Einat Metzl
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Prof. · Art Therapist · Researcher · Artist · Writer

Einat
Metzl

Art · Therapy · Research · Human Experience

Exploring what we create
when words are not enough.

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Plate I — Korot / קורות
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Sometimes…

  • Poet.
  • Writer.
  • Painter.
  • Sculptor.
  • Art therapist.
  • Couples & family therapist.
  • Professor.
  • Researcher.

And sometimes, she simply remembers to brush her teeth.

One practice.
Many forms.

For Einat Metzl, these are not separate identities. Art, therapy, research, teaching and writing are different ways of approaching the same territory: how people connect, adapt, make meaning and create when ordinary language is no longer enough.

Five worlds

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  1. 01

    Research

    Art-based research on creativity, resilience, trauma and disaster response, mentalization and community.

  2. 02

    Therapy

    Art therapy and couples & family therapy — relationships, intimacy, sexuality, adoption, loss and bereavement.

  3. 03

    Art

    Drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media and collage.

  4. 04

    Writing

    Poetry and reflective prose, in Hebrew and English.

  5. 05

    Teaching

    Head of the Graduate Program in Art Therapy – Visual Art, Bar-Ilan University.

Einat Metzl holding an open art book
Einat Metzl · Artist, therapist, researcher and educator

A Practice Without Borders.

Prof. Einat S. Metzl is an Associate Professor at Bar-Ilan University, where she has been a faculty member since 2021. Prior to that, she spent nearly two decades building an international career in clinical practice, academia, and research across the United States, Spain, and Mexico. She trained in Art Therapy and Marital & Family Therapy at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where she later joined the faculty and served as Chair of the Graduate Department of Marital & Family Therapy / Art Therapy. She holds a PhD in Art Therapy / Art Education from Florida State University.

Clinical practice

Therapy

Einat’s clinical practice brings together art therapy and couples and family therapy. Her work attends to relationships, intimacy, sexuality, adoption, loss and bereavement — creating space for experiences that may not yet have words.

Trained in Art Therapy and Marital & Family Therapy at Loyola Marymount University, she works at the meeting point of image-making, emotional experience and relationships. Art becomes a way to approach what is difficult to name, while the therapeutic relationship offers a place for reflection, connection and change.

Academic practice

Teaching

As an Associate Professor at Bar-Ilan University and Head of the Graduate Program in Art Therapy – Visual Art, Einat teaches at the intersection of clinical practice, artistic inquiry and research.

Her teaching grows from an international academic career spanning Israel, the United States, Spain and Mexico. Before joining Bar-Ilan University in 2021, she taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and served as Chair of its Graduate Department of Marital & Family Therapy / Art Therapy.

Art & exhibitions

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Ongoing

Conference & group exhibitions

Participates in conferences and exhibitions as a creating artist — Bar-Ilan University

Impact beyond the studio

01

Safe studios for war evacuees

After October 7, 2023: weekly volunteering in an open art studio for evacuees in the Jezreel Valley, and clinical services at a dedicated clinic for victims in Tel Aviv.

02

A creative space for the soul

A weekly virtual creative space for the Bar-Ilan community, and lectures supporting therapists working with creative tools after disaster.

03

Korot for Tikva

All proceeds from the Korot book are donated to Galilian Spirit / Tikva Initiatives — promoting pluralism and cooperation between Jewish and Arab communities in the Galilee.

04

Disaster & resilience research

Two decades of art-based research on creativity and resilience after disaster — from Hurricane Katrina to the 2010 Chile earthquake to October 7.

Korot — book cover

The book · 2025

קורותKOROT

עינת מצל · Einat Metzl

אסופה כתיבה ועבודות חזותיות
A Collection of writings and visual works

A bilingual personal anthology of visual art and writing. All proceeds are donated to social initiatives through Galilian Spirit / Tikva Initiatives.

Visit the Korot book →

Selected publications

  1. 2025
    'Holding the Space': An art therapy open studio for preadolescent war evacuees as an analytic third

    The Arts in Psychotherapy, 96

  2. 2025
    Korot (קורות): A collection of poetry and visual works

    Negba Publishing — bilingual personal anthology

  3. 2021
    I carry your heart: A dialogue about coping, art, and therapy after a profound loss

    The Arts in Psychotherapy

  4. 2020
    Art therapy with couples: integrating art therapy practices with sex therapy and emotionally focused therapy

    International Journal of Art Therapy, 25(3)

  5. 2016
    When Art Therapy Meets Sex Therapy: Creative Explorations of Sex, Gender, and Relationships

    Routledge — book

  6. 2013
    Creative soups for the soul: Stories of community recovery in Talca, Chile, after the 2010 earthquake

    Psykhe, 24(1)

  7. 2008
    Systematic analysis of art therapy research published in Art Therapy: Journal of AATA between 1987 and 2004

    The Arts in Psychotherapy, 35(1)

A selection — full list on request.

Write to Einat.

For collaborations, lectures, research and therapy inquiries, or purchasing the book, please feel free to contact me.

einatmetzl@gmail.com

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