Marianne Gunther, MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT, is a New York state-licensed creative art psychotherapist in private practice in New York City. A longtime student of the Dudjom Tersar lineage (Vajrayana Buddhism), Marianne has quietly integrated mindful awareness and bodhisattva practice into her clinical and creative art therapy practice in various settings, including bereavement specialist roles for hospice and palliative care, inpatient detoxification, psychiatric units, and private practice. Marianne received her B.F.A. from the University of Tufts, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and her master’s degree in art therapy from Pratt Institute. In 2018, she completed a 2-year certificate program at the Nalanda Institute Contemplative Science and Psychotherapy program. Since 2022, Gunther has served as a virtual guest lecturer for the Art Therapy graduate program at the Maharashtra Institute of Technology, School of Fine and Applied Arts, Art Design, Pune, India. Passionate about dreams, Marianne led an online Social Dreaming group during the Covid crisis: ” Dreaming During Covid-19″ from May 2021 to June 2022. A great advocate for the field, Marianne served as elected President-Elect, President, and Advisor to the board of the New York Art Therapy Association (2015-2022)