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Moon, Milwaukee, WI  \nAbstract  \nThis article describes the clinical practice of two male art therapists and their work with male adolescentsex offenders ina residential treatment facility. The authors share experiences of working with clients who, in addition to being offenders, were diagnosed with a mental illness and were themselves victims of sexual abuse. The function of male art therapists, particularly in relation to male clients, is explored through case material. Finally, the value of the mentoring relationship between the two therapists emerged as an asset for managing the more challenging dynamics of the clients and setting.  \nIntroduction  \nPurgatory – 1. The place in which souls remain until they have expiated their sins before they go to heaven; 2. An extremely uncomfortable, painful, or unpleasant situation or experience.  \n(Webster, 1988)  \nHoda: In Search of a Mentor  \nMy wheels spun as I tried to make my way through the thick snow. The austere palette of winter had erased much of the contrast between roads and buildings. Ironically, the annual conference of the Illinois Art Therapy Association was being held less than a mile from my house. So close, yet it was hidden from my sight.  \nOn that cold January morning I felt a nagging unease. For the previous six years, I had been working as the art therapist at Dynamic Behavioral Modification Center (DBMC), a residential treatment center for male adolescents who have committed a sexual offense. I had initiated and developed a rich program but felt constrained. I was looking for ways to regain the vigor and vitality of my practice. I had been thinking about working with Bruce Moon, whose 1998 text on adolescent art therapy had guided mein the development of my practice.  \nEditor’s note: Hoda Mazloomian, MA, ATR-BC, LCPC, isan art therapist working in private practice in Chicago, IL. Bruce Moon, PhD, ATR-BC, is an Associate Professor and director of the graduate art therapy program at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, WI. Correspondence concerning this article may be directed to the authors via email [at moonb@mtmary.edu](at moonb@mtmary.edu).  \nAuthors’ Note: The clinical accounts and references to the treatment facility are true in spirit but are fictional amalgamations of many cases, to protect the identities of clients and the treatment facility. The name of the facility has also been changed.  \nWhen I eventually found the conference and walked into a hall filled with other art therapists, I had hoped to find Bruce. To my surprise it was Bruce who found me. He walked up to me and said “So Hoda, can I work with you as an assistant?” Although I had not discussed my thoughts with anyone else, somehow the day’s events became a metaphor for my own search. I was so close to what I needed to find but it found me. All I had to do was to have desire and to be at the right place at the right time.  \nBruce: In Search of a Place to Be  \nI had worked in a small private psychiatric hospital and in independent practice for 22 years, amassing over 25,000 hours of client contact. In 1996 I decided to leave the hospital in order to teach full time, motivated by a desire to share what I had learned from my clients and from a close association over 16 years with my mentor Don Jones, HLM. But after nearly 10 years as the director of graduate programs at Marywood University in Scranton, PA and Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, WI, I realized I was missing the immediacy and intimacy of art therapy practice, especially with adolescents. At another level, I felt ethically compelled to return to my roots in the therapeutic art studio. I did not want to be one of those teachers who talk about the work but never do it.  \nI started looking for a setting that would get me back into clinical contact with clients on a limited, pro bono basis. 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