With her graduate studies in Clinical Mental Health Counseling & Art Therapy, Myra Saad is one of the very few qualified art therapists in Lebanon. She has founded “Artichoke Studio – Art Therapy Center in Lebanon” to establish the field in the region and to provide mental health services based on high professional and ethical standards. Given the local setting, one of her areas of expertise has become working with individuals and groups suffering from various types of psychological trauma, especially due to war and ongoing violent conflicts. In the past 15 years, Myra has been often collaborating with local and international organizations such as Sesame Street, War Toys, ICRC, the Lebanese Red Cross, to name a few. These collaborations have allowed her to work with different populations and in contexts in which “post trauma” is not necessarily relevant, such as: families of the missing from the civil war in Lebanon dealing with ambiguous loss; emergency medical first responders who are constantly exposed to traumatic incidents; individuals and groups affected by the recent and ongoing conflicts in Lebanon and Palestine; among others. Myra has co-authored a chapter about working in contexts of continuous traumatic stress in the book entitled “Making Its Mark: Art Therapy in the Arabian Peninsula”. She was a member of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA) and has co-organized and presented at conferences in Lebanon, the US, the UK, Hong Kong, Colombia, and others. She’s currently a member of the Lebanese Order of Psychologists.