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Senior Sees New Career
With Master's In Hand
AMY J. MEHLER
Staff Writer
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of spring semester,
hundreds of thousands
of college graduates fan-
tasize about the mark they'll
make on the world.
At 81, Elizabeth Eichel-
baum has already made her
mark. For well over half a
century she's been a wife,
mother and restaurateur. But
this week, she's made a
couple more marks — one as
a college graduate and
another, as a soon-to-be cer-
tified art therapist. Mrs.
Eichelbaum, who graduated
from Wayne State University
on Thursday, received a
master's degree in art
therapy. She received her
bachelor of fine arts degree
from WSU in 1979.
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"One can never lose sight
of one's dreams," said Mrs.
Eichelbaum, who lives in
Southfield. "I was denied a
proper education when I was
a young girl and it's taken
me all these years to make
up for it."
Mrs. Eichelbaum had
always dreamt about becom-
ing an artist. When she was
a little girl in New York, she
used to answer ads and at-
tempt to win prizes by draw-
ing pictures.
Today, Mrs. Eichelbaum
volunteers at the Boys and
Girls Club in Royal Oak,
Sinai Hospital and at area
nursing homes, where she
integrates her art training
with her desire to help
others.
"The creative process in
itself can be therapeutic,"
Mrs. Eichelbaum said. "But
I also like to use art to assist
others in solving personal
problems or reaching a
greater self-awareness."
She does this by encourag-
ing children from troubled
backgrounds and older
adults with physical and
emotional problems to put
their feelings on paper.
"The key is to make these
people feel important," she
said. "So many have been
abused and mistreated, even
neglected. They're convinced
they're worthless."
Mrs. Eichelbaum says she
can tell a lot about a person's
emotional state from the
kinds of pictures they draw.
"A lot of times we can see
evidence of incest," she said.
"One child I know drew a
house without a chimney.
Elizabeth Eichelbaum
That meant the child felt no
warmth in her life — no love,
whatsoever. Another drew a
house and colored it all in
red. This implied tremen-
dous levels of frustration.
All he saw was red. All he
felt was anger.
"While art therapists don't
actually treat patients," she
said, "we can improve their
condition and better help
them to express them-
selves."
Mrs. Eichelbaum says she
wished she had such an
"One should never
lose sight of one's
dreams."
Elizabeth Eichelbaum
outlet when she was growing
up.
Born in Odesssa in 1910,
Mrs. Eichelbaum and her
two sisters were trapped
behind the Russian border
during World War I. Her
mother had left them with
her sister while she built a
better life for the family in
the United States.
When Mrs. Eichelbaum
was six months old, her
father, who worked in a fac-
tory, was severely injured
during work. He consequent-
ly suffered brain damage
and disappeared. He was
never heard from again.
While her mother was
earning a living in New
York, Mrs. Eichelbaum's
aunt, who looked after the
sisters, was forced to split
the family because of the
war. The girls soon found
themselves placed in an or-
phanage in Kiev.
It wasn't until after the
war, however, that the fami-
ly was reunited. An Ameri-
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