Ed Kuczaj is former Head of Department of Arts in Health & Education at MTU Crawford College, retiring in 2017. Prior to this position, he worked in the NHS in the UK, as a clinician and Arts Therapy manager in the area of learning disabilities.
He has published a number of articles and contributed to books in this area particularly around the area of loss and bereavement. During his time in the UK, he was a member of the British Association of Art Therapists and also Vice Chair for a number of years.
Since retiring he has been involved in the Cork/ BVI Art Therapy Initiative, which worked in the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, shortly after the occurrence of hurricane Irma in 2017, working in schools and with community groups there. He was also chair of the Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists in 2018 – 2020 and is still involved in the association’s work. He also works as supervisor and is an advisor for the Soearth Project in Kill, Co Kildare, as well as Academic Council Chair at the Children’s Therapy Centre.
Ed also engages in his own creativity through photography/ painting and sculpture and exhibits occasionally in Cork and Co. Waterford, where he is based.
