Prof. Corinne Roy

1987 First degree: Diplome d’études universitaires genérales (DEUG) “Sciences de la nature et de la vie,” Université Paris 7

1992 Degree in Biology, RWTH Aachen, focus on molecular biology (Prof. Dr. Kreuzaler)

1992-1996 Research assistant at the German Wool Research Institute (DWI) Aachen in insulin receptor research (Dr. Brandenburg)

1996-2002 artistic sabbatical and parental leave (3 children)

2003-2015 Teacher training and employment as a secondary school teacher at Couven Gymnasium and Betty-Reis-Gesamtschule in biology, chemistry, drama and design.

2014 Part-time BA degree in Art Therapy-Social Art at Alanus University

2015 Licensed practitioner for psychotherapy (HPP)

2012-2017 Art therapist at the “Filzblüte” studio workshop in Aachen, working with young adults with disabilities 

2015-2024 Art therapist at the child and youth welfare institution Kinderhaus Kahlgrachtmühle in Aachen2015- 2024 Research associate, Department 04

2022 to date Student at the Interprofessional Graduate College for Integrative Medicine (IGIM) at Witten/Herdecke University: doctoral project on art therapy for the regulation of hypertension (Prof. Dr. D. Cysarz)

September 2023 – February 2024 Acting Professor of Art Therapy in the BA Art Therapy-Social Art program, Alanus University

March 2024 to date Professor of Art Therapy in the BA Art Therapy-Social Art program, Alanus University

Additional activities:

Alumni representative (since 2016), Moodle administrator (since 2015), mid-level faculty representative in the Senate (2016-21), Dye Garden project together with Prof. Beatrice Cron (since 2016), continuing education on sustainability and plant colors in art therapy (2019-2023), co-founder of the Alanus University Green Office (2021) together with Ralph Schneider, lecturer in art therapy at Akademie Artig in Cologne, lecturer for the AKTHA Anthroposophical Art Therapy Training Vienna

Mingenbach, H & Roy, C. (2009). Creation and Evolution -: What holds the world together at its core. Religion Betrifft Uns – Aktuelle Unterrichtsmaterialien. (4), 1–32.

Roy, Corinne; Gonsior, Erika; Ellis, Margaret; Pohlman, Urs (2016). Regulation of arterial hypertension through painting therapy. In: Der Merkurstab (1), pp. 50–51.

Krause, S. with contributions by Roy, Corinne and Cron, Beatrice (2016). Color with meaning: The Dye Garden project. Universalis Das Alanus Magazin. (08) 2016, pp. 18-19.

Cohnen-Deliga, C. with contributions by Roy, Corinne and Cron, Beatrice (2017). Small with great impact: Report from the Alanus University Dye Garden. viaWala Issue No. 21, pp. 25-27.

Roy, C., Esser, J., Lang, Mara, Stülpnagel, Saskia, & Cron, B. (2019). Starting point Dye Garden: Project on the production of plant colors. Kunst Und Unterricht. (433-434), 35–39.

Roy, C. artistic contributions in: Grassert, A., (2019). Denk-Bilder – Catalog for the exhibition “The Philosophy of Freedom imaginatively” 11/11/2017-7/1/2018 at the R. Steiner Haus Berlin, Anthrop. Gesellschaft D. e.V. publishing house, Berlin working center

Roy, C. (Ed.) (2021). Plant Color and Natural Materials in Art Therapy and Social Art: Workbook and Research Approaches. Online publication. Available at www.alanus.edu and in print from Verlag Kunst im Dialog.

Paul E, Roy C, Rolff H, Koch S. (2023). a. l. s o. b.: Research project on the effectiveness of artistic online support during the 2021 lockdown. In: Masuch, J, Singler, K, Palacio, A, Brons, S, Antwerpen, L., editor. Art Therapy and Science – Insights into Current Research Projects. Mabuse Verlag; 2023. 

May S, Roy C (2024). “It is simply a very, very great recognition!” Questions and answers on presenting art therapy work Kunst & Therapie 2025

Roy, C., Rolff, H., Paul, E., Wörner, A. & Koch, S. C. (2025). The a.l.s.o.b. project: Changes in stress, well-being, connectedness and aesthetic experience following student-facilitated art-based online groups during the Covid-19 pandemic. GMS Journal of Arts Therapies, 7, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3205/jat000043

Oepen, R., Roy, C., Gruber, H. & Paul, E. (2025). Conditions and effects of artistic online therapies – a systematic review and a categorization of effective factors. GMS Journal of Arts Therapies, 7. https://doi.org/10.3205/jat000044

Frechen E, Roy C (2025) Plant Colour in Art Therapy and the Essence of the Plant. Art Space, Journal oft the Anthroposophic Art Therapy Association AATA. Publication in preparation.

Expanded study on the regulation of hypertension through painting therapy