSc Art Psychotherapy (International), Queen
Margaret University, Edinburgh, EH21 6UU
Curator: Ukrainian Art Psychotherapy Project, Lviv, Ukraine.
Academic and Professional Qualifications
2006: Ph.D.
Title of Thesis: The Relationship between Art and Psychotherapy in Post-Revolutionary Cuba,
Institute for International Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.
1999-2000 Supervised Post Graduate Studies, Department of Psychology, The University of
Havana, Cuba.
1994-1996: Group Work, Theoryand Applications
The Scottish Institute of Human Relations, Edinburgh.
1994: Masters in Education (Distinction)
Title of Thesis: The Relationship between Art and Knowledge within a Liberal Education, The
University of Edinburgh.
1990-1992: Certificate in Human Relations and Counselling,
The Scottish Institute of Human Relations, Edinburgh.
1988: Post Graduate Diploma in Art Therapy (Clinical Mode)
Goldsmith’s College, The University of London and Guy’s Hospital, Adult Psychiatry.

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1980: Bachelor of Arts (Drawing and Painting),
Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.
Other Professional Qualifications
2001: Cambridge Certificate in English Teaching,
Randolph School of English, Edinburgh.
1990: French (Level 3),
The Royal Academy of the Arts.
1984: Introductory Certificate in Teaching English,
University of Durham.
1981: Certificate in Adult Education
Horley Institute of Adult Education.
Travel and Research Bursary
2015 Santander
Scholarships
2015: Santander Travel Scholarship
1990- 94: Carnegie Scholarship
1991: The Wolfson Trust Scholarship
Professional Registration
Health Professions Council
British Association of Art Therapists
Appointments
Present from July 1997: Senior Lecturer/Programme Leader, MSc Art Therapy validated as
the MSc in Art Psychotherapy (International) by the Health Professions Council in 2010, Division
of Occupational Therapy and Arts Therapies, School of Health Sciences, Queen Margaret
University, Edinburgh.

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July/August 2007: Staff Trainer/Art Therapist, La Defensoria del Puebo (Public Advocate),
Rehabilitation of Child Combatants Project, Bogota, Colombia.
Leave of Absence from July 2004 - July 2006: to complete PhD.
Lecturer, MA Art Therapy, University of Barcelona, Spain
Lecturer, Leeds Metropolitan University, Northern Art Therapy Programme, Sheffield
NHS Sheffield in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Various projects in the Republic of Georgia and Colombia.
September 2004 and January 2005: Art Therapist, The Republic of Georgia Centre for the
Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, Tbilisi and Duisi Refugee Camp. Invited as part of a
multidisciplinary team in psychiatry to work with Georgian Health Professionals.
2002-2007: Lecturer/Tutor in Art Therapy, University of Barcelona
1999-2000: Art Therapist, Centre for the Psychological Care of Children and Families, Havana,
Cuba.
Volunteer, Regla Psychiatric Day Hospital, Havana, Cuba.
Fieldwork related to PhD studies.
August 1993-July 1997: Lecturer and Placement Coordinator, Post Graduate Diploma in Art
Therapy (2 year full/time course), University of Edinburgh Settlement, The University of
Edinburgh.
May 1989-August 1993: Art Therapist and Group Worker, Lothian Region Department of
Social Work, Midlothian. Responsibilities included community liaison and family work. Part/time
sessional work in residential care with children including work in secure units.
January 1989-June 1999: Art Therapist, Wellspring, Counselling and Psychotherapy Centre,
Edinburgh. Extensive experience of working with a wide variety of clients with mental health
issues.
June 1987- January 1989: Freelance Artist and Muralist, Historic Buildings Directorate
Scotland.

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March 1983-October 1985: Housemother and Residential Support Worker with Young Adults
with Learning Disabilities, Camphill Blair Drummond, Stirlingshire.
Academic Appointments in other Institutions (including visiting appointments)
December 2016: Arteveldehogeschool, Ghent, Belgium.
November 2015: Taiwanese Art Therapy Association, Dunghai University, Taipai.
October 2015: Kaunas Academy of Arts, Kaunas, Lithuania.
August 2014: Ukrainian Art Therapy Programme: Training: Art Psychotherapy Summer School
(part of an on-going training programme initiated in February 2011), Ukrainian Psychotherapy
Association
August 2013: Ukrainian Art Therapy Programme: Training:
Ukrainian Psychotherapy Association
May 2013: Autonoma Universidad Barcelona
May 2013: University de Las Islas Baleares
January 2013: University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
November 2012: Training: Play and Art Therapy with Refugee Children: A Therapeutic
Continuum, Refuge Point and Kenyatta University Nairobi, Kenya.
August 2012: Ukrainian Art Therapy Programme: Training: Art Psychotherapy Summer School
(part of an on-going training programme initiated in February 2011), Ukrainian Psychotherapy
Association
May 2012: Visiting Lecturer, Universidad de Las Baleares, Mallorca
April 2012: Visiting Lecturer, Universidad del Desarollo, Santiago de Chile
April 2012: Visiting Lecturer, El Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte de Argentina, Buenos
Aires.
February 2011: Ukrainian Art Therapy Programme: Training: Ukrainian Psychotherapy
Association
November 2008: Ministry of Culture and the Autonomous University of Mexico.
November 2008: University of Hertfordshire
November 2008: Northern Programme in Art Psychotherapy, Sheffied.
August 2008: Department of Psychology, La Javeriana Pontificia Universidad, Bogotá,
Colombia
August 2007: Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.

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August 2007: Faculty of Fine Art, Universidad de la Valle, Cali, Colombia.
From August 2006 (continuing): Department: Fine Art, University of Chile, Santiago de Chile.
From 2004 (continuing): Lecturer/Thesis Supervisor. Master in Dance Movement Therapy,
Autonoma University, Barcelona, Spain.
Administration
QMU
Placement Co-ordination
Programme Leader for MSc Art Psychotherapy, development of MSc, and Introduction to Art
Psychotherapy Course and CPD courses.
Chairperson, Staff Student Committee and Programme Committee, MSc Art Psychotherapy.
QMU representative for ECArTE) European Arts Therapies Educators Consortium
Member of the BAAT (British Association of Art Therapists) Educators Group.
Teaching
Clinical Supervision
Therapeutic Skills and Practice
Art Psychotherapy Theory and Practice
Visual Methodologies and Art Based Research
Clinical Project
Contemporary Approaches in Art Psychotherapy
Group Work and Group Theory
Research Methods for health sciences, art and play therapy students.
Visual Research Methodologies
Bio/Psycho/Social Approaches in Art Therapy
Art Therapy Theory
PhD supervision
PhD Examiner (internal)
Ethics Committee
School of Health Sciences Contribution
Validation panel for BSc Psychology.
Participation in IIHD Research Methodologies Module (ethnography)
Director of Studies, Professional Doctorate Programme.

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Director of Studies, PhD
Contributions to: Health Related Research IIHD MSc and
BSc. in Occupational Therapy Programmes.
Erasmus Teaching 2010-15
Weissensee School of Art, Berlin, Germany
Autonoma University, Barcelona
University of Freiburg, Germany
University of Ottersberg, Germany
University of Umea, Sweden
Conference Organisation
Co-ordination of FATAG Forensic Arts Therapies Advisory Group, First International
Conference, Edinburgh, June 2009.
Educational Committees
Chair of Scientific Committee Ecarte (European Arts Therapies Educators Group)
Member of ECarte (European Arts Therapies Educators Group)
Member of British Association of Art Therapy Educators Group (UK)
Appointments as External Examiner/ Quality Assurance
2015-18 External Examiner University of Hertfordshire
2014 External Advisor, Leeds Metropolitan University
2012 Member of Quality Assurance Committee for Goldsmith’s College, University of London,
LaSalle College of the Arts, Singapore
2011 Member of Quality Assurance Committee for Goldsmith’s College, University of London,
Berne, Switzerland.
2010: Central School of Speech and Drama, London
2010: International Advisory Group, KenVak, Nederlands.
2009: Head of Expert Team, External Evaluator for the Masters in Art Therapies, Ministry of
Education and Culture, Estonia.
2002-7: The University of Hertfordshire, MA Art Therapy
2002-7: The University of London, Goldsmith’s College, MA in Art Psychotherapy.

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2003-6: The University of Glasgow, Foundation Course in Art Therapy.
2002-2004: SOCRATES – MIVERVA: Evaluation of European collaborative project WebDance,
a project on European culture, dance, and advanced technologies (motion capture, animation
and distant learning), University of Hertfordshire/ University of Cyprus.
Research
Current Research
Transnationalizing Modern Languages: Mobility, Identity and Translation in Modern Italian
Cultures. AHRC large grant with St Andrews, Bristol and Warwick Universities.
Research Supervision
Universityof Edinburgh, Department of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Name of Student: Hillarie Higgins (USA)
Universityof Lleida, Spain
Name of Student: Maria Angels Miras Latas (Spain)
Queen Margaret University
Name of Student: Patricia Doyle (UK)
Name of Student: Sinead Braiden (UK)
Name of Student: Heather Hunter (UK)
Name of Student: Sarah Soo Hon (Trinidad/Tobago)
PhD Examiner
2016: Division of Creative Industries, Queen Margaret University
2015 Division of Nursing, Queen Margaret University,
2013: Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London
2012: Faculty of Fine Art, University of Barcelona
Research Visits
Colombia, Chile, Republic of Georgia, Argentina, Cuba, Nederlands, Ukraine.
Conferences and Presentations

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December 2016: The Italian Cultural Institute, London
September 2016: The British School in Rome
April 2016: Calandra Italian American Institute, New York
March 2016: Borders, Race, Ethnicity and Migration Network (BREM), University of Warwick.
November 2015: Chinese Culture Education Centre, University of Kaoshung, Taiwan.
October 2015: Kaunas Art Institute of Vilnius Academy of Art, Lithuania
September 2015: AEMI Conference Turin: Europe and Migrations in the 3rd Millennium, Turin,
Italy.
September 2015: Palermo Academy of Art (ECarTE), Italy.
June 2015: Weissensee School of Art, Berlin, Germany
June 2015: Hochschule für Künste im Sozialen, Ottersberg, Germany
June 2015: Hochschule für Kunsttherapie, Nürtingen, Germany
January 2015: Autonoma University, Barcelona
January 2015: First Fortnight, Mental Health Arts Festival, Dublin, Ireland
November 2014: Kaunas University, Lithuania
November 2014: University of Lleida, Spain
October 2014: Taipei University of Health Sciences and Nursing, Taiwan
March 2014: The British School of Rome, Italy.
November 2013: Education Scotland
October 2013: Edna Manley College of the Arts, Jamaica.
May 2013: Universidad de Las Baleares, Mallorca
April 2013: Goldsmith’s College University of London
October 2012: Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, ‘Melancholy and Creativity’
University of Edinburgh.
April 2012: La Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago de Chile.
February 2012: Vilnius University, Lithuania, Art Therapy Training Course.
September 2011: ECArTE Conference, Lucca, Italy.
October 2010: Keynote: Trauma Conference, American Association of Art Therapists, New
York.
October 2010: School of Visual Arts, Manhattan, New York
May 2010: Keynote: ECArTE Conference, Helsinki

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March 2010: Lecture Tour:Universities of Zuyd, Heerlen, University of Amersfoort, Stenden
University, Friesland. Autonoma University of Barcelona and ISMET: Institute of Alternative
Medicine, Barcelona.
January 2010: Keynote: Nederlands Dance Movement Therapy Annual Conference,
Rotterdam.
January 2010: Central School of Speech and Drama, Research Intensive Conference for all
Masters Students.
September 2009: Keynote: ECArTE Conference, Central School of Speech and Drama,
London.
August 2009: Latin American Congress of the Arts Therapies, Santiago de Chile.
June 2009: Talbot Rice Gallery, Inauguration of Masters in Fine Art Exhibition.
May 2009: General Assembly of European Arts Therapies Educators Consortium, Lovran,
Croatia.
November 2006: Keynote: 1er Congreso Nacional de las Terapias Creativas,Barcelona
2004 October: Keynote: Inauguration of the MA in Art Therapy, University of Murcia, Spain.
September 2009: SATFA (Scottish Arts Therapies Forum)
Annual General Meeting.
August 2009: Lecture Series, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Chile, Santiago de Chile.
April 2009: Autonoma University of Barcelona, Introductory Lectures, Masters of Dance
Movement Therapy.
April 2009: El Duelo y la Reparacion (Grief and Reparation), Institute of Art Therapy, Mallorca,
Spain.
November 2008: Working with Uncertainty and Conflict, University of Hertfordshire.
November 2008: Working with Refugees and Child Soldiers, Northern Programme in Art
Psychotherapy, Leeds Metropolitan University.
August 2008: El Duelo y la Reparacion (Grief and Reparation)Faculty of Fine Arts, University of
Chile.
April 2008: Autonoma University of Barcelona, Introductory Lectures to the Masters of Dance
Movement Therapy.
2007 November “Some Ruminations about Narrative and Iconography”, University of
Hertfordshire.
2007 September “Beauty: A Reflection on the Aesthetic in Art Therapy”, ECarTe Conference,
Estonia.

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2007 August “Trabajando con Refugiados y Desplazados” (Working with Refugees and
Displaced Persons) , Instituto de Psicología Transpersonal, Bogotá.
2007 August: “El Impacto Psicológico del Desplazamiento” (The Psychological Impact of
Displacement), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
2007 August: “La Narrativa y la Iconografía”, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.
2006 May: “El Arte Terapia”, Regional Congress on Education and Learning Disability,
Valladolid, Spain.
2004 “La Historia del Arte Terapia: Una reflexión” (The History of Art Therapy: A Reflection),
Inaugural Speech at the opening of the MA in Art Therapy,University of Murcia, Spain.
2004 “Los cuentos y la narración dentro de la terapia”, Escuela de Verano, Universidad de
Barcelona.
2003 “La supervisión clínica” (Clinical Supervision), Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
2003 “La historia del arte terapia en Escocia”, Universidad de Barcelona.
2002 “La aplicación de Naturalistic Inquiry como metodología de la investigación en el Arte
Terapia” (The Application of Naturalistic Inquiry as a Research Methodology in Cross-Cultural
Art Therapy), Universidad de Barcelona.
1999 “Time-Limited Therapy”, Sheffield University.
1998 “Time-Limited Therapy”, Sheffield University.
1997 Art Therapy with Survivors of Breast Cancer, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.
1995 “On Lies and Deceits”, The University of Edinburgh.
1992 “Art Therapy with Adults with Learning Disabilities” University of Stirling.
1990 “The Case of Janet and John: A study in physical and sexual abuse”, The Royal Scottish
National Hospital.
Training Courses
Ukrainian Psychotherapy Association: continuing:
July 2014: Lviv Psychotherapy Training, Ukraine.
September 2013: Clinical Supervision, Lviv, Ukraine.
July 2013: Training Course in Art Psychotherapy, Ukrainian Psychotherapy Association,
Slovko, Ukraine.
August 2012: Training Course in Art Psychotherapy, Ukrainian Psychotherapy Association,
Lviv, Ukraine.
February 2012: Training Course in Art Psychotherapy, Ukrainian Psychotherapy Association,
Lviv, Ukraine.

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April 2011: Training Course in Art Psychotherapy, Ukrainian Psychotherapy Association, Lviv,
Ukraine.
Other Teaching Engagements:
November 2012: Refuge Point, Kenya: Training programme for Mental Health professionals
working with urban refugee children and their families.
August 2008: New Directions in Psychotherapy: Art Therapy, 5 day Introductory Course at the
Pontificia Javeriana University, Bogota, Colombia
November 2008: Developments in Art Psychotherapy: Ministry of Culture and the Autonomous
University of Mexico.
2007 July/August Introductory Lectures on Art Therapy and Human Rights Education, La
Defensoria del Pueblo, Bogotá, Colombia.
2004-5 Introduction to Art Therapy, A Short Course for Mental Health professionals held at the
Republic of Georgia Centre for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia.
Membership of Committees
ECArTE: (European Consortium of Arts Therapies) Chair of the Scientific Committee.
FATAG: (Forensic Arts Therapies Advisory Group)
KENVAK International Advisory Board, Nederlands.
Publications
Articles
Hills de Zárate, M (2014) The Madeleine, the memento and the accidental monument (In
Press).
Hills de Zárate, M (2012) Narratives, Photographs and the Experience of Memory, ATOL (Art
Therapy Online).
Hills de Zárate, M (2011) Tropical Path Part 2, ATOL (Art Therapy Online)

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Hills de Zárate, M (2010) Tropical Path Part 1, ATOL (Art Therapy Online).
Hills de Zárate, M. (2010) ¿Métodos y técnicas o metodologías y epistemologías? : La teoría
visual contemporánea y su relación con las metodologías para investigar el arte. ISMET.
(Released March 2010)
Chapters in Books
Hills de Zarate, M (2016) Voice of the Object, in Dokter, D and Hills de Zarate, M (eds) Inter-
Cultural Research in the Arts Therapies, Routledge (in press).
Hills de Zarate, M (2015) Die Madeleine, die Erinnerung und das zufällige Denkmal, in Artistic
Research in the Applied Arts, Hamburg, Potsdam Berlin University Press.
Hills, M (2011) ‘Métodos y Técnicas o Metodologías y Epistemologías?: La Teoría Visual
Contemporánea u su Relación con las Metodologías para investigar el Arte’, in Terapias
Artístico Creativos: Amurú Ediciones, Salamanca.
Hills, M (2011) ‘El Arte Terapia y La Violencia Política’, In Terapias Artístico Creativos: Amurú
Ediciones, Salamanca.
Hills de Zárate. M (2011) “Arterapia: un Enfoque Psicosocial”, In Arteterapia, Reflexiones y
Experiencias para un campo profesional, Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Teoría de las
Artes.
Hills, M (1994) ‘On Hermeneutics’, In Starting from Scratch, Edinburgh University Settlement
Publication.
Editorial
Editorial Board ATOL (Art Therapy OnLine: Art, Therapy Politics and Culture
Peer Reviewer:
Journal of Psychology, Venezuela.
Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.

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Languages
Spanish: good
Italian: intermediate
French: reasonable reading skill