Saturday, December 3, 2022
10am-12pm
via Zoom
Please join us for the FREE (2) CE event on December 3, 2022. The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association will hold the Annual Membership Meeting immediately following the event.
Please use this link to register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-road-to-happiness-build-maintain-a-successful-ethical-art-therapy-tickets-461985710697
Wishing to escape agency work and create your ideal private practice (PP) career? Explore common resistances to PP and determine which PP models are the right fit. Discover effective community marketing strategies, develop referral sources and obtain recruiting scripts to land prospective clients. Create a business plan to structure success!
Art therapy is inherently gratifying because clinicians help clients overcome critical social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. Simultaneously, there are costs to art therapy work, such as emotional challenges and fatigue, and limited opportunities for career and economic advancement (Woddis, Wood, Ryde, Walton, Heath, Stevens, & Rogers 2017). In many organizations, advancement to supervisory or management positions often requires clinicians to relinquish preferred direct clinical contact with clients (Woddis et. al. 2017). Private therapy practice offers many solutions to these challenges: increased income, smaller caseloads, decreased paperwork, desired clinical populations, schedule flexibility, creative clinical control, and job satisfaction (Hunt, 2004). Considering the benefits, it seems as though there should be more art therapists in private practice. Obstacles to clinicians entering private practice include: loss of security from agency salary/benefits, lack of business and marketing knowledge and not knowing how to learn it, aversion to risk, fear of failure or the unknown, and insecurity about sole responsibility for clients (Baumgarten, 2017). A literature search revealed a paucity of research and publication about art therapy private practice, and specifically, how to successfully begin, grow, and operate one. The presenter offers practice-building insights and strategies developed through available published resources as well as personal communication with mentors and consultants. Clinical and ethical considerations are interwoven with non-clinical fields such as entrepreneurship, business, marketing, and communication. Books that informed the presenter’s evolving entrepreneurship are shared. The presenter shares factors for success and lessons learned through reflection upon mistakes over the course of twenty-two years of art therapy entrepreneurship. The program is structured through the narrative of the presenter’s lived experience growing from an agency art therapist, to a solo private practitioner, to the owner of a group art therapy practice with ten art therapists in four locations, to the founder of a creative arts special-needs day camp. This presentation empowers participants to overcome barriers to private practice with actionable practice-building strategies. It discusses motivations for and resistance to private practice work, followed by private pay and insurance-based practice structures, a user-friendly business plan template, as well as methods to advertise a practice, develop referral sources, and speak with and land potential clients.
Objectives:
1. State three (3) key benefits and 3 challenges of insurance-based and private pay private art therapy practice models
2. List five (5) ways to advertise a private practice that are considered both ethical and respectable
3. Describe at least five (5) discussion points to address when facilitating “recruiting conversations” with potential clients.
All participants need to register by 11:59pm on November 30th, 2022 to attend the event. Links will be sent to registrants on December 1, 2022 via the [email protected] email address.
Please Note:
*The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association does not issue refunds for events.*
*The information provided in PAATA events is the express opinion of the presenter, and is not an endorsement by PAATA.*
*Your participation in any PAATA programming indicates your permission for PAATA to photograph your work or likeness for use in promotional material unless you provide us with written revocation of this permission.*
*The PAATA is not responsible for disruptions in event access due to problems with attendee equipment, internet connection, etc.*
*The PAATA reserves the right to record any training offerings (with agreement from our presenters) for the purpose of future distance learning. Recording of events by attendees is prohibited.*
Please use this link to register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-road-to-happiness-build-maintain-a-successful-ethical-art-therapy-tickets-461985710697
Wishing to escape agency work and create your ideal private practice (PP) career? Explore common resistances to PP and determine which PP models are the right fit. Discover effective community marketing strategies, develop referral sources and obtain recruiting scripts to land prospective clients. Create a business plan to structure success!
Art therapy is inherently gratifying because clinicians help clients overcome critical social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. Simultaneously, there are costs to art therapy work, such as emotional challenges and fatigue, and limited opportunities for career and economic advancement (Woddis, Wood, Ryde, Walton, Heath, Stevens, & Rogers 2017). In many organizations, advancement to supervisory or management positions often requires clinicians to relinquish preferred direct clinical contact with clients (Woddis et. al. 2017). Private therapy practice offers many solutions to these challenges: increased income, smaller caseloads, decreased paperwork, desired clinical populations, schedule flexibility, creative clinical control, and job satisfaction (Hunt, 2004). Considering the benefits, it seems as though there should be more art therapists in private practice. Obstacles to clinicians entering private practice include: loss of security from agency salary/benefits, lack of business and marketing knowledge and not knowing how to learn it, aversion to risk, fear of failure or the unknown, and insecurity about sole responsibility for clients (Baumgarten, 2017). A literature search revealed a paucity of research and publication about art therapy private practice, and specifically, how to successfully begin, grow, and operate one. The presenter offers practice-building insights and strategies developed through available published resources as well as personal communication with mentors and consultants. Clinical and ethical considerations are interwoven with non-clinical fields such as entrepreneurship, business, marketing, and communication. Books that informed the presenter’s evolving entrepreneurship are shared. The presenter shares factors for success and lessons learned through reflection upon mistakes over the course of twenty-two years of art therapy entrepreneurship. The program is structured through the narrative of the presenter’s lived experience growing from an agency art therapist, to a solo private practitioner, to the owner of a group art therapy practice with ten art therapists in four locations, to the founder of a creative arts special-needs day camp. This presentation empowers participants to overcome barriers to private practice with actionable practice-building strategies. It discusses motivations for and resistance to private practice work, followed by private pay and insurance-based practice structures, a user-friendly business plan template, as well as methods to advertise a practice, develop referral sources, and speak with and land potential clients.
Objectives:
1. State three (3) key benefits and 3 challenges of insurance-based and private pay private art therapy practice models
2. List five (5) ways to advertise a private practice that are considered both ethical and respectable
3. Describe at least five (5) discussion points to address when facilitating “recruiting conversations” with potential clients.
All participants need to register by 11:59pm on November 30th, 2022 to attend the event. Links will be sent to registrants on December 1, 2022 via the [email protected] email address.
Please Note:
*The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association does not issue refunds for events.*
*The information provided in PAATA events is the express opinion of the presenter, and is not an endorsement by PAATA.*
*Your participation in any PAATA programming indicates your permission for PAATA to photograph your work or likeness for use in promotional material unless you provide us with written revocation of this permission.*
*The PAATA is not responsible for disruptions in event access due to problems with attendee equipment, internet connection, etc.*
*The PAATA reserves the right to record any training offerings (with agreement from our presenters) for the purpose of future distance learning. Recording of events by attendees is prohibited.*
Saturday, June 11, 2022
10:00am-1:00pm
via Zoom
Click HERE to Register!
This interactive workshop will teach participants much needed skills related to suicide assessment and interventions. This is an interactive learning experience that utilizes role play and in-vivo skills coaching. This workshop will also address symptoms of secondary trauma. Participants will learn creative ways to enhance self-care and to create intentional structures of peer and organizational support that are appropriate to the culture of the agency.
Objectives:
1. Participants will identify multiple risk and protective factors when conducting a suicide assessment.
2. Participants will conduct a suicide inquiry using clear, concise, clinical language that identifies ideation, plan, behaviors, and intent, access to lethal means, as well as homicidal inquiry
3. Participants will identify at least 3 possible interventions related to three assessed risk levels of suicidal action (low, moderate and high risk)
4. Participants will identify personal character strengths and predict ways to utilize these strengths to promote resilience
This interactive workshop will teach participants much needed skills related to suicide assessment and interventions. This is an interactive learning experience that utilizes role play and in-vivo skills coaching. This workshop will also address symptoms of secondary trauma. Participants will learn creative ways to enhance self-care and to create intentional structures of peer and organizational support that are appropriate to the culture of the agency.
Objectives:
1. Participants will identify multiple risk and protective factors when conducting a suicide assessment.
2. Participants will conduct a suicide inquiry using clear, concise, clinical language that identifies ideation, plan, behaviors, and intent, access to lethal means, as well as homicidal inquiry
3. Participants will identify at least 3 possible interventions related to three assessed risk levels of suicidal action (low, moderate and high risk)
4. Participants will identify personal character strengths and predict ways to utilize these strengths to promote resilience
The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6847. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
3 hours of Continuing Education clock hours are available for this program. Partial credits are not available.
3 hours of Continuing Education clock hours are available for this program. Partial credits are not available.
March 6th, 2022
10:00am-12:00pm
via Zoom
Click Here to Register.
Description:
Creating an independent art therapy license in PA (the L.P.A.T.) is an ethical expression and obligation. Learn how clients may experience harm under current regulation, and how the proposed L.P.A.T protects vulnerable clients and increases access to quality art therapy services. Discover how to support this critical effort.
Abstract:
Ethics is an inherent and inseparable part of art therapy practice. The therapist has an ethical obligation (i) to benefit the client, (ii) to avoid or minimize harm, and to (iii) respect the values and preferences of the client (Beauchamp & Childress, 2012; Kitchener & Anderson, 2011).
Therapy clients seeking and participating in treatment are a vulnerable population. They may be in physically or emotionally weakened state. As laypeople, they may not distinguish inappropriate or unethical treatment. Additionally, mental health consumers may be confused by, and challenged, to navigate the healthcare system to identify highly trained, ethical practitioners.
Because of the power dynamic and the client’s potential vulnerability, consumers depend on clinicians practicing ethically, and utilizing clinical judgement and restraint. They also require systemic protection in the form of the clarity, ethics, and structure of the mental health system and the law (Frame & Williams, 2005).
Understanding how art interacts with a client’s psychological disposition, and how to safely manage and interpret the reactions different art processes may evoke, are competencies that must be gained through substantial experiential learning that is unique to art therapy master’s degree training. The use of art in therapy thus carries risk of harm if applied beyond the competence of the practitioner.
Researchers have warned mental health practitioners for several decades about potential ethical implications of using art in therapy. Writing in the Journal of Counseling & Development, Hammond and Gantt (1998) cited the likely lack of preparedness of non-art therapists for powerful reactions often evoked by art and art materials, and uncertainty about how to use artistic processes to bring such reactions under control. The authors cautioned that “other therapists challenge ethical and legal boundaries when they attempt to make an interpretation to the client or make a generalization about the meaning of the art.”
In Pennsylvania, art therapy has been included in the Professional Counseling license for nearly two decades as a “related mental health field”. This adds to the public’s confusion about what art therapy involves and the level of training required for effective practice of art therapy. Non-art therapists or under-trained therapists may not realize it is inappropriate, and unwittingly claim that they are “doing art therapy” when using art materials with clients. This presents several distinct sources of potential harm to public health and safety that can be addressed through independent art therapy licensure. Potential risks include:
• Prescribing inappropriate art materials for an individual or population, causing decompensation and dysregulation.
• Misinterpreting or ignoring clinical indicators in artwork, especially risk factors for trauma, behaviors dangerous to self or others, or emotional regression.
• Eliciting adverse responses through art from clients that they are not properly trained to interpret or treat.
• Ethical violations of clients’ confidentiality by mishandling of client artwork, which art therapists consider a medical record.
• Misrepresenting their practice and education/scope of practice to vulnerable consumers by holding themselves out as “art therapists” or claiming to “do art therapy”.
This presentation explains how the creation of the LPAT credential exemplifies ethical beneficence and non-maleficence. It teaches how the LPAT will remediate risks of harm to consumers under current licensure. Participants will learn the definition of title protection, how the bill protects the public, its various educational, experience, and supervision requirements, and consequences for violation of the law. Lastly, the presentation will outline Pennsylvania’s legislative process, including the steps for a bill to become a law, and what immediate steps participants can take to contribute to the ethical drive to make the LPAT a reality.
References:
Art Therapy Credentials Board (2021). Code of Ethics, Conduct, and Disciplinary Procedures. Greensboro, NC: Author.
Beauchamp, T. L., & Childress, J. F. (2012). Principles of biomedical ethics (7th ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Frame, M. W., & Williams, C. B. (2005) A model of ethical decision making from a multicultural perspective. Counseling and Values, 49, 165–179.
Hammond, L. C., & Gantt, L. (1998). Using art in counseling: Ethical considerations. Journal of Counseling & Development, 76(3), 271-276.
Kitchener, K. S., & Anderson, S. K. (2011). Foundations of ethical practice, research, and teaching in psychology and counseling (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.
Learning Objectives – Upon completion of this presentation, participants will be able to:
Creating an independent art therapy license in PA (the L.P.A.T.) is an ethical expression and obligation. Learn how clients may experience harm under current regulation, and how the proposed L.P.A.T protects vulnerable clients and increases access to quality art therapy services. Discover how to support this critical effort.
Abstract:
Ethics is an inherent and inseparable part of art therapy practice. The therapist has an ethical obligation (i) to benefit the client, (ii) to avoid or minimize harm, and to (iii) respect the values and preferences of the client (Beauchamp & Childress, 2012; Kitchener & Anderson, 2011).
Therapy clients seeking and participating in treatment are a vulnerable population. They may be in physically or emotionally weakened state. As laypeople, they may not distinguish inappropriate or unethical treatment. Additionally, mental health consumers may be confused by, and challenged, to navigate the healthcare system to identify highly trained, ethical practitioners.
Because of the power dynamic and the client’s potential vulnerability, consumers depend on clinicians practicing ethically, and utilizing clinical judgement and restraint. They also require systemic protection in the form of the clarity, ethics, and structure of the mental health system and the law (Frame & Williams, 2005).
Understanding how art interacts with a client’s psychological disposition, and how to safely manage and interpret the reactions different art processes may evoke, are competencies that must be gained through substantial experiential learning that is unique to art therapy master’s degree training. The use of art in therapy thus carries risk of harm if applied beyond the competence of the practitioner.
Researchers have warned mental health practitioners for several decades about potential ethical implications of using art in therapy. Writing in the Journal of Counseling & Development, Hammond and Gantt (1998) cited the likely lack of preparedness of non-art therapists for powerful reactions often evoked by art and art materials, and uncertainty about how to use artistic processes to bring such reactions under control. The authors cautioned that “other therapists challenge ethical and legal boundaries when they attempt to make an interpretation to the client or make a generalization about the meaning of the art.”
In Pennsylvania, art therapy has been included in the Professional Counseling license for nearly two decades as a “related mental health field”. This adds to the public’s confusion about what art therapy involves and the level of training required for effective practice of art therapy. Non-art therapists or under-trained therapists may not realize it is inappropriate, and unwittingly claim that they are “doing art therapy” when using art materials with clients. This presents several distinct sources of potential harm to public health and safety that can be addressed through independent art therapy licensure. Potential risks include:
• Prescribing inappropriate art materials for an individual or population, causing decompensation and dysregulation.
• Misinterpreting or ignoring clinical indicators in artwork, especially risk factors for trauma, behaviors dangerous to self or others, or emotional regression.
• Eliciting adverse responses through art from clients that they are not properly trained to interpret or treat.
• Ethical violations of clients’ confidentiality by mishandling of client artwork, which art therapists consider a medical record.
• Misrepresenting their practice and education/scope of practice to vulnerable consumers by holding themselves out as “art therapists” or claiming to “do art therapy”.
This presentation explains how the creation of the LPAT credential exemplifies ethical beneficence and non-maleficence. It teaches how the LPAT will remediate risks of harm to consumers under current licensure. Participants will learn the definition of title protection, how the bill protects the public, its various educational, experience, and supervision requirements, and consequences for violation of the law. Lastly, the presentation will outline Pennsylvania’s legislative process, including the steps for a bill to become a law, and what immediate steps participants can take to contribute to the ethical drive to make the LPAT a reality.
References:
Art Therapy Credentials Board (2021). Code of Ethics, Conduct, and Disciplinary Procedures. Greensboro, NC: Author.
Beauchamp, T. L., & Childress, J. F. (2012). Principles of biomedical ethics (7th ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Frame, M. W., & Williams, C. B. (2005) A model of ethical decision making from a multicultural perspective. Counseling and Values, 49, 165–179.
Hammond, L. C., & Gantt, L. (1998). Using art in counseling: Ethical considerations. Journal of Counseling & Development, 76(3), 271-276.
Kitchener, K. S., & Anderson, S. K. (2011). Foundations of ethical practice, research, and teaching in psychology and counseling (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.
Learning Objectives – Upon completion of this presentation, participants will be able to:
- Define the ethical principles of beneficence and non-malfeasance.
- List at least three ways mental health consumers are vulnerable to being deceived or exploited, whether intentionally or inadvertently.
- State how professional regulation through licenses protects vulnerable mental health consumers.
- Explain why ethical beneficence and non-malfeasance impels art therapists to create the LPAT, the independent art therapy license.
- Delineate at least three professional requirements art therapists will need to satisfy in order to qualify for the LPAT.
- List at least three practical ways participants can contribute to advocacy for independent art therapy licensure in Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6847. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
2 hours of Continuing Education clock hours are available for this program. Partial credits are not available.
2 hours of Continuing Education clock hours are available for this program. Partial credits are not available.
December 5, 2021
9:00am-11:00am
via Zoom
*Immediately followed by the Annual Membership Meeting
11:00am-12:00pm*
Click HERE to Register!
This workshop will explore the basic principles of how focused mindfulness on relevant “gaze spots” on a client’s artwork can be a portal to powerful subcortical processing of psychic material. We will also investigate the ways the visual field effects perception, vagal response and trauma resolution –and how to help clients to structure and awaken these neurological pathways though artmaking, movement, and the visual gaze.
This workshop will offer didactic material, video clips of sessions, and direct experience with the visual field for participants.
Abstract:
There has been little attention in the field of therapy on vision as an active process of the whole self. Like breathing, vision is a liminal physical experience that is both autonomic and can also be shaped consciously. Gaining a basic understanding of the physiology of the eyes and experiential practice with shifting the visual field can enhance the power of Art Therapy, a modality that implicitly leans on ways of seeing. This workshop will explore ways that engage the eyes accesses mid-brain emotional healing through the practice of Brainspotting, activates the vagus nerve for self- regulation, and creates pathways for positive change when clients learn to consciously shift their vision imaginally and physically.
Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to articulate two principles of the use of the visual field and how they can be integrated into Art Therapy
2. Participants will experience and be able to name the ways the “orienting” response can be utilized to support safety in therapy sessions.
3. Participants will name the ways the intraocular muscles can be utilized in engaging the vagus nerve and in processing patient artwork.
Required Materials:
Bilateral music downloaded and available, headphones or earbuds, and an emotionally evocative piece of artwork
About the Presenter:
Joanna Groebel, MCAT, R-DMT, LPC is an artist, seasoned therapist and presenter in private practice in southeastern Pennsylvania who has decades of experience at the Inpatient and Partial Hospitalization level. She earned her Masters in Creative Arts in Therapy from Drexel University, and is certified in both EMDR and Brainspotting. She is an approved Brainspotting consultant, and is studying Neuroscience with Deborah Antinori.
She is certified as a SoulCollage® facilitator, Level One Focusing Oriented Art Therapy, and has trained with and assisted Aviva Gold in her “Painting From the Source” trainings. She has also studied and taught aspects of Authentic Movement, Feldenkreis technique, Body MindCentering, and Continuum for decades.
Her inquiry into the effects of shifts in the visual field are motivated by her own experience with a degenerative eye condition.
This workshop will explore the basic principles of how focused mindfulness on relevant “gaze spots” on a client’s artwork can be a portal to powerful subcortical processing of psychic material. We will also investigate the ways the visual field effects perception, vagal response and trauma resolution –and how to help clients to structure and awaken these neurological pathways though artmaking, movement, and the visual gaze.
This workshop will offer didactic material, video clips of sessions, and direct experience with the visual field for participants.
Abstract:
There has been little attention in the field of therapy on vision as an active process of the whole self. Like breathing, vision is a liminal physical experience that is both autonomic and can also be shaped consciously. Gaining a basic understanding of the physiology of the eyes and experiential practice with shifting the visual field can enhance the power of Art Therapy, a modality that implicitly leans on ways of seeing. This workshop will explore ways that engage the eyes accesses mid-brain emotional healing through the practice of Brainspotting, activates the vagus nerve for self- regulation, and creates pathways for positive change when clients learn to consciously shift their vision imaginally and physically.
Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to articulate two principles of the use of the visual field and how they can be integrated into Art Therapy
2. Participants will experience and be able to name the ways the “orienting” response can be utilized to support safety in therapy sessions.
3. Participants will name the ways the intraocular muscles can be utilized in engaging the vagus nerve and in processing patient artwork.
Required Materials:
Bilateral music downloaded and available, headphones or earbuds, and an emotionally evocative piece of artwork
About the Presenter:
Joanna Groebel, MCAT, R-DMT, LPC is an artist, seasoned therapist and presenter in private practice in southeastern Pennsylvania who has decades of experience at the Inpatient and Partial Hospitalization level. She earned her Masters in Creative Arts in Therapy from Drexel University, and is certified in both EMDR and Brainspotting. She is an approved Brainspotting consultant, and is studying Neuroscience with Deborah Antinori.
She is certified as a SoulCollage® facilitator, Level One Focusing Oriented Art Therapy, and has trained with and assisted Aviva Gold in her “Painting From the Source” trainings. She has also studied and taught aspects of Authentic Movement, Feldenkreis technique, Body MindCentering, and Continuum for decades.
Her inquiry into the effects of shifts in the visual field are motivated by her own experience with a degenerative eye condition.
The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6847. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 2 hours of Continuing Education clock hours are available for this program. Partial credits are not available.
Join us for the PAATA Annual Membership Meeting
December 5, 2021
11:00am-12:00pm
via Zoom
Immediately following our event with Joanna Groebel, MCAT, R-DMT, LPC
Click HERE to Register!
*There is no cost to attend the Annual Membership Meeting*
Join us for PAATA's Annual Membership Meeting via zoom immediately following the event! This is a great opportunity to find out exactly what the Board has been working on in the interest of you, fellow art therapists, the profession at large, and the community as a whole. We have exciting changes to our bylaws and updates from each board member, and we need your votes and voices to keep our organization growing!
*There is no cost to attend the Annual Membership Meeting*
Join us for PAATA's Annual Membership Meeting via zoom immediately following the event! This is a great opportunity to find out exactly what the Board has been working on in the interest of you, fellow art therapists, the profession at large, and the community as a whole. We have exciting changes to our bylaws and updates from each board member, and we need your votes and voices to keep our organization growing!
Saturday August 28, 2021
9:00am-12:00pm
*Included in the All Access Pass*
Click Here to Register.
Art Therapy and the Museum Experience: Sharing Language, Hope and Healing
Presented by:
Denise R. Wolf MA, ATR-BC, ATCS, LPC and Kathryn Snyder, ATR-BC, LPC
In fulfillment of the Ron E. Hays Presenter’s Award
This workshop explores the connection between provocative imagery in museum collections and collaboration with art therapists, leading to transformative discussions and artmaking around difficult topics. Experiential learning includes a discussion of images that are potentially among the most provocative, and development of related artmaking that support creative and personal development.
Learning Objectives
1. Participants will learn 3 ways that artwork in a museum collection can evoke strong feelings in audience members and can be a catalyst for dialogue with museum educators.
2. Participants will identify 4 ways that art therapists can work with museum educators to support positive communication and emotional coping when dealing with tough topics in the museum and art education classroom.
3. Participants will design 5 unique art tools and techniques for working with 5 different provocative topics and images for use in the community and in art therapy sessions.
*The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association will not issue refunds for any events.*
*You must be a PAATA Member at the time of the event in order to be eligible for tickets at the Member rate.*
*You must be a Student at the time of the event in order to be eligible for tickets at the Student rate.*
The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6847. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
3 hours of Continuing Education clock hours are available for this program. Partial credits are not available.
Art Therapy and the Museum Experience: Sharing Language, Hope and Healing
Presented by:
Denise R. Wolf MA, ATR-BC, ATCS, LPC and Kathryn Snyder, ATR-BC, LPC
In fulfillment of the Ron E. Hays Presenter’s Award
This workshop explores the connection between provocative imagery in museum collections and collaboration with art therapists, leading to transformative discussions and artmaking around difficult topics. Experiential learning includes a discussion of images that are potentially among the most provocative, and development of related artmaking that support creative and personal development.
Learning Objectives
1. Participants will learn 3 ways that artwork in a museum collection can evoke strong feelings in audience members and can be a catalyst for dialogue with museum educators.
2. Participants will identify 4 ways that art therapists can work with museum educators to support positive communication and emotional coping when dealing with tough topics in the museum and art education classroom.
3. Participants will design 5 unique art tools and techniques for working with 5 different provocative topics and images for use in the community and in art therapy sessions.
*The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association will not issue refunds for any events.*
*You must be a PAATA Member at the time of the event in order to be eligible for tickets at the Member rate.*
*You must be a Student at the time of the event in order to be eligible for tickets at the Student rate.*
The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6847. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
3 hours of Continuing Education clock hours are available for this program. Partial credits are not available.
Sunday June 27, 2021
9:00am-12:00pm
*Included in the All Access Pass*
Click Here to Register.
Co-Leadership, Creativity & Client Attunement
Presented by: Stephanie Wise, MA, ATR-BC, ATCS, LCAT and Emily Nash, LCAT
In this workshop, the benefits of co-leading trauma group is explored through the lens of creative engagement. Achieving attunement is vital to potentiate client healing while simultaneously inoculating therapists’ from the cumulative exposure to traumatic material. This workshop addresses ways to creatively maximize overall attunement.
In her seminal book, Trauma and Recovery, Judith Herman reminds us that “Just as no trauma survivor can recover alone, no therapist can work with trauma alone.” (Herman, 1992, p. 141). While it is simple to dismiss the idea of having two therapists co-lead trauma groups as too costly and possibly redundant, experience has shown otherwise. Wise and Nash have written a book, Healing Trauma in Group Settings – The Art of Co-leader Attunement, (2020) which directly refutes the notion of cost and redundancy as obstacles and instead takes the position that therapists cannot afford to not work together for the benefit of clients, as well as the welfare of the therapists immersed in working with such toxic material.
In trauma group settings, there exist distinct advantages in having two therapists, co-leaders, facilitating the healing work. (Wise & Nash, 2020, p.3). Management of the complexities of personalities, trauma issues and demands placed upon the therapists within the holding environment is enhanced through the complementary engagement of two therapists who are well-attuned to each other. Multi-directional attunement between group members and therapists helps promote potential healing and personal growth through modeling, division of attention and other curative options. (Wise & Nash, 2020, p. 25).
Yalom has stated, “How co-therapy goes, so will the group.” (Yalom, 2005, p.446). How two professionals interact with each other in service to their cooperative work with those they serve is an area often relegated to a few short sessions early in training instead of part of the ongoing therapeutic equation deserving deeper attention and exploration. Alongside developing the relational components necessary for maximizing effectively working with trauma clients is the need for demonstrated reciprocal attunement between therapists. Client who witness and experience this kind of interpersonal safety may begin to experience healing on many levels.
Attention to the development of trust within the therapist team is essential to the development of attunement between partners. Trust and attunement are sustained by the presence and practice of three core values: relational congruence, mutual respect and an integrated vision. Developing, sustaining and enhancing, intra/inter-therapeutic attunement while utilizing traditional psychotherapeutic and creative arts processes ultimately benefit clients and help inoculate therapists from the presence of traumatic material ever present in the work. (Wise & Nash, 2020, p.4-12)
Before we can be of service to others, we need to understand ourselves and our relationship to our work, clients, colleagues and community. We may be very knowledgeable and have wonderful intentions – but are we able to deeply connect and be present in meaningful ways? No matter what the theoretical stance, how do we understand the meaning and function of therapeutic presence as a healing force for our clients?
Nash and Wise, TAAM Workshop, 2013)
Therapists working together are not naturally attuned. Attunement is developed in a number of ways including, ideally, over time - but time alone does not guarantee such relational connection. Preparation for being an effective and attuned therapist begins with one’s self and generates outwardly to our partners. Through engagement with the arts and conversation, therapists can develop trust within the professional dyad. Ultimately, what drives this process is the understanding that the co-leader dyad is in actuality, a therapeutic entity unto itself defining such issues as safety and transformation of traumatic material. (Wise & Nash, 2020, p.5)
Learning Objectives
1. Participants will be able to list the three core values necessary for attaining an attuned co-leader relationship.
2. Participants will be able to name 4 creative arts exercises specifically designed to enhance co-leader attunement.
3. Participants will be able to define multi-directional attunement between clients and therapists within the group setting.
*The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association will not issue refunds for any events.*
*You must be a PAATA Member at the time of the event in order to be eligible for tickets at the Member rate.*
*You must be a Student at the time of the event in order to be eligible for tickets at the Student rate.*
The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6847. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
3 hours of Continuing Education clock hours are available for this program. Partial credits are not available.
Co-Leadership, Creativity & Client Attunement
Presented by: Stephanie Wise, MA, ATR-BC, ATCS, LCAT and Emily Nash, LCAT
In this workshop, the benefits of co-leading trauma group is explored through the lens of creative engagement. Achieving attunement is vital to potentiate client healing while simultaneously inoculating therapists’ from the cumulative exposure to traumatic material. This workshop addresses ways to creatively maximize overall attunement.
In her seminal book, Trauma and Recovery, Judith Herman reminds us that “Just as no trauma survivor can recover alone, no therapist can work with trauma alone.” (Herman, 1992, p. 141). While it is simple to dismiss the idea of having two therapists co-lead trauma groups as too costly and possibly redundant, experience has shown otherwise. Wise and Nash have written a book, Healing Trauma in Group Settings – The Art of Co-leader Attunement, (2020) which directly refutes the notion of cost and redundancy as obstacles and instead takes the position that therapists cannot afford to not work together for the benefit of clients, as well as the welfare of the therapists immersed in working with such toxic material.
In trauma group settings, there exist distinct advantages in having two therapists, co-leaders, facilitating the healing work. (Wise & Nash, 2020, p.3). Management of the complexities of personalities, trauma issues and demands placed upon the therapists within the holding environment is enhanced through the complementary engagement of two therapists who are well-attuned to each other. Multi-directional attunement between group members and therapists helps promote potential healing and personal growth through modeling, division of attention and other curative options. (Wise & Nash, 2020, p. 25).
Yalom has stated, “How co-therapy goes, so will the group.” (Yalom, 2005, p.446). How two professionals interact with each other in service to their cooperative work with those they serve is an area often relegated to a few short sessions early in training instead of part of the ongoing therapeutic equation deserving deeper attention and exploration. Alongside developing the relational components necessary for maximizing effectively working with trauma clients is the need for demonstrated reciprocal attunement between therapists. Client who witness and experience this kind of interpersonal safety may begin to experience healing on many levels.
Attention to the development of trust within the therapist team is essential to the development of attunement between partners. Trust and attunement are sustained by the presence and practice of three core values: relational congruence, mutual respect and an integrated vision. Developing, sustaining and enhancing, intra/inter-therapeutic attunement while utilizing traditional psychotherapeutic and creative arts processes ultimately benefit clients and help inoculate therapists from the presence of traumatic material ever present in the work. (Wise & Nash, 2020, p.4-12)
Before we can be of service to others, we need to understand ourselves and our relationship to our work, clients, colleagues and community. We may be very knowledgeable and have wonderful intentions – but are we able to deeply connect and be present in meaningful ways? No matter what the theoretical stance, how do we understand the meaning and function of therapeutic presence as a healing force for our clients?
Nash and Wise, TAAM Workshop, 2013)
Therapists working together are not naturally attuned. Attunement is developed in a number of ways including, ideally, over time - but time alone does not guarantee such relational connection. Preparation for being an effective and attuned therapist begins with one’s self and generates outwardly to our partners. Through engagement with the arts and conversation, therapists can develop trust within the professional dyad. Ultimately, what drives this process is the understanding that the co-leader dyad is in actuality, a therapeutic entity unto itself defining such issues as safety and transformation of traumatic material. (Wise & Nash, 2020, p.5)
Learning Objectives
1. Participants will be able to list the three core values necessary for attaining an attuned co-leader relationship.
2. Participants will be able to name 4 creative arts exercises specifically designed to enhance co-leader attunement.
3. Participants will be able to define multi-directional attunement between clients and therapists within the group setting.
*The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association will not issue refunds for any events.*
*You must be a PAATA Member at the time of the event in order to be eligible for tickets at the Member rate.*
*You must be a Student at the time of the event in order to be eligible for tickets at the Student rate.*
The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6847. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
3 hours of Continuing Education clock hours are available for this program. Partial credits are not available.
Career Day
May 23, 2021
10:00am-1:00pm
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The Art Therapist’s Journey From Graduation to Credentialing: Professional Developmental Crisis
Presented by Dani Moss, DAT, ATR-BC, LPC, ATCS, NCC
Overview:
The presenter will screen a 13-minute, illustrated video fable, an arts-based outcome of the lived experiences of professional art therapists who recently obtained their ATR-BC credential. The presenter will discuss and normalize themes and challenges for art therapists working on their credentials.
Objectives:
Biography:
Dani Moss, DAT, ATR-BC, LPC, ATCS, NCC is assistant professor of graduate art therapy at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. She has diverse clinical and art therapy program development experience; most of her work having been children and their families. Inspired by her own journey toward credentialing, Dani designed her doctoral research with the purpose of normalizing the journey between graduation from art therapy training to obtaining the Art Therapist Registered and Board-Certified credential, the ATR-BC. She identified what she calls the professional developmental crisis and created a teaching fable to help new art therapists and other stakeholders discuss and normalize the journey.
*This event is not eligible for CE clock hours*
The Art Therapist’s Journey From Graduation to Credentialing: Professional Developmental Crisis
Presented by Dani Moss, DAT, ATR-BC, LPC, ATCS, NCC
Overview:
The presenter will screen a 13-minute, illustrated video fable, an arts-based outcome of the lived experiences of professional art therapists who recently obtained their ATR-BC credential. The presenter will discuss and normalize themes and challenges for art therapists working on their credentials.
Objectives:
- Participants will identify 3 themes of professional identity developmental for new art therapists.
- Participants will identify 3 challenges of professional identity developmental for new art therapists.
- Participants will recognize 3 success factors that can support new art therapists in the workplace and on their journey to credentialing that are both unique to art therapists and new helping professionals and graduates in general.
Biography:
Dani Moss, DAT, ATR-BC, LPC, ATCS, NCC is assistant professor of graduate art therapy at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. She has diverse clinical and art therapy program development experience; most of her work having been children and their families. Inspired by her own journey toward credentialing, Dani designed her doctoral research with the purpose of normalizing the journey between graduation from art therapy training to obtaining the Art Therapist Registered and Board-Certified credential, the ATR-BC. She identified what she calls the professional developmental crisis and created a teaching fable to help new art therapists and other stakeholders discuss and normalize the journey.
*This event is not eligible for CE clock hours*
Saturday May 1, 2021
10:00am-12:00pm
*Included in the All Access Pass*
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Psychological and Psychophysiological Treatment of Common and Posttraumatic Nightmares:Theoretical Conceptualizations and Empirical Finding
Presented by: Michah Sadigh, PhD
In this lecture, we will explore the psychobiology of common and posttraumatic nightmares and discuss their treatments from psychological, psychophysiological, and psychopharmacological perspectives. We will also explore a detailed classification of nightmares, their etiology and treatment.
The exploration of frightening dreams reaches back to antiquity. With the advent of psychoanalysis, new perspectives on the nature of these types of dreams emerged particularly in the 1930’s and 40’s. In was not until the 1970’s when we began to have a better appreciation for the psychobiology and neurochemistry of nightmares. In this lecture we will demonstrate that there are, indeed, a number of different forms of nightmares that can emerge from a variety of psychological and existential experiences, whose understanding can bring on significant improvement in patients over all well-being and functioning. Posttraumatic nightmare, however, have a distinctively different psychology and psychobiology and may be resistant to common psychological and psychopharmacological treatments. We will explore a psychophysiological approach that has shown promise in their successful treatment.
Objectives
Upon the completion of this lecture, participants will be able to:
1. Explain the basic historical foundation of the study of nightmares
2. Make a distinction between common and posttraumatic nightmares
3. Explain the mechanisms behind the successful treatment of nightmares by means of psychophysiological and psychopharmacological treatments
*The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association will not issue refunds for any events.*
*You must be a PAATA Member at the time of the event in order to be eligible for tickets at the Member rate.*
*You must be a Student at the time of the event in order to be eligible for tickets at the Student rate.*
The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6847. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
2 hours of Continuing Education clock hours are available for this program. Partial credits are not available.
Sunday April 25, 2021
9:00am-12:00pm
*Included in the All Access Pass*
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Resilience through Art: Family Albums as Agents of Healing, Empowerment, and Revival
Presented by: Mariya Keselman-Mekler, MA, ATR-BC, LPC
This multifaceted workshop will introduce participants to the use of art therapy, family photographs, and Person-Centered Trauma-Informed (PCTI) approach when working with individuals who experience trauma. Integration of creative process with a group of Holocaust Survivors will be explored as a tool to de-stigmatize mental health treatment and promote healing.
Trauma stems from “an event, series of events, or set of circumstances experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life-threatening with lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being” (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2019). Cultural trauma impacts members of a collective group when they “feel they have been subjected to a horrendous event that leaves indelible marks upon their group consciousness… changing their future identity in fundamental and irrevocable ways” (Alexander et. al., 2004, p.1). Genocide, such as the Holocaust, is an example of cultural trauma that disrupts cultural homeostasis, values, identity, and sense of belonging (Wolf, 2018).
The transformative aspect of art and its use as a vehicle for resilience has been discussed for decades (Keselman, 2019). Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, an artist sent to the Terezin concentration camp during the Holocaust, found a way to introduce art to children in the camp as a way to help them express themselves, find freedom within oppressive environment, and communicate their hopes and fears (Makarova, 2001). Miriam Katin, a graphic artist, who was a toddler during the Holocaust, was able to utilize the creative process to reflect on her past, get a different perspective, reframe her experience, and “draw herself out of [the hurt]” (Oostijk, 2018, p. 84).
Art therapy has been proposed as a useful tool for targeting somatic aspects of traumatic memory integrating the left and right hemispheres of the brain (Talwar, 2007). It allows participants to tap into the primary processing of trauma in addition to the secondary processing available to them through talk therapy (Talwar, 2007). Although there are few studies on the impact of art therapy or art-making in general on resilience in Holocaust Survivors (HS), researchers studying this topic demonstrate the correlation between creativity/inclination to art, and resiliency (Diamond & Shrira, 2018). Diamond and Shira’s (2018) study with groups of older adults, including Holocaust Survivors, suggests that engagement in art increases resilience and allows for “more positive coping with long-term effect of the Holocaust” (p. 241).
This workshop will be divided into three phases which will include: 1) interactive information session (including demonstration of client artwork); 2) visual elicitation and art-making process; 3) brainstorming phase for further integration of family albums as an intervention with participants’ client populations.
In the first part of the workshop, participants will learn about a wellness program developed to address the unmet needs of Holocaust Survivors (HS) from the Former Soviet Union (FSU). Workshop participants will learn about ways in which art therapy was introduced in a community where receiving mental health services was stigmatized; they will learn about the structure of utilizing the work on family albums as an intervention; and will be introduced to case studies, and client artwork. This will be followed by participants engaging in response art based on client artwork, and engaging in their own art process, reflecting on their family story: family photographs, what they would include, and most importantly what they would leave out if they were to create their own family albums. Bringing their family photographs to elicit visual and verbal response will be optional/ suggested. Participants will then be guided to engage in the art-process to respond to their own feelings about their family story. In the third and final phase of the workshop, participants will be invited to engage in individual reflection and group processing/brainstorming session, to come up with ways they can utilize family albums in their work with their respective populations.
Objectives:
Participants will learn ways in which family albums were used to promote healing and empowerment in working with Holocaust Survivors from the Former Soviet Union
Participants will use themselves as tools to explore impacts of their own family history on their work with clients, allowing them to be more sensitive when engaging in similar work
Participants will learn ways to adapt creation of a family album as a treatment intervention for their own client populations.
Recommended Art Materials:
- Drawing paper
- 2D drawing materials.
*The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association will not issue refunds for any events.*
*You must be a PAATA Member at the time of the event in order to be eligible for tickets at the Member rate.*
*You must be a Student at the time of the event in order to be eligible for tickets at the Student rate.*
The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6847. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
3 hours of Continuing Education clock hours are available for this program. Partial credits are not available.
Resilience through Art: Family Albums as Agents of Healing, Empowerment, and Revival
Presented by: Mariya Keselman-Mekler, MA, ATR-BC, LPC
This multifaceted workshop will introduce participants to the use of art therapy, family photographs, and Person-Centered Trauma-Informed (PCTI) approach when working with individuals who experience trauma. Integration of creative process with a group of Holocaust Survivors will be explored as a tool to de-stigmatize mental health treatment and promote healing.
Trauma stems from “an event, series of events, or set of circumstances experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life-threatening with lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being” (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2019). Cultural trauma impacts members of a collective group when they “feel they have been subjected to a horrendous event that leaves indelible marks upon their group consciousness… changing their future identity in fundamental and irrevocable ways” (Alexander et. al., 2004, p.1). Genocide, such as the Holocaust, is an example of cultural trauma that disrupts cultural homeostasis, values, identity, and sense of belonging (Wolf, 2018).
The transformative aspect of art and its use as a vehicle for resilience has been discussed for decades (Keselman, 2019). Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, an artist sent to the Terezin concentration camp during the Holocaust, found a way to introduce art to children in the camp as a way to help them express themselves, find freedom within oppressive environment, and communicate their hopes and fears (Makarova, 2001). Miriam Katin, a graphic artist, who was a toddler during the Holocaust, was able to utilize the creative process to reflect on her past, get a different perspective, reframe her experience, and “draw herself out of [the hurt]” (Oostijk, 2018, p. 84).
Art therapy has been proposed as a useful tool for targeting somatic aspects of traumatic memory integrating the left and right hemispheres of the brain (Talwar, 2007). It allows participants to tap into the primary processing of trauma in addition to the secondary processing available to them through talk therapy (Talwar, 2007). Although there are few studies on the impact of art therapy or art-making in general on resilience in Holocaust Survivors (HS), researchers studying this topic demonstrate the correlation between creativity/inclination to art, and resiliency (Diamond & Shrira, 2018). Diamond and Shira’s (2018) study with groups of older adults, including Holocaust Survivors, suggests that engagement in art increases resilience and allows for “more positive coping with long-term effect of the Holocaust” (p. 241).
This workshop will be divided into three phases which will include: 1) interactive information session (including demonstration of client artwork); 2) visual elicitation and art-making process; 3) brainstorming phase for further integration of family albums as an intervention with participants’ client populations.
In the first part of the workshop, participants will learn about a wellness program developed to address the unmet needs of Holocaust Survivors (HS) from the Former Soviet Union (FSU). Workshop participants will learn about ways in which art therapy was introduced in a community where receiving mental health services was stigmatized; they will learn about the structure of utilizing the work on family albums as an intervention; and will be introduced to case studies, and client artwork. This will be followed by participants engaging in response art based on client artwork, and engaging in their own art process, reflecting on their family story: family photographs, what they would include, and most importantly what they would leave out if they were to create their own family albums. Bringing their family photographs to elicit visual and verbal response will be optional/ suggested. Participants will then be guided to engage in the art-process to respond to their own feelings about their family story. In the third and final phase of the workshop, participants will be invited to engage in individual reflection and group processing/brainstorming session, to come up with ways they can utilize family albums in their work with their respective populations.
Objectives:
Participants will learn ways in which family albums were used to promote healing and empowerment in working with Holocaust Survivors from the Former Soviet Union
Participants will use themselves as tools to explore impacts of their own family history on their work with clients, allowing them to be more sensitive when engaging in similar work
Participants will learn ways to adapt creation of a family album as a treatment intervention for their own client populations.
Recommended Art Materials:
- Drawing paper
- 2D drawing materials.
*The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association will not issue refunds for any events.*
*You must be a PAATA Member at the time of the event in order to be eligible for tickets at the Member rate.*
*You must be a Student at the time of the event in order to be eligible for tickets at the Student rate.*
The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6847. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
3 hours of Continuing Education clock hours are available for this program. Partial credits are not available.
February 2021
"The Ethical Necessity of Fiction in Psychotherapy Practice"
Presented by Mark Dean, MFA, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, Certified Jungian Analyst
February 21st, 2021 9:00am-12:00pm
*3 CEUs for Ethics training
Description: This presentation connects the dots between psychotherapy research, the role of imaging plays in human consciousness, as related to ethical psychotherapy practice. Historical, philosophical, and scientific frameworks are examined against the backdrop of a case example to illustrate that fictionalizing is a necessary and core methodology, for effective psychotherapeutic practice.
Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to describe the differences between 4 major philosophy of science perspectives that are relevant to orienting the therapist to what is meaningful in the psychotherapy process.
2. Participants will be able to state the core rationale for the central role played by fictionalizing in the psychotherapy process.
3. Participants will be able to articulate a core rationale for the utilization of fiction and creative process, not only in art therapy practice, but in all truly psychotherapeutic processes.
*All ticket purchases are NON-REFUNDABLE*
*Membership must be current at time of events to receive membership rates.
*For student rate please send us proof that you are a student in order to receive student rate. Email proof of current student status to [email protected]
*The information provided in this event is the express opinion of the presenter, and is not an endorsement by PAATA*.
*Your participation in this program indicates your permission for PAATA to photograph your work or likeness for use in promotional material unless you provide us with written revocation of this permission.*
Presented by Mark Dean, MFA, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, Certified Jungian Analyst
February 21st, 2021 9:00am-12:00pm
*3 CEUs for Ethics training
Description: This presentation connects the dots between psychotherapy research, the role of imaging plays in human consciousness, as related to ethical psychotherapy practice. Historical, philosophical, and scientific frameworks are examined against the backdrop of a case example to illustrate that fictionalizing is a necessary and core methodology, for effective psychotherapeutic practice.
Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to describe the differences between 4 major philosophy of science perspectives that are relevant to orienting the therapist to what is meaningful in the psychotherapy process.
2. Participants will be able to state the core rationale for the central role played by fictionalizing in the psychotherapy process.
3. Participants will be able to articulate a core rationale for the utilization of fiction and creative process, not only in art therapy practice, but in all truly psychotherapeutic processes.
*All ticket purchases are NON-REFUNDABLE*
*Membership must be current at time of events to receive membership rates.
*For student rate please send us proof that you are a student in order to receive student rate. Email proof of current student status to [email protected]
*The information provided in this event is the express opinion of the presenter, and is not an endorsement by PAATA*.
*Your participation in this program indicates your permission for PAATA to photograph your work or likeness for use in promotional material unless you provide us with written revocation of this permission.*
January 2021
Join us on January 9, 2021 for
Assessing Suicidality, An Interactive Role Play for Clinical Skill Building
(This workshop satisfies CEC requirements for Suicide training for LPCs.)
Presenter: Denise Wolfe, MA, ATR-BC, ATCS, LPC
This interactive workshop will teach participants much needed skills related to suicide assessment and interventions. This is in interactive learning experience that utilizes role play and in-vivo skills coaching. This workshop will also address symptoms of secondary trauma. Participants will learn creative ways to enhance self-care and to create intentional structures of peer and organizational support that are appropriate to the culture of the agency.
Objectives:
1. Participants will identify multiple risk and protective factors when conducting a suicide assessment.
2. Participants will conduct a suicide inquiry using clear, concise, clinical language that identifies ideation, plan, behaviors, and intent, access to lethal means, as well as homicidal inquiry
3. Participants will identify at least 3 possible interventions related to three assessed risk levels of suicidal action (low, moderate and high risk)
4. Participants will identify personal character strengths and predict ways to utilize these strengths to promote resilience
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Assessing Suicidality, An Interactive Role Play for Clinical Skill Building
(This workshop satisfies CEC requirements for Suicide training for LPCs.)
Presenter: Denise Wolfe, MA, ATR-BC, ATCS, LPC
This interactive workshop will teach participants much needed skills related to suicide assessment and interventions. This is in interactive learning experience that utilizes role play and in-vivo skills coaching. This workshop will also address symptoms of secondary trauma. Participants will learn creative ways to enhance self-care and to create intentional structures of peer and organizational support that are appropriate to the culture of the agency.
Objectives:
1. Participants will identify multiple risk and protective factors when conducting a suicide assessment.
2. Participants will conduct a suicide inquiry using clear, concise, clinical language that identifies ideation, plan, behaviors, and intent, access to lethal means, as well as homicidal inquiry
3. Participants will identify at least 3 possible interventions related to three assessed risk levels of suicidal action (low, moderate and high risk)
4. Participants will identify personal character strengths and predict ways to utilize these strengths to promote resilience
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
December 2019
November 2019
PA Art Therapists Unity Networking Day
The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association is working to bring art therapists from across the state together! This year we will host our annual networking event at #AATA50, but we will also be hosting three remote networking events across PA at the same time.
On Friday, November 1, 2019 Art Therapists from across the state will gather in Kansas City, MO, as well as Bethlehem, Hanover, and Homestead in PA to network, share laughs, enjoy good food, and make some art.
Locations:
Kansas City, MO
The Drunken Fish
14 East 14th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
Meeting on the rooftop lounge, weather permitting. We will meet inside the restaurant if weather is not favorable.
Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
There is no fee to register, but registration is required for our reservation.
Cost: Free to register. Select appetizers will be provided. Individuals will be responsible for beverage purchases at the restaurant.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pa-art-therapists-unity-networking-event-in-kansas-city-mo-aata50-tickets-78814810219
Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton
Cactus Blue, 2915 Schoenersville Road, Bethlehem, PA. There is no fee to register, but registration is required for our reservation.
Please bring any art supplies you may wish to use if you would like to create a small piece of art while we network.
Time: 7pm-10pm
Cost: Free to register, individual food and beverage purchases at restaurant.
Menu: http://www.cactusblue.biz/our-menu/
Cactus Blue is BYOB.
Register for Bethlehem: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pa-art-therapists-unity-networking-day-tickets-78794469379
Hanover
Art Therapists from the Hanover, Harrisburg, York, Gettysburg and beyond will meet at Art Therapy Studios, 110 W. Eisenhower Drive, Hanover, PA 1733 with private practice owner and host Brenda Cunningham. There is no fee to register, but registration is required and strictly limited to 25.
Please bring any art supplies you may wish to use if you would like to create a small piece of art while we network. Some art supplies will be provided, as well as light food and beverages.
Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm
Cost: Free to register, registration is strictly limited to 25 people.
Register for Hanover: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pennsylvania-art-therapists-unity-networking-event-hanover-pa-tickets-78799364019
Homestead/Pittsburg
Art Therapists from the Homestead, Pittsburgh, area and beyond will meet at Panera Waterfront, 210 West Bridge Street, Homestead, PA 15120.
Please bring any art supplies you may wish to use if you would like to create a small piece of art while we network.
Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Cost: Free to register, individual food and beverage purchases at restaurant.
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pa-art-therapist-unity-networking-event-homestead-pa-tickets-78816226455
Menu: https://www.panerabread.com/en-us/home.html
October 2019
October 12, 2019
Join us for a networking event for creative arts therapists and mental health professionals in Western, PA!!!
10am-1pm
205 West Otterman Street
Greensburg, PA 15601
This event will include:
Total cost of ticket is $7.00 after fees at checkout.
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Join us for a networking event for creative arts therapists and mental health professionals in Western, PA!!!
10am-1pm
205 West Otterman Street
Greensburg, PA 15601
This event will include:
- Chance auction with self- care gift baskets, prizes, and goodies!
- Creative based stations to participate and learn new self care techniques!
- Networking with creative arts therapy and mental health professionals!
- Free parking in open air lots across the street from front door of the art building
Total cost of ticket is $7.00 after fees at checkout.
Click here for details and to register
April 2019
March 2019
CREATING A STRONG DIGITAL PRESENCE AS A THERAPIST: PROFESSIONALLY, ETHICALLY, CREATIVELY
March 23, 2019
10:00am - 4:00pm
Live in Person & Via Live Webcast
Drexel University Center City Campus & Via Live Webcast
Room 1043, Three Parkway Building, 1601 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Speaker: Gretchen Miller, MA, ATR-BC, ACTP
Course Description
This workshop presents practical content for creative arts therapists to consider for creating and maintaining a strong digital presence through the use of social media professionally, ethically, and creatively. Topics about digital boundaries, e-professionalism, the impact of ones digital footprint will be explored, as well as the introduction of ethical frameworks to help inform the art therapist’s social media activity. Participants will also be introduced to important strategies for promoting a presence online that aligns with their work, passions, values, and career interests. Workshop content will include lecture, discussion, and creative experientials.
March 23, 2019
10:00am - 4:00pm
Live in Person & Via Live Webcast
Drexel University Center City Campus & Via Live Webcast
Room 1043, Three Parkway Building, 1601 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Speaker: Gretchen Miller, MA, ATR-BC, ACTP
Course Description
This workshop presents practical content for creative arts therapists to consider for creating and maintaining a strong digital presence through the use of social media professionally, ethically, and creatively. Topics about digital boundaries, e-professionalism, the impact of ones digital footprint will be explored, as well as the introduction of ethical frameworks to help inform the art therapist’s social media activity. Participants will also be introduced to important strategies for promoting a presence online that aligns with their work, passions, values, and career interests. Workshop content will include lecture, discussion, and creative experientials.
February 2019
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