Roads to the Unconscious:
A Manual For Understanding Road Drawings

Michael J Hanes, LPC-S, ATR-BC

3305 Hunting Hawk Circle, Edmond, Oklahoma 73013 | (405) 641-1375 | mhanes62@att.net www.artpsychotherapy.com

Professional Summary

• Michael is an experienced Licensed Professional Counselor and Board Certified – Registered Art Therapist with 25+ years of experience treating mental health and substance use disorders with co-occurring conditions.
• He has extensive experience with inpatient, residential, outpatient, and correctional settings.
• He has 15+ years of experience with quality improvement and outcome measures.
• He has 15+ years of leadership and supervisory experience.
• Michael has published 17 times in peer-reviewed journals and written two books.
• He developed the Road Drawing Technique, which is the most widely used informal art therapy assessment in the United States.
• 10+ years of experience teaching at the collegiate level.

WORK EXPERIENCE

June 2025- Present, Laureate Eating Disorder Program

Clinical Supervisor

• Assessments and biopsychosocial
• Treatment plan development
• Individual therapy
• Group therapy
• Family therapy
• Chart documentation
• Aftercare planning and treatment recommendations
• Clinical supervision
• Chart Reviews
• Development of clinical programming

July 2000-December 2025 TurnKey Healthcare Oklahoma City, OK

Mental Health Therapist – Part Time

• Assess and diagnosis inmates for mental health issues, including co-occurring disorders and comorbid conditions.
• Conduct suicide risk assessments.
• Determine treatment needs and make appropriate referral.
• Provide individual counseling
• Crisis counseling
• Treatment plan development
• Coordinate with other agencies, such as psychiatric hospitals, community mental health, and work release.
• Maintain documentation and detailed case reports.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary departments and transitional assistance.

August 2022 – January 2025 Hope Community Services Oklahoma City, OK

Chief Compliance Officer

• Ensure that all program activities within the organization are designed and operating according to agency policy and procedure, accreditation guidelines, funding sources, and contractual agreements.
• Implementation and oversight of continuous quality improvement for agency and individualized programs.
• Performing program evaluations to ascertain effectiveness and efficiency of services.
• Administration of safety and emergency management procedures and agency disaster preparedness plan.
• Agency activities include Safety Committee, Compliance Committee, Operations Committee, CARF Committee, Medical Records Committee, Safety Committee, and Corporate Compliance Committee.
• Reports included Annual Outcomes Management Report, Enhanced Measurement Report, Annual Seclusion and Restraint Report, Annual Stakeholder Satisfaction Report, CQI Reports, Annual Employee Satisfaction Report, Consumer Satisfaction Reports, Mortality Reports, Critical Incident Reports, Consumer Grievance Reports, and Safety and Emergency Management Reports.

November 2018 – August 2022 Arcadia Trails INTEGRIS Center for Recovery Edmond, OK

Director of Clinical Services

• Overseas daily operations of residential substance abuse treatment services, and substance use prevention services.
• Coordinating funding sources and ensuring that ODMHSAS, CARF, Department of Health, and Veterans Affairs policies and procedures are met.
• Assures a work environment that recruits, retains, and supports quality staff and volunteers.
• Assures process for selecting, development, motivating, and evaluating staff and volunteers.
• Under general supervision, plans, organizes, and directs the activities of specific programs including supervision of staff, programming development and program administration.
• Network with resources in the community to develop and maintain collaborative ventures and supportive services.
• Assure that all programs have a long-range strategy which achieves its mission, and toward which it makes consistent and timely progress.
• Provide leadership in developing programs and organizational and financial goals.
• Maintain a working knowledge of significant developments and trends in the field.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining sound financial practices, preparing a budget, and ensuring all programs operate within budget guidelines.
• Acts as an advocate, within the public and private sectors, for issues relevant to Arcadia Trails, its services and constituencies.
• Responsible for overseeing and developing the Clinical Department including hiring, supervision, evaluation, and scheduling.
• Develop, plan, and implement strategies for program continuation and growth.
• Provide clinical training to clinical staff and interns.
• Complete ASI, ASAM, and Biopsychosocial evaluations; individual therapy; group therapy; treatment plan development; and discharge summaries.

January 2018 – November 2018 Northcare Oklahoma City, OK

Executive Director – Completed Merger between Eagle Ridge Institute and Northcare

• Overseas daily operations of residential substance abuse treatment services, and substance use prevention services.
• Coordinating funding sources and ensuring that ODMHSAS, CARF, and Department of Health policies and procedures are met.
• Ensures program quality and organizational stability through development and implementation of standards and controls, systems and procedures, and regular evaluation.
• Under general supervision, plans, organizes, and directs the activities of residential programming including supervision of staff, programming development and program administration.
• Network with resources in the community to develop and maintain collaborative ventures and supportive services.
• Ensure that program has a long-range strategy which achieves its mission, and toward which it makes consistent and timely progress.
• Provide leadership in developing programs and organizational and financial goals.
• Maintain a working knowledge of significant developments and trends in the field.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining sound financial practices, preparing a budget, and ensuring all program operates within budget guidelines.

September 2014 – December 2017 Eagle Ridge Institute Oklahoma City, OK

Chief Executive Officer:

• Responsible for the overall leadership and strategic direction of the organization, overseeing all aspects of operations including patient care, financial management, staff development, community outreach, compliance with regulations, and fundraising, while ensuring high-quality mental health services are delivered to patients and advocating for mental health awareness within the community.
• Responsible for overseeing and developing the Clinical department including hiring, supervision, evaluation, and scheduling. Develop, plan, and implement strategies for program continuation and growth.
• Network with resources in the community to develop and maintain collaborative ventures and supportive services.
• Ensure that agency has a long-range strategy which achieves its mission, and toward which it makes consistent and timely progress.

June 2006 – Sept 2014 Red Rock BHS Oklahoma City, OK

Director of Residential Substance Abuse Services and HIV Programming:

• Oversaw all aspects of the facility's operations, including clinical services, administrative functions, staff management, financial health, compliance with regulations, community outreach, and strategic planning, ensuring high-quality treatment delivery while maintaining a focus on client recovery and positive outcomes.
• Act as a key liaison between the facility, clients, staff, board of directors, and external stakeholders.
• Ensure that all program activities within the organization are designed and operating according to agency policy and procedure, accreditation guidelines, funding sources, and contractual agreements.
• Implementation and oversight of continuous quality improvement for agency and individualized programs.
• Perform program evaluations to ascertain effectiveness and efficiency of services.
• Administration of safety and emergency management procedures and agency disaster preparedness plan; agency activities include Safety Committee, Compliance Committee, Operations Committee, CARF Committee, Medical Records Committee, Safety Committee, and Corporate Compliance Committee.

Director of CQI, Medical Records, Audits, Contracts, Grants, and Specialized Programming

• Ensure that all program activities within the organization are designed and operating according to agency policy and procedure, accreditation guidelines, funding sources, and contractual agreements.
• Implementation and oversight of continuous quality improvement for agency and individualized programs.
• Performing program evaluations to ascertain effectiveness and efficiency of services.
• Administration of safety and emergency management procedures and agency disaster preparedness plan.
• Agency Activities include Safety Committee, Quality Management Committee, Operations Committee, Senior Operations Committee, CARF Committee, Medical Records Committee, Integrated Services Initiative Committee, HIPAA Compliance Officer, Meaningful Use Committee, and Corporate Compliance Officer.
• Reports included Annual Outcomes Management Report, Enhanced Measurement Report, Annual Seclusion and Restraint Report, Annual Stakeholder Satisfaction Report, CQI Reports, Annual Employee Satisfaction Report, Consumer Satisfaction Reports, Mortality Review Reports, Critical Incident Reports, Consumer Grievance Reports, and Safety and Emergency Management Reports.

July 2009-July 2010 Federal Public Defenders Office Oklahoma City, OK

Habeas Corpus Division, Western District of Oklahoma

Contract Evaluator

• Perform psychological evaluations on death row inmates.
• Prepare psychological evaluations and recommendations for the Western District Court of Oklahoma.

August 2009 – Present McCullough Group Oklahoma City, OK

Motivational Speaker/Corporate Trainer

• Facilitate experiential exercises with agency/corporate management teams
• Provide analysis of system processes.

June 2007-May 2010 Phoenix University Oklahoma City, OK

Undergraduate Faculty

• Facilitate student learning, provide effective instruction, and perform evaluations of student learning for all assigned classes, using each course's standard course outline as a guide.
• Develop course curriculum, course handouts, lectures, labs, and presentations.
• Participate in program level learning assessment. Participation includes helping articulate learning outcomes, choosing and administering measures, evaluating student performance, and suggesting changes to improve student learning.
• Schedule, supervise, debrief, and evaluate students in clinical, internship, observation, field experience, and similar settings as appropriate for the course or program.
• Assign grades and maintain course/student records.

June 1998-June 2006 OFMQ Oklahoma City, OK

Preauthorization Review Coordinator

• Make determinations of medical necessity by review of clinical records and direct contact with providers as necessary
• Make determinations regarding the appropriateness and quality of care by review of clinical records and through direct contact with providers as necessary.
• Review authorization requests for clinical services based on review of clinical data submitted, policy and the currently available medical evidence.
• Distinguish between convenience and medical necessity and to communicate these issues to providers clearly and professionally.
• Identify and research areas of behavioral health to maintain consistent application of policy and medical necessity criteria.
• Identify issues that affect provider participation and member access to providers and offer recommendations that remove barriers to provider participation and lead to better access to care.
• Communicate agency policies and procedures to behavioral health providers and other clinicians as needed.

August 1999-August 2005 Oklahoma State University Oklahoma City, OK

Adjunct Undergraduate Faculty

• Facilitate student learning, provide effective instruction, and perform evaluations of student learning for all assigned classes, using each course's standard course outline as a guide.
• Develop course curriculum, course handouts, lectures, labs, and presentations.
• Participate in program level learning assessment. Participation includes helping articulate learning outcomes, choosing and administering measures, evaluating student performance, and suggesting changes to improve student learning.
• Schedule, supervise, debrief, and evaluate students in clinical, internship, observation, field experience, and similar settings as appropriate for the course or program.
• Assign grades and maintain course/student records.

March 1994-June 1998 University of Oklahoma Oklahoma City, OK

Adjunct Graduate Faculty

Accountabilities:

• Facilitate student learning, provide effective instruction, and perform evaluations of student learning for all assigned classes, using each course's standard course outline as a guide.
• Develop course curriculum, course handouts, lectures, labs, and presentations.
• Participate in program level learning assessment. Participation includes helping articulate learning outcomes, choosing and administering measures, evaluating student performance, and suggesting changes to improve student learning.
• Schedule, supervise, debrief, and evaluate students in clinical, internship, observation, field experience, and similar settings as appropriate for the course or program.
• Assign grades and maintain course/student records.

Jan. 1998- Aug. 1999 New Destiny/Eagle Ridge Oklahoma City, OK

Clinical Consultant/interim Clinical Director

• Develop and monitor clinical programming.
• Evaluate clinical appropriateness of the medical necessity criteria used by contractor and whether the criterion is applied correctly in serving Medicaid recipients.
• Design, develop, implement, and administration of the behavioral health program and policy for Medicaid recipients.
• Develop program standards and outcome standards.
• Provide clinical supervision.

Jan. 1997-Jan. 1998 Southwest Medical/Integris Oklahoma City, OK

Outpatient Therapist

• Individual and group therapy, mental health evaluations, referrals, and treatment plan development.
• Chart documentation.

Jan. 1997- Jan. 1998 Family Therapy Associates Oklahoma City, OK

Outpatient Art Therapist

• Individual and group therapy, mental health evaluations, referrals, and treatment plan development.
• Chart documentation.

Jan. 1997- Jan. 1998 McClain County TX Center Oklahoma City, OK

DUI School Instructor

• Development of course curriculum
• DUI assessments
• Facilitation and implementation of DUI classes
• Chart documentation.

May 1995- July 1998 Adapt, Inc. Oklahoma City, OK

Clinical Consultant, Interim Clinical Director

• Develop and monitor clinical programming.
• Evaluate clinical appropriateness of the medical necessity criteria used by contractor and whether the criterion is applied correctly in serving Medicaid recipients.
• Design, develop, implement, and administer behavioral health program and policy for Medicaid recipients.
• Develop program standards and outcome standards.
• Provide clinical supervision.

Oct. 1995- June 1996 High Pointe Hospital Oklahoma City, OK

Director of Expressive Therapies

• Develop and monitor expressive therapy programming.
• Evaluate clinical appropriateness of the medical necessity criteria used by contractor and whether the criterion is applied correctly in serving recipients.
• Design, develop, implement, and administer expressive therapy programs.
• Develop program standards and outcome standards.
• Provide clinical supervision to expressive therapy staff.
• Individual and group therapy, mental health evaluations, referrals, treatment plan development, documentation.

June 1994– Sept. 1995 CPC Southwind Hospital Oklahoma City, OK

Director of Expressive Therapies

• Develop and monitor expressive therapy programming.
• Evaluate clinical appropriateness of the medical necessity criteria used by contractor and whether the criterion is applied correctly in serving recipients.
• Design, develop, implement, and administer expressive therapy programs.
• Develop program standards and outcome standards.
• Provide clinical supervision to expressive therapy staff.
• Individual and group therapy, mental health evaluations, referrals, treatment plan development, documentation.

Sept. 1992- June 1994 Rolling Hills Hospital Ada, OK

Director of Expressive Therapies

• Develop and monitor expressive therapy programming.
• Evaluate clinical appropriateness of the medical necessity criteria used by contractor and whether the criterion is applied correctly in serving recipients.
• Design, develop, implement, and administer expressive therapy programs.
• Develop program standards and outcome standards.
• Provide clinical supervision to expressive therapy staff.
• Individual and group therapy, mental health evaluations, referrals, treatment plan development, documentation.

May 1990- Sept. 1992 Charter Ridge Hospital Lexington, KY

Art Therapist

• Individual and group art therapy.
• Mental health evaluations.
• Referrals
• Treatment plan development.
• Chart documentation.

March 1992-Sept. 1992 Blue Grass Impact Lexington, KY

Art Therapist

• Individual art therapy.
• Referrals
• Treatment plan development.
• Chart documentation.

Jan. 87-Sept. 88 Northwest Mental Health Services Oil City, PA

Art Therapist

• Individual and group art therapy.
• Treatment plan development.
• Chart documentation.
• Assessments

Sept. 87-Sept. 88 Warren Dept. of Human Services Tionesta, PA

Contract Art Therapist

• Individual art therapy.
• Treatment plan development.
• Chart documentation.

Jan. 97-Sept. 88 Crawford County Children/Youth Meadville, PA

Contract Art Therapist

• Individual and group art therapy.
• Treatment plan development.
• Chart documentation.

June 86-Dec. 86 Edmund L. Thomas Detention Ctr. Erie, PA

Contract Art Therapist

• Group and individual art therapy.
• Chart documentation.
• Treatment plan development.

EDUCATION

1989-1990 Wright State University Dayton, Ohio

MAT, Master of Art Therapy

? Sigma Iota

1981-1986 Mercyhurst University Erie, Pennsylvania

BA, Bachelor of Arts in Art Therapy, Art Education and Studio Art

? Dean’s List Scholar

THESIS AND PUBLICATIONS

Hanes, M. J. (2025). Road Drawings with Adults in a 23-Hour Crisis Observation and Stabilization Unit.

Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association.

https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2025.2479225

Hanes, M. J. (2024). Clay in Art Therapy: A Case Report of a Sexually Abuse Child. Art Therapy: Journal of the

American Art Therapy Association. http://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2024.2408518

Hanes, M. J. (2023). The Picture Perfect Home: A Case Study of a 49-Year-Old Female in Residential Treatment,

Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association. http://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2023.2240679.

Hanes, M. J. (2022). Modified Amusement Park Technique with a SUD Population in a Residential

Setting. The Arts in Psychotherapy: An International Journal. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2022.101967

Hanes, M. J., & Rojas, J. (2021). Utilizing the Bridge Drawing Assessment with Patients in a Residential

Substance Use Treatment Center. Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association,

39(2), 138-145. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2021.1986328

Hanes, M. J. (2020) Roads to the Unconscious: A Manual for Understanding Road Drawings (2^nd ed). Edmond, OK:

Blue Sparrow Distributions.

Hanes, M. J. (2019). House as a mirror of self: A case study of a 21-Year-Old African American Female

Hospitalized in an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit. The Arts in Psychotherapy: An International Journal.

http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2019.101601

Hanes, M. J. (2017). Road to recovery: Road drawings in a gender specific residential substance use treatment

center. Art Therapy: American Journal of Art Therapy, 34(4), 201-208.

http://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2017.1394124

Hanes, M. J. (2009). Drawing out the enemy. ArtBeat Magazine, 1(12), 4.

Hanes, M. J. (2009). Monsters from the id. ArtBeat Magazine, 1(10), 4.

Hanes, M. J. (2008). Signs of suicide: Using road drawings with inmates on suicide observation at a county jail. Art

Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 25(2), pp. 78-84.

http://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2017.1394124

Hanes, M. J. (2007). “Face-to-face” with addiction: The spontaneous Production of self- portraits in art therapy. Art

Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 24(1), pp. 33-36.

http://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2007.10129365

Hanes, M. J. (2005). Behind steel doors: Images from the walls of a county jail. Art Therapy: Journal of the American

Art Therapy Association, 22(1), pp. 44-48. http://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2005.10129462

Hanes, M. J. (2001). Retrospective review in art therapy: A visual record of the therapeutic process. American Journal

of Art Therapy, 40(2), pp. 149-160.

Hanes, M. J. (2000). Catharsis in art therapy: A case study of a sexually abused adolescent. American Journal of Art

Therapy, 38(3), pp. 70-74.

Hanes, M. J. (1998). Abstract imagery in art therapy: What does it mean? Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art

Therapy Association, 15(3), pp. 185-190. http://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.1989.10759321

Hanes, M. J. (1997). Roads to the unconscious: A manual for understanding road drawings. Oklahoma City, OK:

Wood ‘N’ Barnes Publishing.

Hanes, M. J. (1997). Utilizing the circus phenomenon as a drawing theme in art therapy. The arts in Psychotherapy: An

International Journal, 24(4), pp. 375-384.

Hanes, M. J. (1997). Producing messy mixture in art therapy: A case study of a sexually abused child. American Journal

of Art Therapy, 35(3), pp. 70-73.

Hanes, M. J. (1995). Utilizing road drawings as a therapeutic metaphor in art therapy. American Journal of Art Therapy,

34(1), pp. 19-23.

Hanes, M. J. (1995). Clinical application of the “scribble technique” with adults in an acute inpatient psychiatric hospital.

Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 12(2), pp. 111-117.

https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.1995.10759141

Hanes, M. J. (1994). Letter to the editor. Art Therapy: Journal of the America Art Therapy Association, 11(2), p. 5.

Hanes, M. J. (1990). The development of the kinetic circus character drawing (K-C-C-D) as an art therapy assessment

procedure. Unpublished master thesis, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

Certified to administer the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) and ASAM

Registered Art Therapist – Board Certified (ATR-BC)

Completing requirements for Certified Problem Gambling Counselor

Certified LPC and ATR Supervisor

Certified Art Education Teacher (K-12)

GRANTS WRITTEN AND AWARDED

Oklahoma AIDS Care Fund – HIV Counseling, Testing and Referral Grant 2009

Oklahoma AIDS Care Fund – HIV Comprehensive Risk Counseling and Services Grant 2011

Oklahoma City AIDS Walk – HIV Counseling, Testing and Referral Grant 2011

Oklahoma City AIDS Walk – HIV Counseling, Testing and Referral Grant 2012

Oklahoma City AIDS Walk – HIV Counseling, Testing and Referral Grant 2013

Oklahoma Department of Health – HIV Counseling, Testing and Referral Grant 2010 – 2011

Oklahoma Department of Health – HIV Counseling, Testing and Referral Grant 2012 – 2014

Oklahoma AIDS Care Fund – HIV Unmet Needs Grant 2012 – 2013

Oklahoma AIDS Care Fund – HIV Unmet Needs Grant 2013 – 2014

ODMHSAS – Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs Prevention Grant 2015

ODMHSAS – Regional Prevention Grant 2015

ODMHSAS – Eagle Wings Grant 2015

Anschutz Foundation – 2015

Kirkpatrick Foundation – 2016

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

Scholarship – Graduate Assistantship Wright State University 1989-1990

Al Friedman Visionary Award 2013

REFERENCES

Dr. Belinda Biscoe 405-203-0909

Cheryl Bay 405-361-3808

Dr. Rojas 405-973-4040