Making Connections
A Creative Arts Therapy Expo
Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center
760 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY, 11206
Third floor
Thursday, March 11th, 2010.
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Admission is free
Some workshops require preregistration
http://www.modalmoods.com/expo/
Sabtu, 27 Februari 2010
Jumat, 26 Februari 2010
Your chance to honor Steve!- Nominate a special GW someone today
Excellence: "An outstanding feature; the state of excelling; possessing good
qualities in a high degree."
Do you, a colleague, a student or student organization you work with, or another
member of the GW community embody the definition of Excellence in Student Life?
It is that time of year to recognize and acknowledge all those people that have
worked hard to positively influence our community.
At this year's 25th Excellence Awards Ceremony, we will present the recipients
of over 20 awards from 14 different departments designed to recognize student
leaders, faculty and staff, and student organizations that have made a
significant impact on the GW community.
We need you to let us know who you think deserves recognition at GW! Visit the
Student Activities Center website to get information on award descriptions and
criteria, and while you are there, nominate someone you know that deserves the
recognition! The nomination process only takes a few minutes, but the
acknowledgment of being nominated is ever lasting. All of our nomination forms
are online so visit http://gwired.gwu.edu/sac/excellence and nominate someone!
Nominations are available NOW through midnight on March 5th.
Please save the date of April 21, 2010, at 7pm to attend the 25th Anniversary of
the Excellence Awards in the Lisner Auditorium and find out the recipients of
awards sponsored by: The Student Activities Center, The Dean of Students Office,
GW Housing Programs, Career Center, Mount Vernon Campus Life, the Guide to
Personal Success Program, Colonial Challenge, Multicultural Student Services
Center, GradLife, the Office of Community Service, Greek Life, Program Board,
the Joint Committee for Faculty and Students, and Campus Recreation!
qualities in a high degree."
Do you, a colleague, a student or student organization you work with, or another
member of the GW community embody the definition of Excellence in Student Life?
It is that time of year to recognize and acknowledge all those people that have
worked hard to positively influence our community.
At this year's 25th Excellence Awards Ceremony, we will present the recipients
of over 20 awards from 14 different departments designed to recognize student
leaders, faculty and staff, and student organizations that have made a
significant impact on the GW community.
We need you to let us know who you think deserves recognition at GW! Visit the
Student Activities Center website to get information on award descriptions and
criteria, and while you are there, nominate someone you know that deserves the
recognition! The nomination process only takes a few minutes, but the
acknowledgment of being nominated is ever lasting. All of our nomination forms
are online so visit http://gwired.gwu.edu/sac/excellence and nominate someone!
Nominations are available NOW through midnight on March 5th.
Please save the date of April 21, 2010, at 7pm to attend the 25th Anniversary of
the Excellence Awards in the Lisner Auditorium and find out the recipients of
awards sponsored by: The Student Activities Center, The Dean of Students Office,
GW Housing Programs, Career Center, Mount Vernon Campus Life, the Guide to
Personal Success Program, Colonial Challenge, Multicultural Student Services
Center, GradLife, the Office of Community Service, Greek Life, Program Board,
the Joint Committee for Faculty and Students, and Campus Recreation!
Kamis, 25 Februari 2010
Update and Message from Chairman of the Virginia Commission for the Arts Nick Covatta
Update and Message from Chairman of the Virginia Commission for the Arts Nick Covatta
Uplifting Show of Support by Arts Advocates
Our Work Continues
As Chairman of the Virginia Commission for the Arts, I have been extremely uplifted and encouraged by the passion and breadth of support for the Arts in our Commonwealth. You have unleashed a torrent of support toward our legislature that will be hard to resist.
As expected, the House appropriations committee's recommendation to terminate the Virginia Commission for the Arts was adopted by the House of Delegates. And the Senate voted for our continued existence and with a more reasonable budget reduction. The House action does not represent a rejection of our efforts. It is simply the unfolding of the long established procedure of budgeting in the Commonwealth. The next step in this procedure is the conference committee to reconcile these differences.
So please do not be discouraged by the outcome to date. Our message has not been ignored. Having set the stage with our advocacy thus far, we now need to turn our attention to the Senate/House conference committee. This is the next step in the process and this is the step which can produce our desired result.
On Monday I will begin meeting with as many conferees as possible to press for our case. Please continue your support and pressure all the members of the General Assembly.
Continue to call, fax, and visit each and every member asking them to tell the conferees to support the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Assure that our message continues to ring clear - turn the torrent into a tsunami. With this effort, I am confident that we will prevail.
Regards,
Nick Covatta
Chairman, Virginia Commission for the Arts
E-mail: ncovatta@esnursery.com
Uplifting Show of Support by Arts Advocates
Our Work Continues
As Chairman of the Virginia Commission for the Arts, I have been extremely uplifted and encouraged by the passion and breadth of support for the Arts in our Commonwealth. You have unleashed a torrent of support toward our legislature that will be hard to resist.
As expected, the House appropriations committee's recommendation to terminate the Virginia Commission for the Arts was adopted by the House of Delegates. And the Senate voted for our continued existence and with a more reasonable budget reduction. The House action does not represent a rejection of our efforts. It is simply the unfolding of the long established procedure of budgeting in the Commonwealth. The next step in this procedure is the conference committee to reconcile these differences.
So please do not be discouraged by the outcome to date. Our message has not been ignored. Having set the stage with our advocacy thus far, we now need to turn our attention to the Senate/House conference committee. This is the next step in the process and this is the step which can produce our desired result.
On Monday I will begin meeting with as many conferees as possible to press for our case. Please continue your support and pressure all the members of the General Assembly.
Continue to call, fax, and visit each and every member asking them to tell the conferees to support the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Assure that our message continues to ring clear - turn the torrent into a tsunami. With this effort, I am confident that we will prevail.
Regards,
Nick Covatta
Chairman, Virginia Commission for the Arts
E-mail: ncovatta@esnursery.com
I raised 23 bucks for AATA by just using my computer!
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Rabu, 24 Februari 2010
New openings for Trauma Training with Cathy Malchiodi!
Due to being rescheduled due to the snow, this formerly SOLD OUT training still has openings -don't miss this opportunity
ENHANCING OUR HEALING Skills in Trauma: An Art Therapy Perspective
Rescheduled for March 13, 2010
The goals for the symposium, as suggested by our collective membership are to:
Our mission collectively, will seek to provide both a didactic and experiential approach to learning, to address clinical theories for working with traumatized populations. These may include, but are not limited to, sensory interventions, mindfulness, public service education, inpatient and outpatient treatment, as well as the need for self-care for vicarious traumatization.
The objectives for the one-day symposium are as follows;
-Review theory and background on current traumatic populations.
-Identify and apply two art therapy techniques to use with traumatized populations.
-Understand and distinguish between 2-3 art therapy concepts associated with appropriate clinical application, with traumatic clients including sensory intervention, and mindfulness.
-Understand the role of mindfulness techniques in the treatment of trauma
This opportunity features a Friday evening student reception, on February 5th, sponsored by The George Washington University Art Therapy Training Program. Saturday morning keynote lecture, followed by workshops
Please note that registration at the MATA/PATA/VATA member rate is contingent upon confirmation of membership in one of the three organizations. If you are not a member, $15 must be paid before you will be admitted to the conference.
The conference will begin --promptly-- at 8:45 a.m. The event will be held at the Alexandria campus of George Washington University:
The George Washington University, Art Therapy Program
413 John Carlyle St., 2nd floor, Alexandria, VA 22314 (this is between HSBC Bank and the Carlyle Club)
The metro stop is King Street Metro and we are 2-3 blocks easy walk from the metro.
5 CEU's are being offered for this event (free for MATA, PATA, or VATA members, $30 for non-members).
Event Schedule:
8:45 - 10:45 Opening, Key Note Part I by Cathy Malchiodi
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 Art Experiential
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 Key Note Part II by Cathy Malchiodi
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:45 Panel Presentation with Anne Mills, Tally Tripp and Patti Prugh
4:45 - 5:00 CEU's
http://symposium.camp7.org/Default.aspx?pageId=467791&eventId=96769&EventViewMode=EventDetails
ENHANCING OUR HEALING Skills in Trauma: An Art Therapy Perspective
Rescheduled for March 13, 2010
The goals for the symposium, as suggested by our collective membership are to:
Our mission collectively, will seek to provide both a didactic and experiential approach to learning, to address clinical theories for working with traumatized populations. These may include, but are not limited to, sensory interventions, mindfulness, public service education, inpatient and outpatient treatment, as well as the need for self-care for vicarious traumatization.
The objectives for the one-day symposium are as follows;
-Review theory and background on current traumatic populations.
-Identify and apply two art therapy techniques to use with traumatized populations.
-Understand and distinguish between 2-3 art therapy concepts associated with appropriate clinical application, with traumatic clients including sensory intervention, and mindfulness.
-Understand the role of mindfulness techniques in the treatment of trauma
This opportunity features a Friday evening student reception, on February 5th, sponsored by The George Washington University Art Therapy Training Program. Saturday morning keynote lecture, followed by workshops
Please note that registration at the MATA/PATA/VATA member rate is contingent upon confirmation of membership in one of the three organizations. If you are not a member, $15 must be paid before you will be admitted to the conference.
The conference will begin --promptly-- at 8:45 a.m. The event will be held at the Alexandria campus of George Washington University:
The George Washington University, Art Therapy Program
413 John Carlyle St., 2nd floor, Alexandria, VA 22314 (this is between HSBC Bank and the Carlyle Club)
The metro stop is King Street Metro and we are 2-3 blocks easy walk from the metro.
5 CEU's are being offered for this event (free for MATA, PATA, or VATA members, $30 for non-members).
Event Schedule:
8:45 - 10:45 Opening, Key Note Part I by Cathy Malchiodi
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 Art Experiential
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 Key Note Part II by Cathy Malchiodi
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:45 Panel Presentation with Anne Mills, Tally Tripp and Patti Prugh
4:45 - 5:00 CEU's
http://symposium.camp7.org/Default.aspx?pageId=467791&eventId=96769&EventViewMode=EventDetails
Selasa, 23 Februari 2010
Sandplay Training
For you or an interested colleague . . .
Intensive Sandplay Training
with
Barbara Turner, PhD
Author of The Handbook of Sandplay Therapy
Sandplay I & Sandplay II
Introduction & Foundations Intermediate Training
10 Days – 70 Hours $1,000/Training
Monday-Friday
August 9-20, 2010 & March 7-18, 2011
Northern California Wine Country
Barbara Turner, PhD, is the author of The Handbook of Sandplay Therapy, the definitive text of Jungian sandplay. Recognized as an outstanding scholar, practitioner and trainer in this field, Dr. Turner teaches sandplay throughout the world. Join Dr. Turner in her charming Northern California wine country home of Cloverdale for two in-depth and personal trainings in sandplay. Entrance by Application.
For Details & Application Visit www.barbaraturner.org
Continuing Education & Training Hours Temenos Press Learning Center is approved to offer continuing education hours by the California Board of Behavioral Science - Provider No. 3608. All courses meet the qualifications for the award of continuing education credit for MFT's and/or LCSW's as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Barbara A. Turner, PhD is approved to offer continuing education hours and/or training hours by the Association for Play Therapy - Approved Provider No. 00-079 and maintains responsibility for the program, and by the International Society for Sandplay Therapy & Sandplay Therapists of America as a Clinical Teaching Member
Remember . . . Always check with your licensing and accrediting boards, as their requirements may change
Barbara A. Turner, PhD, RPT-S, CST-T
PO Box 305
Cloverdale, CA 95425
www.temenospress.com
www.barbaraturner.org
Intensive Sandplay Training
with
Barbara Turner, PhD
Author of The Handbook of Sandplay Therapy
Sandplay I & Sandplay II
Introduction & Foundations Intermediate Training
10 Days – 70 Hours $1,000/Training
Monday-Friday
August 9-20, 2010 & March 7-18, 2011
Northern California Wine Country
Barbara Turner, PhD, is the author of The Handbook of Sandplay Therapy, the definitive text of Jungian sandplay. Recognized as an outstanding scholar, practitioner and trainer in this field, Dr. Turner teaches sandplay throughout the world. Join Dr. Turner in her charming Northern California wine country home of Cloverdale for two in-depth and personal trainings in sandplay. Entrance by Application.
For Details & Application Visit www.barbaraturner.org
Continuing Education & Training Hours Temenos Press Learning Center is approved to offer continuing education hours by the California Board of Behavioral Science - Provider No. 3608. All courses meet the qualifications for the award of continuing education credit for MFT's and/or LCSW's as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Barbara A. Turner, PhD is approved to offer continuing education hours and/or training hours by the Association for Play Therapy - Approved Provider No. 00-079 and maintains responsibility for the program, and by the International Society for Sandplay Therapy & Sandplay Therapists of America as a Clinical Teaching Member
Remember . . . Always check with your licensing and accrediting boards, as their requirements may change
Barbara A. Turner, PhD, RPT-S, CST-T
PO Box 305
Cloverdale, CA 95425
www.temenospress.com
www.barbaraturner.org
Camp Forget-me-not/Camp Erin
Dear Volunteers & Prospective Volunteers,
Although a chill is in the air and mountains of snow remain on the ground,
June will be here before you know it. The wheels are spinning and we’re
ready to move forward with CAMP 2010!!! This year, Camp Forget-Me-Not/Camp
Erin DC will be held the weekend of June 11-13, 2010. We are excited and
hope you are too!
AND, in just a few weeks:
*Camper and Volunteer Applications will be available *
*March 1, 2010***
*online at www.wendtcenter.org.*
There will be a *Volunteer Interest Orientation on Wednesday, March 3, 2010
from 7:00-8:15pm* for those who want to know more about Camp
Forget-Me-Not/Camp Erin DC. To RSVP, please contact Kecia Hill, Volunteer
Coordinator at 202-204-5025 or *khill@wendtcenter.org.*
* *
Stay Warm and enjoy your weekend!
Kecia A. Hill
*Volunteer Coordinator***
4201 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20008
Tel: 202-624-0010 X109
Dir: 202-204-5025
Fax: 202-624-0062
Email: khill@wendtcenter.org
www.wendtcenter.org
United Way: #8345
CFC: #17145
Although a chill is in the air and mountains of snow remain on the ground,
June will be here before you know it. The wheels are spinning and we’re
ready to move forward with CAMP 2010!!! This year, Camp Forget-Me-Not/Camp
Erin DC will be held the weekend of June 11-13, 2010. We are excited and
hope you are too!
AND, in just a few weeks:
*Camper and Volunteer Applications will be available *
*March 1, 2010***
*online at www.wendtcenter.org.*
There will be a *Volunteer Interest Orientation on Wednesday, March 3, 2010
from 7:00-8:15pm* for those who want to know more about Camp
Forget-Me-Not/Camp Erin DC. To RSVP, please contact Kecia Hill, Volunteer
Coordinator at 202-204-5025 or *khill@wendtcenter.org.*
* *
Stay Warm and enjoy your weekend!
Kecia A. Hill
*Volunteer Coordinator***
4201 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20008
Tel: 202-624-0010 X109
Dir: 202-204-5025
Fax: 202-624-0062
Email: khill@wendtcenter.org
www.wendtcenter.org
United Way: #8345
CFC: #17145
Take Action Now!
Take Action Now!
URGENT - THE ARTS NEEDS YOU IN RICHMOND THIS THURSDAY
YOUR PRESENCE NEEDED FOR AN IN-PERSON SHOW OF SUPPORT THURSDAY AT THE VA GENERAL ASSEMBLY More Info
The proposed House budget actions would eliminate critical support for arts and cultural institutions, small and large, urban and rural, at a time when arts organizations are under unprecedented financial pressures and endanger receipt of federal arts funds by Virginia. Only once since the creation of the Virginia Commission has any organ of state government ever proposed the complete elimination of the Commission and its grants. This proposal, made by former Governor Doug Wilder in the budget cutbacks of the early 1990s, was overwhelmingly rejected by the General Assembly.
Supporters of the arts from across the state banded together then to resist that devastating recommendation, and created Virginians for the Arts as a permanent advocacy presence to ensure that such an effort would not be made in the future. The time has come once again to fight for the life of arts and cultural institutions in Virginia.
YOU are urgently needed at the Virginia General Assembly, in person, THIS THURSDAY. It is essential that arts advocates demonstrate to legislators that we care enough to come to the Capitol IN PERSON to oppose elimination of the Virginia Commission for the Arts by the end of FY2012.
Plan to join your colleagues and friends who care about arts funding in Virginia. Be there to make early morning visits to legislators and to stand in the gallery during debate where the future of arts funding in Virginia could be determined. Make an appointment with your legislator, if possible--if not, plan on dropping in.
PLEASE EMAIL VaForArts@aol.com (Trish Poupore) to let us know you will attend so we can supply you advocacy handouts and updates.
GO HERE TO SEE TALKING POINTS
GO HERE TO GET CONTACT INFORMATION FOR YOUR LEGISLATORS
VIRGINIANS FOR THE ARTS
Contact Trish Poupore
(804)644-2787
VaForArts@aol.com
URGENT - THE ARTS NEEDS YOU IN RICHMOND THIS THURSDAY
YOUR PRESENCE NEEDED FOR AN IN-PERSON SHOW OF SUPPORT THURSDAY AT THE VA GENERAL ASSEMBLY More Info
The proposed House budget actions would eliminate critical support for arts and cultural institutions, small and large, urban and rural, at a time when arts organizations are under unprecedented financial pressures and endanger receipt of federal arts funds by Virginia. Only once since the creation of the Virginia Commission has any organ of state government ever proposed the complete elimination of the Commission and its grants. This proposal, made by former Governor Doug Wilder in the budget cutbacks of the early 1990s, was overwhelmingly rejected by the General Assembly.
Supporters of the arts from across the state banded together then to resist that devastating recommendation, and created Virginians for the Arts as a permanent advocacy presence to ensure that such an effort would not be made in the future. The time has come once again to fight for the life of arts and cultural institutions in Virginia.
YOU are urgently needed at the Virginia General Assembly, in person, THIS THURSDAY. It is essential that arts advocates demonstrate to legislators that we care enough to come to the Capitol IN PERSON to oppose elimination of the Virginia Commission for the Arts by the end of FY2012.
Plan to join your colleagues and friends who care about arts funding in Virginia. Be there to make early morning visits to legislators and to stand in the gallery during debate where the future of arts funding in Virginia could be determined. Make an appointment with your legislator, if possible--if not, plan on dropping in.
PLEASE EMAIL VaForArts@aol.com (Trish Poupore) to let us know you will attend so we can supply you advocacy handouts and updates.
GO HERE TO SEE TALKING POINTS
GO HERE TO GET CONTACT INFORMATION FOR YOUR LEGISLATORS
VIRGINIANS FOR THE ARTS
Contact Trish Poupore
(804)644-2787
VaForArts@aol.com
ART(202)
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
is presenting a new 1 hour television show called Art(202)
Submit video content about DC's art scene! Features could include info-mercials about your arts organization, artistic interpretations of your work, documentaries, animations, music videos, slides of your visual art.
Videos submitted can only be content related to or shot in Washington, DC.
Art(202) will air on Friday nights at 9:00 and Saturday nights at 11:00 on the Mayor's Network, Channel 16.
Please submit the following:
:30 - 5 minute videos
One data DVD with either a quick time or .mov; and One regular DVD.
Please provide an online link for screening purposes, if available
Producer/Organization name, email, phone number, address, website
Video release form with your submission
Please mail your package to: DC Commission on the Arts and HumanitiesAttn: Art202 Don Napoleon1371 Harvard St. NW, Washington D.C. 20009
Questions:
Art(202) Programming Producer, Don Napoleon at 240 605 6537 or don@gearshift.tv
DEBUT CONTENT! Art Salon @ Long View Gallery, ArtBank Public Art Collection, W. Ellington Felton and Raheem DeVaughn's "Admit It" Live in DC, Columbia Heights & U Street Cultural Highlights, The Washington Ballet, DC Shorts, Beat Your Feet Kingz 202, Young Playwrights Theater, U.S. Royal Band, WIFV, FotoWeekDC, Urban Revolution, East of River Steel Band, Life Pieces to Masterpieces, Arts Education in DC, Monumental Sunset DC, Art Enables, Childrens Studio, Art Salon at Corcoran, Kennedy Center Performing Arts, Cultural Tourism, Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericano, National Buidling Museum, DC Film Alliance, Northeast Performing Arts Group, Capital Fringe Inc.
is presenting a new 1 hour television show called Art(202)
Submit video content about DC's art scene! Features could include info-mercials about your arts organization, artistic interpretations of your work, documentaries, animations, music videos, slides of your visual art.
Videos submitted can only be content related to or shot in Washington, DC.
Art(202) will air on Friday nights at 9:00 and Saturday nights at 11:00 on the Mayor's Network, Channel 16.
Please submit the following:
:30 - 5 minute videos
One data DVD with either a quick time or .mov; and One regular DVD.
Please provide an online link for screening purposes, if available
Producer/Organization name, email, phone number, address, website
Video release form with your submission
Please mail your package to: DC Commission on the Arts and HumanitiesAttn: Art202 Don Napoleon1371 Harvard St. NW, Washington D.C. 20009
Questions:
Art(202) Programming Producer, Don Napoleon at 240 605 6537 or don@gearshift.tv
DEBUT CONTENT! Art Salon @ Long View Gallery, ArtBank Public Art Collection, W. Ellington Felton and Raheem DeVaughn's "Admit It" Live in DC, Columbia Heights & U Street Cultural Highlights, The Washington Ballet, DC Shorts, Beat Your Feet Kingz 202, Young Playwrights Theater, U.S. Royal Band, WIFV, FotoWeekDC, Urban Revolution, East of River Steel Band, Life Pieces to Masterpieces, Arts Education in DC, Monumental Sunset DC, Art Enables, Childrens Studio, Art Salon at Corcoran, Kennedy Center Performing Arts, Cultural Tourism, Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericano, National Buidling Museum, DC Film Alliance, Northeast Performing Arts Group, Capital Fringe Inc.
Senin, 22 Februari 2010
THE DC METRO AREA TRAUMA FORUM
THE DC METRO AREA TRAUMA FORUM will hold its 3rd professional meeting Sunday, March 21 from 2:30-5:30 p.m.at the Psychiatric Institute of Washington
Richard J. Loewenstein, M.D.“The Challenge of Diagnosing Disorders of Concealment:The Office Mental Status Exam for Dissociative Symptoms/Dissociative Disorders” following the presentation, a video of Dr. Loewenstein interviewing a DID patient will be shown to demonstrate complex dissociative symptomatology in the clinical interview.
Dr. Loewenstein began developing the Mental Status Examination for Complex Dissociation in the early 1980’s when complex dissociative disorders were diagnosed primarily through hypnotic interventions. This approach had its own set of problems, and Dr. Loewenstein was struck by the lack of systematic assessment methods for these complex clinical presentations, particularly for the average clinician. Using an established semi-structured clinical interview model, Dr. Loewenstein developed the MSE for Complex Dissociation and Dissociative Disorders. The MSE provides guidance on inquiring systematically about dissociative phenomena with which clinicians might be unfamiliar, or that can appear to be symptomatic of non-dissociative conditions. Program participants will take away a more in-depth understanding of how to: 1. Recognize the major symptom clusters associated with chronic complex dissociative disorders 2. Ask mental status exam questions which can identify dissociative patients 3. Learn to distinguish symptoms in dissociative patients that are similar to symptoms of psychotic patients, mood disorder patients, personality disorder patients, etc.
Richard J. Loewenstein M.D. is Senior Psychiatrist, Founder and Medical Director of The Trauma Disorders Program at Sheppard Pratt Health Systems, Baltimore, MD. He is also Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and Yale University School of Medicine where he did his residency. Also, he completed a research fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Loewenstein’s numerous publications include papers and book chapters on sleep disorders, consultation-liaison psychiatry, dissociative and other trauma disorders. Dr. Loewenstein lectures frequently on dissociation and trauma to regional, national, and international groups. In 2007, Dr. Loewenstein co-chaired the American Psychiatric Association President’s Task Force on the Biopsychosocial Consequences of Childhood Trauma. In 2008, he was awarded the Cornelia Wilbur award for his contributions to clinical studies of traumaand dissociation by the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. He was invited to present the Pierre Janet annual award lecture to the same organization at their annual meeting in 2008.To
RSVP for the program: Send an email to tallytripp@gmail.com by Friday, March 12. Please put “DC TRAUMA FORUM” in subject line.
First time attendee: Please include in the body of your email your full name, your email address, contact phone numbers, and name and location of your practice setting. Cost of admission: Suggested donation of $15 (onsite) to cover expenses of the Trauma Forum.Students: Admitted free with a valid university ID.Location: Psychiatric Institute of Washington, 4228 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington DC 20016
***Please, if you RSVP but find you cannot attend, let us know as your seat could be used by someone else. We expect the response to exceed the room’s capacity of 100 and may have to turn people away so your consideration is appreciated.
Questions? Call Vicky Balenger at (703) 909-6806.
In the event of inclement weather, a message regarding the meeting’s status will be left on this number.
DC Metro Area Trauma Forum Planning Committee
Jan Freeman, MSW, Founder & Chair
Joan Turkus, MD, Co-Chair
Vicky Balenger PhD
Tally Tripp MSW, ATR-BC
Florence Hannigan MSW
Christine Courtois PhD
The Trauma Forum Mission: The Trauma Forum mission is to bring together psychotherapists in the Washington, D.C. area who are committed to the challenging work of treating traumatized persons. Our vision for the DC Metro Area Trauma Forum is to create a safe space that is both emotionally supportive and intellectually stimulating for clinicians in order to share our collective wisdom and experiences in providing trauma treatment.We welcome mental health professionals from diverse backgrounds and treatment settings; seasoned clinicians as well as new therapists; clinicians whose professional identity already includes “trauma therapist” and those who periodically encounter clients with complex posttraumatic presentations. A strong interest of the project is to encourage and facilitate collaborations between the many and varied schools of thought regarding psychotherapy, diagnostic categories and treatment approaches for complex trauma and dissociative disorders.
Richard J. Loewenstein, M.D.“The Challenge of Diagnosing Disorders of Concealment:The Office Mental Status Exam for Dissociative Symptoms/Dissociative Disorders” following the presentation, a video of Dr. Loewenstein interviewing a DID patient will be shown to demonstrate complex dissociative symptomatology in the clinical interview.
Dr. Loewenstein began developing the Mental Status Examination for Complex Dissociation in the early 1980’s when complex dissociative disorders were diagnosed primarily through hypnotic interventions. This approach had its own set of problems, and Dr. Loewenstein was struck by the lack of systematic assessment methods for these complex clinical presentations, particularly for the average clinician. Using an established semi-structured clinical interview model, Dr. Loewenstein developed the MSE for Complex Dissociation and Dissociative Disorders. The MSE provides guidance on inquiring systematically about dissociative phenomena with which clinicians might be unfamiliar, or that can appear to be symptomatic of non-dissociative conditions. Program participants will take away a more in-depth understanding of how to: 1. Recognize the major symptom clusters associated with chronic complex dissociative disorders 2. Ask mental status exam questions which can identify dissociative patients 3. Learn to distinguish symptoms in dissociative patients that are similar to symptoms of psychotic patients, mood disorder patients, personality disorder patients, etc.
Richard J. Loewenstein M.D. is Senior Psychiatrist, Founder and Medical Director of The Trauma Disorders Program at Sheppard Pratt Health Systems, Baltimore, MD. He is also Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and Yale University School of Medicine where he did his residency. Also, he completed a research fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Loewenstein’s numerous publications include papers and book chapters on sleep disorders, consultation-liaison psychiatry, dissociative and other trauma disorders. Dr. Loewenstein lectures frequently on dissociation and trauma to regional, national, and international groups. In 2007, Dr. Loewenstein co-chaired the American Psychiatric Association President’s Task Force on the Biopsychosocial Consequences of Childhood Trauma. In 2008, he was awarded the Cornelia Wilbur award for his contributions to clinical studies of traumaand dissociation by the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. He was invited to present the Pierre Janet annual award lecture to the same organization at their annual meeting in 2008.To
RSVP for the program: Send an email to tallytripp@gmail.com by Friday, March 12. Please put “DC TRAUMA FORUM” in subject line.
First time attendee: Please include in the body of your email your full name, your email address, contact phone numbers, and name and location of your practice setting. Cost of admission: Suggested donation of $15 (onsite) to cover expenses of the Trauma Forum.Students: Admitted free with a valid university ID.Location: Psychiatric Institute of Washington, 4228 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington DC 20016
***Please, if you RSVP but find you cannot attend, let us know as your seat could be used by someone else. We expect the response to exceed the room’s capacity of 100 and may have to turn people away so your consideration is appreciated.
Questions? Call Vicky Balenger at (703) 909-6806.
In the event of inclement weather, a message regarding the meeting’s status will be left on this number.
DC Metro Area Trauma Forum Planning Committee
Jan Freeman, MSW, Founder & Chair
Joan Turkus, MD, Co-Chair
Vicky Balenger PhD
Tally Tripp MSW, ATR-BC
Florence Hannigan MSW
Christine Courtois PhD
The Trauma Forum Mission: The Trauma Forum mission is to bring together psychotherapists in the Washington, D.C. area who are committed to the challenging work of treating traumatized persons. Our vision for the DC Metro Area Trauma Forum is to create a safe space that is both emotionally supportive and intellectually stimulating for clinicians in order to share our collective wisdom and experiences in providing trauma treatment.We welcome mental health professionals from diverse backgrounds and treatment settings; seasoned clinicians as well as new therapists; clinicians whose professional identity already includes “trauma therapist” and those who periodically encounter clients with complex posttraumatic presentations. A strong interest of the project is to encourage and facilitate collaborations between the many and varied schools of thought regarding psychotherapy, diagnostic categories and treatment approaches for complex trauma and dissociative disorders.
HOUSE ACTION COULD JEOPARDIZE VIRGINIA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS FUNDING - ACT NOW
HOUSE ACTION COULD JEOPARDIZE VIRGINIA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS FUNDING - ACT NOW
YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED
More Info
Actions by VA Advocates Can Make the Difference
SITUATION
On February 21 the Appropriations Committee of the House of Delegates voted, 15-7, to cut state funding for the Virginia Commission for the Arts by 50 percent in 2010-11 and to eliminate the agency completely as of July 1, 2011. The Senate Finance Committee has adopted the proposal in the budget bill submitted by Governor Kaine not to make further cuts in state funding for the Commission for the Arts.
There will be votes on the House and Senate floors later this week on the proposals from the two committees. The different versions of the 2010-12 budget bill approved by the two house of the General Assembly then go to a Budget Conference Committee to resolve the differences.
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO NOW
Virginians for the Arts is encouraging all of its members to do two things:
1. Contact your representatives in the General Assembly, both Delegates and Senators (fax and phone calls best), protesting the recommendation of the House Appropriations Committee. Legislator contact information can be found on the web here.
2. Write a letter to the editor of your local newspapers with the same message.
These actions must be taken in as soon as possible (at least by end of the week) in order to have any impact on the final decisions on the state budget.
Please take action and help us spread the word with other arts advocates in every way (website, email, social networking, etc.)
Talking Points for These Contacts with Legislators and Letters to the Editor
The House Appropriations Committee, on a divided vote, has made a short-sighted decision about state funding of the arts, proposing a 50 percent reduction in state funding for the Virginia Commission for the Arts in the first year of the new biennium, and eliminating the agency completely in the second year.
The arts community recognizes the severity of the budget problems facing state government and expects to share in the budget cuts and has already been cut by 30 percent over the last two years.
However, every dollar that the state invests in the arts through the Commission returns $7 in investment by private citizens, businesses, and local governments.
The Commission made matching grants to Virginia local governments of half a million in FY 2009-2010 to support festivals and programs generating tourism and attracting business and cultural activity throughout the state.
The Commission is funded at the lowest per capita level among state agencies of surrounding states.
Elimination of the Commission would also mean the loss of Federal funds for arts in Virginia ($1 million in FY 2009-2010).
The arts contribute to the economic vitality of Virginia communities. Localities such as South Boston, Richmond, Lynchburg, Blacksburg, Alexandria, and Petersburg are using the arts as a lynchpin for attracting business and economic development.
Artists and arts organizations work in Virginia schools to expand educational opportunities for children so important to developing a creative workforce. The arts have stepped in to meet cultural education needs of our children where these programs are being cut in the schools. Funds provided by the Virginia Commission for the arts often represent the only opportunity for children in rural areas to be exposed to arts and culture.
The arts provide jobs, and cultural tourism as an important part of Virginia tourism promotion efforts.
Over the past two years the arts have faced large spending cuts, cancellations of performances, staff layoffs, and galleries closing. Minimizing further cuts in state arts funding is essential to the survival of Virginia's cultural infrastructure. CUTS OF THE MAGNITUDE BEING PROPOSED WOULD CAUSE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, BOTH LARGE AND SMALL, TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS throughout the Virginia.
We urge you to vote against the proposal of the House Appropriations Committee. The small investment the state makes in the arts has a major impact on local economic development, tourism, and education.
Thank you for your essential support! Action by our advocates will make all the difference!
Trish Poupore
Virginians for the Arts
(804)644-2787
YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED
More Info
Actions by VA Advocates Can Make the Difference
SITUATION
On February 21 the Appropriations Committee of the House of Delegates voted, 15-7, to cut state funding for the Virginia Commission for the Arts by 50 percent in 2010-11 and to eliminate the agency completely as of July 1, 2011. The Senate Finance Committee has adopted the proposal in the budget bill submitted by Governor Kaine not to make further cuts in state funding for the Commission for the Arts.
There will be votes on the House and Senate floors later this week on the proposals from the two committees. The different versions of the 2010-12 budget bill approved by the two house of the General Assembly then go to a Budget Conference Committee to resolve the differences.
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO NOW
Virginians for the Arts is encouraging all of its members to do two things:
1. Contact your representatives in the General Assembly, both Delegates and Senators (fax and phone calls best), protesting the recommendation of the House Appropriations Committee. Legislator contact information can be found on the web here.
2. Write a letter to the editor of your local newspapers with the same message.
These actions must be taken in as soon as possible (at least by end of the week) in order to have any impact on the final decisions on the state budget.
Please take action and help us spread the word with other arts advocates in every way (website, email, social networking, etc.)
Talking Points for These Contacts with Legislators and Letters to the Editor
The House Appropriations Committee, on a divided vote, has made a short-sighted decision about state funding of the arts, proposing a 50 percent reduction in state funding for the Virginia Commission for the Arts in the first year of the new biennium, and eliminating the agency completely in the second year.
The arts community recognizes the severity of the budget problems facing state government and expects to share in the budget cuts and has already been cut by 30 percent over the last two years.
However, every dollar that the state invests in the arts through the Commission returns $7 in investment by private citizens, businesses, and local governments.
The Commission made matching grants to Virginia local governments of half a million in FY 2009-2010 to support festivals and programs generating tourism and attracting business and cultural activity throughout the state.
The Commission is funded at the lowest per capita level among state agencies of surrounding states.
Elimination of the Commission would also mean the loss of Federal funds for arts in Virginia ($1 million in FY 2009-2010).
The arts contribute to the economic vitality of Virginia communities. Localities such as South Boston, Richmond, Lynchburg, Blacksburg, Alexandria, and Petersburg are using the arts as a lynchpin for attracting business and economic development.
Artists and arts organizations work in Virginia schools to expand educational opportunities for children so important to developing a creative workforce. The arts have stepped in to meet cultural education needs of our children where these programs are being cut in the schools. Funds provided by the Virginia Commission for the arts often represent the only opportunity for children in rural areas to be exposed to arts and culture.
The arts provide jobs, and cultural tourism as an important part of Virginia tourism promotion efforts.
Over the past two years the arts have faced large spending cuts, cancellations of performances, staff layoffs, and galleries closing. Minimizing further cuts in state arts funding is essential to the survival of Virginia's cultural infrastructure. CUTS OF THE MAGNITUDE BEING PROPOSED WOULD CAUSE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, BOTH LARGE AND SMALL, TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS throughout the Virginia.
We urge you to vote against the proposal of the House Appropriations Committee. The small investment the state makes in the arts has a major impact on local economic development, tourism, and education.
Thank you for your essential support! Action by our advocates will make all the difference!
Trish Poupore
Virginians for the Arts
(804)644-2787
SUBJECT: MINDS WIDE OPEN - Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts
SUBJECT: MINDS WIDE OPEN - Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts
From March 1 to June 30, 2010, Virginia will celebrate women in the arts. There will be hundreds of performances, exhibitions, and films by and about women artists, both contemporary and historical, marketed under the name of MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts. This statewide initiative is an unprecedented collaboration of hundreds of artists and cultural organizations located in every corner of the Commonwealth. The purpose is to showcase the breadth and diversity of the arts across Virginia. Currently, over 1,750 arts events are listed on the MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts calendar www.vamindswideopen.com with over a dozen new listings being added daily. Every Virginia artist, cultural organization, history museum, library, college and university has been invited to participate in the statewide celebration.
Every living First Lady of Virginia is an Honorary Chair of MINDS WIDE OPEN, and First Lady Maureen McDonnell has been invited to join the group now that Governor Robert McDonnell has taken office.
Here are a few examples of programs on the MINDS WIDE OPEN calendar that may interest your students.
In Northern Virginia, the Girls + Math + Science = Success conference is inviting artists and arts organizations to deliver presentations on how their work re-enforces learning in mathematics, science, and technology. The conference will also include a display of student artwork and a performance by the Prince William Youth Orchestras.
The Poetry of Music program in Fairfax County begins with poems created in English classes that become the basis of an original choral composition commissioned by the Fairfax Choral Society. In 2010, the Choral Society will present 150 youth voices performing new works by women composers.
In Loudoun County, “Women of the Guitar” will be the theme of the Loudoun County Public Schools Guitar Ensemble Festival. This concert will feature classical guitar music by women composers and a performance by the Ashburn Girls Guitar Ensemble.
This statewide celebration is an excellent opportunity for K-12 educators to build on these special arts events taking place in communities across Virginia by: contacting local arts and cultural organizations to see if there are opportunities to bring performers to the schools; organizing field trips to MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts exhibitions; including information on interesting women artists in the study of Virginia history; and/or encouraging students and their families to attend MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts performances and exhibitions in the community and to assign students to share their events experiences with their classes.
I invite you and your schools to join in the statewide celebration of women in the arts. For additional information, please visit www.vamindswideopen.com; or contact Cheryle C. Gardner, specialist for fine arts, by e-mail at Cherry.Gardner@doe.virginia.gov or by telephone at (804) 225-2881.
From March 1 to June 30, 2010, Virginia will celebrate women in the arts. There will be hundreds of performances, exhibitions, and films by and about women artists, both contemporary and historical, marketed under the name of MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts. This statewide initiative is an unprecedented collaboration of hundreds of artists and cultural organizations located in every corner of the Commonwealth. The purpose is to showcase the breadth and diversity of the arts across Virginia. Currently, over 1,750 arts events are listed on the MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts calendar www.vamindswideopen.com with over a dozen new listings being added daily. Every Virginia artist, cultural organization, history museum, library, college and university has been invited to participate in the statewide celebration.
Every living First Lady of Virginia is an Honorary Chair of MINDS WIDE OPEN, and First Lady Maureen McDonnell has been invited to join the group now that Governor Robert McDonnell has taken office.
Here are a few examples of programs on the MINDS WIDE OPEN calendar that may interest your students.
In Northern Virginia, the Girls + Math + Science = Success conference is inviting artists and arts organizations to deliver presentations on how their work re-enforces learning in mathematics, science, and technology. The conference will also include a display of student artwork and a performance by the Prince William Youth Orchestras.
The Poetry of Music program in Fairfax County begins with poems created in English classes that become the basis of an original choral composition commissioned by the Fairfax Choral Society. In 2010, the Choral Society will present 150 youth voices performing new works by women composers.
In Loudoun County, “Women of the Guitar” will be the theme of the Loudoun County Public Schools Guitar Ensemble Festival. This concert will feature classical guitar music by women composers and a performance by the Ashburn Girls Guitar Ensemble.
This statewide celebration is an excellent opportunity for K-12 educators to build on these special arts events taking place in communities across Virginia by: contacting local arts and cultural organizations to see if there are opportunities to bring performers to the schools; organizing field trips to MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts exhibitions; including information on interesting women artists in the study of Virginia history; and/or encouraging students and their families to attend MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts performances and exhibitions in the community and to assign students to share their events experiences with their classes.
I invite you and your schools to join in the statewide celebration of women in the arts. For additional information, please visit www.vamindswideopen.com; or contact Cheryle C. Gardner, specialist for fine arts, by e-mail at Cherry.Gardner@doe.virginia.gov or by telephone at (804) 225-2881.
Jumat, 19 Februari 2010
Call for Art: "Green Art" Juried Exhibit
REMINDER: Entries for the "Green Art" Juried Exhibit at The College of New Rochelle are due no later than Monday, February 22, 2010. If you need a prospectus, email me at pstjohn@cnr.edu.
Patricia St John, EdD, ATR-BC, LCAT
Graduate Art Therapy Programs & Placement CoordinatorProfessor of Graduate Art Therapy & Art Education
914-654-5280
Patricia St John, EdD, ATR-BC, LCAT
Graduate Art Therapy Programs & Placement CoordinatorProfessor of Graduate Art Therapy & Art Education
914-654-5280
Kamis, 18 Februari 2010
Target grant
Target Arts & Culture in School Grants
Overview
Target supports programs that brings art experiences to k-12 schools. Target art grants funds schools and non-profits that bring arts and culture directly to students. These programs must have a curriculum component.
Guidelines
Art and Culture in Schools grants are $2,000. Grant applications are typically accepted between March 1 and April 30 each year, with grant notifications delivered in September.
More info here: http://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-031819
Overview
Target supports programs that brings art experiences to k-12 schools. Target art grants funds schools and non-profits that bring arts and culture directly to students. These programs must have a curriculum component.
Guidelines
Art and Culture in Schools grants are $2,000. Grant applications are typically accepted between March 1 and April 30 each year, with grant notifications delivered in September.
More info here: http://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-031819
Selasa, 16 Februari 2010
Creative Renewal
Creative RenewalThe Art of Self Care & Caring for Others
An Expressive Arts Personal Process & Supervision Group
for Therapists, Social Workers & Counseling Professionals
February – May 2010 / Four Monthly 4 – Hour Sessions
Sundays, 1 - 5 pm on the following dates:
Feb. 28, March 28, April 25, & May 23
Commitment to all 4 sessions requested
$320 (includes art materials; payment plan available)
Each session will include:
* A creative, nourishing environment to gather regularly with peers and engage in meaningful dialogue and reflection about your life and work
* Time to “come home to yourself” and nourish your own soul through individual and collective expressive arts explorations
* Introduction to expressive arts therapy methodologies and their applications in clinical and community settings
* Arts-based practices for personal and professional growth
* Creative renewal as we “re-imagine” our lives and work with others through art-making and soul-centric practices
For more information and to register, please contact:
Jena Leake, M.A., R.E.A.T.
Registered Expressive Arts Therapist
The Art Life Studio
434) 996-8087
jenaleake@earthlink.net
http://www.theartlifestudio.com/
Felting the senses: Feltmaking as a theraputic intervention
The George Washington University Art Therapy Program presents Spring 2010:
Felting the Senses: Feltmaking as a Therapeutic Intervention
Applicable to all ages, feltmaking is a non‐toxic and safe process that only requires wool,
water, and soap. It is a process that can be done with populations that may otherwise not be
able to use art materials. Feltmaking can be done alone or within a group and is process
oriented. It involves repetitive compression and agitation to the wool, which moves the
individual fibers together forming a felted surface. From an art therapist’s perspective, the
tactile process of feltmaking addresses the Kinesthetic/Sensory (K/S) level of Lusebrink’s
(1990) Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC). The neurological mechanisms of the haptic
sense of feltmaking have the ability to stimulate emotion and memory.
Workshop Format: This all‐day workshop will have a didactic component during the first hour
focusing on the prehistoric origins and contemporary approaches to feltmaking. The second
hour will consist of a PowerPoint Presentation highlighting the therapeutic benefits of
feltmaking with a variety of populations. The second half will consist of a demonstration of
the process of layering dry wool, felting dry wool, applying soap gel (olive oil soap), felting
with warm soapy water, and fulling (repetitive, controlled throwing of felt). Attendees will
learn three different felting techniques. Discussion about the multisensory felting process will
be facilitated throughout the entire experiential as well as the potential therapeutic benefits.
All‐day workshop for Professionals (CEUs available)
Sat. March 27, 9‐5
(limit 20 professionals)
$100 including fee for felting supplies
All‐day workshop for GW graduate art therapy students
Sun., March 28, 9‐5
(limit 20 students)
$50 including fee for felting supplies
* lunch will be on your own both days
Presenters: John Lorance, ATR and
Elizabeth Warson, PhD have presented on
the therapeutic application of feltmaking for
the American Art Therapy Association and
individually for programs throughout the
United States. John is an art therapist and
has been utilizing feltmaking as a
therapeutic intervention for all age groups.
Elizabeth is a professional fiber artist and
faculty member at GW who has taught the
art of feltmaking
Additional information:
For additional questions please contact either Elizabeth Warson eawarson@gwu.edu
(703) 299‐4147
or John Lorance at lorancejd@gmail.com
GWU Graduate Art Therapy ProgramGraduate Education Center(walk-in address)413 John Carlyle St., Alexandria, VA 22314(mailing address)1925 Ballenger Ave., Suite 250, Alexandria, VA 22314703-299-4148703-299-4142 (fax)
Felting the Senses: Feltmaking as a Therapeutic Intervention
Applicable to all ages, feltmaking is a non‐toxic and safe process that only requires wool,
water, and soap. It is a process that can be done with populations that may otherwise not be
able to use art materials. Feltmaking can be done alone or within a group and is process
oriented. It involves repetitive compression and agitation to the wool, which moves the
individual fibers together forming a felted surface. From an art therapist’s perspective, the
tactile process of feltmaking addresses the Kinesthetic/Sensory (K/S) level of Lusebrink’s
(1990) Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC). The neurological mechanisms of the haptic
sense of feltmaking have the ability to stimulate emotion and memory.
Workshop Format: This all‐day workshop will have a didactic component during the first hour
focusing on the prehistoric origins and contemporary approaches to feltmaking. The second
hour will consist of a PowerPoint Presentation highlighting the therapeutic benefits of
feltmaking with a variety of populations. The second half will consist of a demonstration of
the process of layering dry wool, felting dry wool, applying soap gel (olive oil soap), felting
with warm soapy water, and fulling (repetitive, controlled throwing of felt). Attendees will
learn three different felting techniques. Discussion about the multisensory felting process will
be facilitated throughout the entire experiential as well as the potential therapeutic benefits.
All‐day workshop for Professionals (CEUs available)
Sat. March 27, 9‐5
(limit 20 professionals)
$100 including fee for felting supplies
All‐day workshop for GW graduate art therapy students
Sun., March 28, 9‐5
(limit 20 students)
$50 including fee for felting supplies
* lunch will be on your own both days
Presenters: John Lorance, ATR and
Elizabeth Warson, PhD have presented on
the therapeutic application of feltmaking for
the American Art Therapy Association and
individually for programs throughout the
United States. John is an art therapist and
has been utilizing feltmaking as a
therapeutic intervention for all age groups.
Elizabeth is a professional fiber artist and
faculty member at GW who has taught the
art of feltmaking
Additional information:
For additional questions please contact either Elizabeth Warson eawarson@gwu.edu
(703) 299‐4147
or John Lorance at lorancejd@gmail.com
GWU Graduate Art Therapy ProgramGraduate Education Center(walk-in address)413 John Carlyle St., Alexandria, VA 22314(mailing address)1925 Ballenger Ave., Suite 250, Alexandria, VA 22314703-299-4148703-299-4142 (fax)
Senin, 15 Februari 2010
The Power of Art Therapy
This post came across my email recently on "The" Art Therapy Blog about testimonials from hospital patients engaging in art. Click here to read the post in its entirety. I have included the video below.
Jumat, 12 Februari 2010
Call for papers: Creative, Epxressive And Performing Arts and Autism Spectrum Disorders, June 2010 Manhattan
Call for papers:
Creative, Epxressive And Performing Arts and Autism Spectrum Disorders, June 2010 Manhattan
Call for Papers Creative/Performing Arts and Autism Spectrum Disorder Annual Conference
New York City June 18-19, 2010 Sponsored by Touching Humanity, Inc.
www.touchinghumanityinc.org (website will be updated as of Feb 16, 2010)
Developed by Dr. Michael Pizzi, this innovative conference is interdisciplinary as it is our belief that more collaborative efforts are needed to promote autism awareness and the positive impact of the performing, expressive and creative arts in improving the health, quality of life and well-being of those impacted by autism
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
What can parents/caregivers hope to get out of this in concrete terms? A better understanding of activities that their children can engage in to promote long term wellbeing that can be incorporated at home. Ideas and activities will come from creative, expressive and performing arts professionals as well as from occupational, developmental, educational and psychological perspectives
What can professionals hope to get out of this in concrete terms? A better understanding of activities they can incorporate into their practices and justification for those activities through theory and/or evidence from trial programs What can practitioners of creative expressive activities and various therapies hope to get out of this? Meeting and forming a coalition/network with others working in similar fields; understanding commonalities and cohesive justification/support; develop working relationships for future projects and evidence based research
The following are guidelines for submission: 1. All papers should be 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes in length 2. Each paper should have a theoretical, practical or experiential component to them and focus on the use of the creative and performing arts as utilized with people affected by autism. Each participant will have time for Q and A with the audience 3. POSTER presentations are also being requested Submission process: Cover page: • A written abstract must be submitted for each proposed presentation (500 words) with only the title, abstract and length of presentation (15,30, 45 or 60 minutes) • Define applicability to the creative, expressive and performing arts and autism • All abstracts will be blind reviewed without knowledge of the identity of the author(s). Subsequent pages: • Submit all author contact information (for every author if multiple), the abstract and no more than 2 page summary with references. Author contact information includes: All authors with credentials line 1 (of Affiliation): dept. name of organization or ‘self ’ if applicable line 2: name of organization, acronyms acceptable line 3: City, State, Country, Zip code line 4: e-mail address and phone contacts (specify if it is home or office) Keep submission to 2 pages (plus cover page) double spaced with references as needed. References are NOT required. Note: All abstracts will be published in a Symposium publication, as well as online as a brochure. Please specify what contact information may be published with your abstract and submit your consent for publication in both the Symposium publication and the online brochure. For Poster presentations: • All of the above submission guidelines apply for poster presentation submissions All presenting authors whose papers or posters are blind reviewed and accepted are required to register for the Conference at a highly discounted rate .
Submission deadline: April 1, 2010 Send via email to: mptouchinghumanity@gmail.com
All correspondence will be via email
Location of the conference will be at 35th and Park Ave within walking distance of Grand Central Station.
Email us for upcoming brochure.
Creative, Epxressive And Performing Arts and Autism Spectrum Disorders, June 2010 Manhattan
Call for Papers Creative/Performing Arts and Autism Spectrum Disorder Annual Conference
New York City June 18-19, 2010 Sponsored by Touching Humanity, Inc.
www.touchinghumanityinc.org (website will be updated as of Feb 16, 2010)
Developed by Dr. Michael Pizzi, this innovative conference is interdisciplinary as it is our belief that more collaborative efforts are needed to promote autism awareness and the positive impact of the performing, expressive and creative arts in improving the health, quality of life and well-being of those impacted by autism
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
What can parents/caregivers hope to get out of this in concrete terms? A better understanding of activities that their children can engage in to promote long term wellbeing that can be incorporated at home. Ideas and activities will come from creative, expressive and performing arts professionals as well as from occupational, developmental, educational and psychological perspectives
What can professionals hope to get out of this in concrete terms? A better understanding of activities they can incorporate into their practices and justification for those activities through theory and/or evidence from trial programs What can practitioners of creative expressive activities and various therapies hope to get out of this? Meeting and forming a coalition/network with others working in similar fields; understanding commonalities and cohesive justification/support; develop working relationships for future projects and evidence based research
The following are guidelines for submission: 1. All papers should be 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes in length 2. Each paper should have a theoretical, practical or experiential component to them and focus on the use of the creative and performing arts as utilized with people affected by autism. Each participant will have time for Q and A with the audience 3. POSTER presentations are also being requested Submission process: Cover page: • A written abstract must be submitted for each proposed presentation (500 words) with only the title, abstract and length of presentation (15,30, 45 or 60 minutes) • Define applicability to the creative, expressive and performing arts and autism • All abstracts will be blind reviewed without knowledge of the identity of the author(s). Subsequent pages: • Submit all author contact information (for every author if multiple), the abstract and no more than 2 page summary with references. Author contact information includes: All authors with credentials line 1 (of Affiliation): dept. name of organization or ‘self ’ if applicable line 2: name of organization, acronyms acceptable line 3: City, State, Country, Zip code line 4: e-mail address and phone contacts (specify if it is home or office) Keep submission to 2 pages (plus cover page) double spaced with references as needed. References are NOT required. Note: All abstracts will be published in a Symposium publication, as well as online as a brochure. Please specify what contact information may be published with your abstract and submit your consent for publication in both the Symposium publication and the online brochure. For Poster presentations: • All of the above submission guidelines apply for poster presentation submissions All presenting authors whose papers or posters are blind reviewed and accepted are required to register for the Conference at a highly discounted rate .
Submission deadline: April 1, 2010 Send via email to: mptouchinghumanity@gmail.com
All correspondence will be via email
Location of the conference will be at 35th and Park Ave within walking distance of Grand Central Station.
Email us for upcoming brochure.
Kamis, 11 Februari 2010
Coolest Top 10 Art Therapy Interventions
Cathy Malchiodi is doing a series with her "Healing Arts" blog on Psychology Today, and is listing the coolest Top 10 art therapy interventions. I wanted to repost it here for everyone's benefit.
The Ten Coolest Art Therapy Interventions
By Cathy Malchiodi
Created Feb 11 2010 - 1:42pm
For my next series of posts, I am taking a cue from PT colleague Ryan Howes who is just finishing up a fascinating series called The Ten Coolest Therapy Interventions. Howes' mission in his blog and his popular postings is to demystify the elements and process of psychotherapy for the public. Like Howes, I feel that when potential clients understand what therapy entails, they are more likely to find the internal courage to seek help from a qualified professional. They also become more educated consumers, capable of "co-creating" [no art therapy pun intended] the course of their therapy and more invested in the process of healing.
No doubt some colleagues will cringe at the idea of making public some of the more common techniques used in the field of art therapy. However, "what is art therapy" is one of the best-kept secrets in the field of mental health. You might be surprised that on some days I wake up wondering what the heck art therapy is because so much misinformation about it abounds on a Google search. Art therapy is the brunt of jokes by Dr. House and some embarrassing therapeutic moments on Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab; Tiger is apparently getting some art therapy, too and I can't wait to hear about that on the Joy Behar Show some night. To counteract the media, my intention is to both help you understand what art therapy is about and why it complements and enhances traditional verbal therapy approaches to treatment.
All helping professionals know that no one intervention can be applied to all clients; they know that the best interventions are those that are tailored to clients' needs and their presenting situations. As an art therapist, I can say from experience that this challenge is the "coolest" part of my work with clients--to invent a creative strategy to promote change, insight, and well-being. A good art therapist, like a good psychologist, counselor, or family therapist, is adept at innovation and creative adaptation. A good art therapist also knows that for many clients, no technique is needed if the client is capable of creative expression without a directive or gimmick.
My criteria for determining the "coolest" art therapy interventions include:
Historical Tradition: Interventions commonly taught to therapists-in-training in the field of art therapy and related mental health professions;
Innovation: Use of a specific art material or visual media to address clients' presenting problems or for the health and well-being of clients;
Adaptation: Development of a specific intervention based on a psychotherapeutic approach such as psychoanalysis, CBT, or other model;
Popularity: Consistent appearance in literature, conferences, or workshops, whether it's the actual intervention or a variation of the intervention.
For the most part, I'll be focusing on interventions used with adults, but some will also apply to work with children, groups, couples, or families. I'll try to give you a brief history of each intervention through the lens of art therapy and the influences of psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy, art, and culture on that intervention. I'll will also be explaining a little bit of how an intervention might be adapted to suit individual needs and situations in the spirit of "one size does not fit all."
Like Howes, I am not going to talk about evidence-based approaches or outcomes. I am also not going talk about the use of art to evaluate or assess emotional or other disorders; that is a topic both fascinating and controversial and a subject for another blog series.
Finally, to paraphrase Howes, reading these brief posts is no substitute for the education it takes to understand how to effectively and ethically apply them to practice. Competent therapists always get adequate training before applying any intervention. And consumers or potential clients, if you have a mental health challenge or disorder, please contact a therapist with appropriate credentials and education rather than attempting to apply these interventions to yourself.
So here they are: The Ten Coolest Art Therapy Interventions.
The Ten Coolest Art Therapy Interventions
By Cathy Malchiodi
Created Feb 11 2010 - 1:42pm
For my next series of posts, I am taking a cue from PT colleague Ryan Howes who is just finishing up a fascinating series called The Ten Coolest Therapy Interventions. Howes' mission in his blog and his popular postings is to demystify the elements and process of psychotherapy for the public. Like Howes, I feel that when potential clients understand what therapy entails, they are more likely to find the internal courage to seek help from a qualified professional. They also become more educated consumers, capable of "co-creating" [no art therapy pun intended] the course of their therapy and more invested in the process of healing.No doubt some colleagues will cringe at the idea of making public some of the more common techniques used in the field of art therapy. However, "what is art therapy" is one of the best-kept secrets in the field of mental health. You might be surprised that on some days I wake up wondering what the heck art therapy is because so much misinformation about it abounds on a Google search. Art therapy is the brunt of jokes by Dr. House and some embarrassing therapeutic moments on Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab; Tiger is apparently getting some art therapy, too and I can't wait to hear about that on the Joy Behar Show some night. To counteract the media, my intention is to both help you understand what art therapy is about and why it complements and enhances traditional verbal therapy approaches to treatment.
All helping professionals know that no one intervention can be applied to all clients; they know that the best interventions are those that are tailored to clients' needs and their presenting situations. As an art therapist, I can say from experience that this challenge is the "coolest" part of my work with clients--to invent a creative strategy to promote change, insight, and well-being. A good art therapist, like a good psychologist, counselor, or family therapist, is adept at innovation and creative adaptation. A good art therapist also knows that for many clients, no technique is needed if the client is capable of creative expression without a directive or gimmick.
My criteria for determining the "coolest" art therapy interventions include:
Historical Tradition: Interventions commonly taught to therapists-in-training in the field of art therapy and related mental health professions;
Innovation: Use of a specific art material or visual media to address clients' presenting problems or for the health and well-being of clients;
Adaptation: Development of a specific intervention based on a psychotherapeutic approach such as psychoanalysis, CBT, or other model;
Popularity: Consistent appearance in literature, conferences, or workshops, whether it's the actual intervention or a variation of the intervention.
For the most part, I'll be focusing on interventions used with adults, but some will also apply to work with children, groups, couples, or families. I'll try to give you a brief history of each intervention through the lens of art therapy and the influences of psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy, art, and culture on that intervention. I'll will also be explaining a little bit of how an intervention might be adapted to suit individual needs and situations in the spirit of "one size does not fit all."
Like Howes, I am not going to talk about evidence-based approaches or outcomes. I am also not going talk about the use of art to evaluate or assess emotional or other disorders; that is a topic both fascinating and controversial and a subject for another blog series.
Finally, to paraphrase Howes, reading these brief posts is no substitute for the education it takes to understand how to effectively and ethically apply them to practice. Competent therapists always get adequate training before applying any intervention. And consumers or potential clients, if you have a mental health challenge or disorder, please contact a therapist with appropriate credentials and education rather than attempting to apply these interventions to yourself.
So here they are: The Ten Coolest Art Therapy Interventions.
Click the link to read each post [links will go live as each blog is posted]:
10.February 16th, 2010 - Magazine Photo Collage
10.February 16th, 2010 - Magazine Photo Collage
1. October 31, 2010 - The Art Therapist's Third Hand
PS: I don't expect that everyone who reads these posts will agree with my choices, but that is part of the rationale for this series, too. If you are an art therapist or a therapist who uses art or visually-based methods in your practice, let me know your thoughts; in fact I welcome your opinion right now [if you know me, you know it won't influence me in the least, but you also know I always love a good dialogue]. And thank you, Ryan, for the inspiration.
@ 2010 Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPAT, LPCC
www.cathymalchiodi.com
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PS: I don't expect that everyone who reads these posts will agree with my choices, but that is part of the rationale for this series, too. If you are an art therapist or a therapist who uses art or visually-based methods in your practice, let me know your thoughts; in fact I welcome your opinion right now [if you know me, you know it won't influence me in the least, but you also know I always love a good dialogue]. And thank you, Ryan, for the inspiration.
@ 2010 Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPAT, LPCC
www.cathymalchiodi.com
Join the growing community of art therapists from around the world at the International Art Therapy Organization [IATO]. One world, many visions...working together to create an inclusive and sustainable future for art therapy.
Subscribe to my Twitter and get the latest art therapy news at
http://twitter.com/arttherapynews.
Art therapy Internship in Peru
Dear Friends,
Please pass the information below to any art therapists and students you know who may be interested in a unique cross-cultural art therapy experience:
Mount Mary College is again sponsoring a cross-cultural art therapy internship in Peru from June 2-July 3, 2010. This ATR-supervised art therapy internship is in collaboration with a community in Arequipa, a Andean city in the southern part of the country. Open to graduate students with an interest in social action and international service. Must have beginning level Spanish or greater to be eligible. Includes graduate credit, high quality on-site supervision, accommodations with Peruvian host families, a week of travel to the impressive Macchu Pichu and other sites.For more information, contact: Lynn Kapitan via email: kapitanl@mtmary.edu
We are pulling the group together at this time but there is still room for anyone who would like to join us!
Thanks, Lynn
Please pass the information below to any art therapists and students you know who may be interested in a unique cross-cultural art therapy experience:
Mount Mary College is again sponsoring a cross-cultural art therapy internship in Peru from June 2-July 3, 2010. This ATR-supervised art therapy internship is in collaboration with a community in Arequipa, a Andean city in the southern part of the country. Open to graduate students with an interest in social action and international service. Must have beginning level Spanish or greater to be eligible. Includes graduate credit, high quality on-site supervision, accommodations with Peruvian host families, a week of travel to the impressive Macchu Pichu and other sites.For more information, contact: Lynn Kapitan via email: kapitanl@mtmary.edu
We are pulling the group together at this time but there is still room for anyone who would like to join us!
Thanks, Lynn
News from VATA
JOB POSTING
One of our art therapists is leaving her job at the New River Valley Juvenile Detention School in Christiansburg. Therefore, her current position as art therapist at the Newport News Juvenile Detention School will be available in March. She expressed that this is a great place to work at with a wonderful art classroom and a fantastic art materials budget. Please read the following job info and for more information please contact the principal, John Day at (757)926-1646.
ART THERAPIST QUALIFICATIONS
Qualifications: Master’s Degree in Art Therapy with a Professional Certification by the Art Therapy Association. Experience working with at-risk students desired.
Terms of Employment: 11 month teaching contract, Length of day determined by employing school division
Duties and Responsibilities
The Art Therapist will
1. Conduct classes using art as a basis to enhance and/or improve student competence in the basic learning skills, develop intellectual skills of rational thought and creativity, progress through achievement as well as develop a positive and realistic concept of self and others;
2. Demonstrate knowledge of course content for art therapy classes
3. Have daily lesson plans to include objectives, materials, classroom activities and written assessments;
4. Provide collaboration with education, detention and center staff in reference to student learning/behavior;
5. Maintain a high level of safety in the classroom at all times;
6. Participate in staff development opportunities to keep abreast of new developments in the area of art therapy;
7. Maintain records of student performance in order to evaluate student progress;
8. Adhere to rules, regulations and procedures consistent with VDOE, the local school division and the detention home.
9. Attend and participates in faculty meetings and other professional meetings called by the administration;
10. Perform other school duties and assignments as appointed.
_______________________________________________________________________
Workshop
Round Oaks Creative Center
presents with
Phyllis Frame, MA-ATR & Karen Montgomery, MS-ATR
THE CHAKRA SYSTEM and
SELF- HEALING
A Multi-level approach
PLACE: Round Oaks Creative Center
1443 Glenside Green, Charlottesville, VA
Phone: 434-973-7543 email: pframe79@aol.com
DATE: Saturday, March 13, 2010
TIME: 9-5 pme
COST: $135 includes
art materials and printed material
There is a $50 non-refundable deposit.
A certificate of completion will be awarded and CEU’s are available.
INSTRUCTORS: Phyllis Frame is the founder & director of the Round Oaks Creative Center, and is a registered art therapist, having practiced in Charlottesville, VA for over 20 years. She was a founding board member of the Association of Mandala Teachers, now inactive, has given mandala and art therapy workshops at many conferences, and is a published author in numerous professional journals. Karen Montgomery is a registered art therapist at North Spring Behavioral Healthcare in Leesburg, VA. She is certified in MARI Mandala Assessment, a Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider, and has facilitated myriad workshops on the healing powers of mandalas, labyrinths, and chakras.
One of our art therapists is leaving her job at the New River Valley Juvenile Detention School in Christiansburg. Therefore, her current position as art therapist at the Newport News Juvenile Detention School will be available in March. She expressed that this is a great place to work at with a wonderful art classroom and a fantastic art materials budget. Please read the following job info and for more information please contact the principal, John Day at (757)926-1646.
ART THERAPIST QUALIFICATIONS
Qualifications: Master’s Degree in Art Therapy with a Professional Certification by the Art Therapy Association. Experience working with at-risk students desired.
Terms of Employment: 11 month teaching contract, Length of day determined by employing school division
Duties and Responsibilities
The Art Therapist will
1. Conduct classes using art as a basis to enhance and/or improve student competence in the basic learning skills, develop intellectual skills of rational thought and creativity, progress through achievement as well as develop a positive and realistic concept of self and others;
2. Demonstrate knowledge of course content for art therapy classes
3. Have daily lesson plans to include objectives, materials, classroom activities and written assessments;
4. Provide collaboration with education, detention and center staff in reference to student learning/behavior;
5. Maintain a high level of safety in the classroom at all times;
6. Participate in staff development opportunities to keep abreast of new developments in the area of art therapy;
7. Maintain records of student performance in order to evaluate student progress;
8. Adhere to rules, regulations and procedures consistent with VDOE, the local school division and the detention home.
9. Attend and participates in faculty meetings and other professional meetings called by the administration;
10. Perform other school duties and assignments as appointed.
_______________________________________________________________________
Workshop
Round Oaks Creative Center
presents with
Phyllis Frame, MA-ATR & Karen Montgomery, MS-ATR
THE CHAKRA SYSTEM and
SELF- HEALING
A Multi-level approach
PLACE: Round Oaks Creative Center
1443 Glenside Green, Charlottesville, VA
Phone: 434-973-7543 email: pframe79@aol.com
DATE: Saturday, March 13, 2010
TIME: 9-5 pme
COST: $135 includes
art materials and printed material
There is a $50 non-refundable deposit.
A certificate of completion will be awarded and CEU’s are available.
INSTRUCTORS: Phyllis Frame is the founder & director of the Round Oaks Creative Center, and is a registered art therapist, having practiced in Charlottesville, VA for over 20 years. She was a founding board member of the Association of Mandala Teachers, now inactive, has given mandala and art therapy workshops at many conferences, and is a published author in numerous professional journals. Karen Montgomery is a registered art therapist at North Spring Behavioral Healthcare in Leesburg, VA. She is certified in MARI Mandala Assessment, a Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider, and has facilitated myriad workshops on the healing powers of mandalas, labyrinths, and chakras.
DESCRIPTION:
This workshop presents an in depth view of the 7 chakra energy centers in the body, coupled with experiential activities. It will reveal their importance in the healing of not only the body, but of the mind and spirit. This information is important to the person working with others as it brings together and adds a greater depth of understanding to the importance of an open chakra system to our mental, physical, and spiritual health. Many will be interested in this workshop for their own growth, as well. We will experience the chakras through many lenses and experiential activities such as sound (toning), guided imagery and visualization, drawing, and poetry. Each chakra is associated to a part of the body, a color, energy, archetype, and emotions. A power point presentation of mandalas reflecting the chakra energies as seen in Joan Kellogg’s theory of the Stages in the Great Round of the Mandala will be shown.
Reservations, directions, and housing information will be sent upon receipt
of your $50 non-refundable deposit. Please mail to Phyllis Frame, 1443 Glenside Green, Charlottesville, VA 22901.
Selasa, 09 Februari 2010
Magazine Clipping Templates
Over the last couple of years or so, my interns and I have been culling our old magazines at work for the "gem" phrases that would be good for reuse in collaging and pasting them in templates by topic so that they can be reused more than just once. I thought this could be valuable to share with other art therapists out there, so feel free to download the scanned color PDF's that I have made of the words and phrases we have found. As we complete more pages, I will update the pertinent documents and keep the document links with the most recent copies that I have. I hope you find our efforts helpful for your practice!!
Academia/School
Addictions
Art
Beliefs & Faith
Conjunctions
Depression
Dream & Inspiration
Emotions
Encouragement
Family
Goodness
Letters
Life & Legacy
Mental Health
Military
Miscellaneous
Numbers
Possibilities & Opportunities
Relationships
Stress Relief
Technology
Transitions
Addictions
Art
Beliefs & Faith
Conjunctions
Depression
Dream & Inspiration
Emotions
Encouragement
Family
Goodness
Letters
Life & Legacy
Mental Health
Military
Miscellaneous
Numbers
Possibilities & Opportunities
Relationships
Stress Relief
Technology
Transitions
Art Therapy Directives
If you're like me, I can't get enough resources and ideas to use as directives for my art therapy groups and individual sessions. Some ideas come from pure brainstorming, but I have found that idea sharing from mentors and colleagues has been an invaluable source of art therapy exercises. I am including some of mine here that (as far as I know) aren't already published or copyrighted, or they are a synopsis on a topic with the websites or credit given. I hope that you find them helpful, and if you have ones you'd like to share, please do!
Anger management exercise using sculpture
Assertiveness skills resource
Autobiography
Bridge Drawing Exercise
(several to cut up for groups)
Coat of Arms
(information about heraldic symbolism for creating personal shields)
Create your own comic strip
Deep Muscle Relaxation Script
Family Portrait as Animals
Interview Questionnaire
(I use this as a group icebreaker, dividing members into pairs, and have each interviewer depict the information they gather in a piece of art to introduce their partner)
Create your own invention
Mandala Friday
(regular group - thanks to Lauren Hayes)
Therapeutic Journey - Past/Present/Future
Self-Esteem Mini-Journal
(thanks to Lauren Hayes)
Self-Forgiveness Resources
Stress Management
Support Sculpture Activity
I use this with families--parents create support sculpture, child makes creature sculpture--separate from each other, then bring together to see how supportive the parents' sculpture is to the child's piece
(thanks to Emmy Lou Glassman)
Supports, Strengths, and Abilities Pyramid
Three Wishes
Trust Activity
Holidays:
New Year's
Valentine's Day
St. Patrick's Day
Thanksgiving
(I use this in conjunction with depicting what the client(s) is thankful for)
Assertiveness skills resource
Autobiography
Bridge Drawing Exercise
(several to cut up for groups)
Coat of Arms
(information about heraldic symbolism for creating personal shields)
Create your own comic strip
Deep Muscle Relaxation Script
Family Portrait as Animals
Interview Questionnaire
(I use this as a group icebreaker, dividing members into pairs, and have each interviewer depict the information they gather in a piece of art to introduce their partner)
Create your own invention
Mandala Friday
(regular group - thanks to Lauren Hayes)
Therapeutic Journey - Past/Present/Future
Self-Esteem Mini-Journal
(thanks to Lauren Hayes)
Self-Forgiveness Resources
Stress Management
Support Sculpture Activity
I use this with families--parents create support sculpture, child makes creature sculpture--separate from each other, then bring together to see how supportive the parents' sculpture is to the child's piece
(thanks to Emmy Lou Glassman)
Supports, Strengths, and Abilities Pyramid
Three Wishes
Trust Activity
Holidays:
New Year's
Valentine's Day
St. Patrick's Day
Thanksgiving
(I use this in conjunction with depicting what the client(s) is thankful for)
Different colors describe happiness, depression
Study could help doctors gauge moods of patients with verbal challenges
By Stephanie Pappas
LiveScience
updated 8:17 p.m. ET, Mon., Feb. 8, 2010
Are you in a gray mood today? How about a blue funk? Maybe you're seeing red, because you're green with jealousy. The colors we use to describe emotions may be more useful than you think, according to new research.
The study found that people with depression or anxiety were more likely to associate their mood with the color gray, while happier people preferred yellow. The results, which are detailed today in the journal BMC Medical Research Methodology, could help doctors gauge the moods of children and other patients who have trouble communicating verbally.
"This is a way of measuring anxiety and depression which gets away from the use of language," study co-author and gastroenterologist Peter Whorwell of University Hospital South Manchester told LiveScience. "What is very interesting is that this might actually be a better way of capturing the patient's mood than questions."
Colors are often used as metaphors for moods, but no one had systematically researched color associations, Whorwell said. To investigate, he and his colleagues picked eight colors — red, orange, green, purple, blue, yellow, pink and brown — and split each into four shades. They then added white, black and four shades of gray for a total of 38 options. After meeting with focus groups, the researchers decided to display the colors in the form of a wheel.
Next, they recruited 105 healthy adults, 110 anxious adults and 108 depressed adults and mailed them printouts of the color wheel . Each person was asked to pick their favorite color, as well as the color they were most "drawn to." Finally, they were asked to pick a color that described their day-to-day mood over the last several months. Another group of 204 healthy volunteers classified each color as positive, negative or neutral.
Whether depressed, anxious or healthy, people liked blue and yellow. Blue 28 on the color wheel was the most popular favorite color among healthy people, while Blue 27 (which is a little darker than 28) got first place among people with anxiety and depression. Meanwhile, Yellow 14 was picked as the color most likely to catch the eye.
But when it came to mood, the groups diverged. Only 39 percent of healthy people associated their mood with a color at all. Of those who did, Yellow 14 was the most popular choice, with about 20 percent of the votes. Meanwhile, about 30 percent of people with anxiety picked a shade of gray, as did more than half of depressed volunteers. In comparison, healthy volunteers described their mood with a shade of gray only about 10 percent of the time.
The researchers also found that when assigning a mood to colors, saturation matters.
"A light blue is not associated with a poor mood, but a dark blue is," Whorwell said. "The shade of color is more important than the color itself."
Whorwell is now testing the wheel on patients with irritable bowel syndrome. He's hoping that color choices can reveal patients' attitudes and predict how well they will respond to treatments like hypnosis. Because people are embarrassed by gastroenterogical symptoms, Whorewell said, non-verbal methods of getting information are sometimes preferable to conversation. And, he said, with additional research, the wheel could be used in medical fields from pediatrics to surgery.
"You've got an instrument now," Whorwell said. "Now people have to play with it and find out the applications."
© 2010 LiveScience.com. All rights reserved.
Senin, 08 Februari 2010
Dear Friends of the Art Life Studio,
I hope you are all warm, well and enjoying this snowy winter! As we've had to reschedule some classes and workshops due to the inclement weather, I'm sending you this announcement with our updated February schedule (see info below). Our annual mid-winter "Awakening the Creative Fire Workshop" takes place this Saturday, Feb. 13th. Since this workshop had to be rescheduled, and since it's Valentine's weekend, we are offering the early bird registration fee as well as a couple's discount. (See info below; we have just a few spaces available, so contact me soon if you'd like to register).
February is "Follow your HeART" month at the studio (don't you love how the word "art" is part of the word "heart"?). This message is true to the soul work we offer through art-making at the studio, which is the heart of expressive arts therapy practice. We invite you to join us in following your HeART to new frontiers in your life and imagination. Come shake off the chill of winter and join us in the studio as we tend the fires of the wild soul and create our way towards spring with color, beauty and deep play in the arts!
Happy snow,
Jena
Follow your HeART to the Studio!
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me lay an invincible summer."
~Albert Camus
Special Events
SAVE THESE DATES!
Saturday, February 13, 10 am - 5 pm
Awakening the Creative Fire, Community Expressive Arts Workshop
Saturday, March 20, 1:30 - 5:30 pm
Women's "Spring Equinox" Creatress Workshop
Early Bird Registration: March 1st
(Please see workshop details below for both of these special events)
Classes & Workshops
AWAKENING THE CREATIVE FIRE (This Weekend!)
Discovering your Passion & Creativity through the Expressive Arts
One-Day Workshop
Saturday, February 13, 10 am - 5 pm
In this mid-winter workshop, we immerse ourselves in art-making and play to awaken our senses and discover our deepest passions. Through painting, writing, and sculpting in clay, movement and story, we will ignite the creative fire within as we explore the transformative power of calling forth images from the depths of our imagination. As we shape artistic works individually and collectively, we will create together in a supportive environment where there are no mistakes and everyone is an artist. This enlivening approach invites authentic self expression, surprising creations, and practical tools for tending the creative fire in everyday life. This intermodal expressive arts workshop is for anyone interested in exploring the arts for personal, professional and artistic growth.
** Co-facilitated by Jena Leake & Robert Wadden Please register by Thursday, Feb. 11th: $90 or Couple's Discount: $80/each (all materials included)
PAINTING FROM THE WILD SOUL
Women's Expressive Painting Group
Tuesdays, 7 - 9:30 pm
Beginning February 16 (8-weeks)
Within every woman there is a wild soul full of passion, creativity and inner wisdom. When we express ourselves authentically and artistically, we tap into the soulful nature of our being. Our images, feelings, metaphors and dreams arise from within to guide us in our everyday living.
During this 8-week class, we will journey into the wild soul through painting and visual journaling. Unique to this process is an intermodal expressive arts approach, which will introduce the layering of movement, painting and writing explorations to support you in expanding possibilities for authentic self-expression in art-making and in life. There is no right or wrong way to paint; there is only your way. Join us this winter as we open our senses, play with paint, and nourish the fertile ground within us during this spirited women's painting group! All levels of experience welcome. ($285, payment plan available; materials included)
CREATRESS "Spring Equinox" Workshop
Women's Expressive Arts Workshop Series
Saturday, March 20, 1:30 - 5:30 pm
(Early Bird Registration: $65 by March 1; $75 after March 1; all materials included)
In 2010, this popular women's workshop series is moving from a monthly format to a seasonal format with the 1st workshop taking place on the spring equinox. Each workshop will explore the seasons and cycles of our lives, nature and the creative process. Please see the description of this workshop series below:
Every woman is creative and has the innate capacity to be an artist of her own life. These seasonal "mini retreats" offer a unique opportunity to luxuriate in creative and sacred space with other women as we nourish our inner lives and deepest potential. Through art-making and reflection, celebration and ceremony, we take time to listen attentively to the images and stories emerging from within. Visual art-making, poetry, movement, writing and music will be our companions and guides. As we engage the Creatress within, we will focus on strengthening our connection to the feminine, claiming our inner knowing and body wisdom, and becoming artists of our everyday lives. This is a wonderful gift to yourself, offering replenishment, inspiration and creative practices to support you in staying current with yourself while harvesting what is presently unfolding in your life.
Creative Renewal
The Art of Self-Care and Caring for Others
An Expressive Arts Personal Process & Supervision Group for Therapists, Social Workers & Counseling Professionals
February – May 2010 / Four Monthly 4 – Hour
Sundays, 1 - 5 pm on the following dates: February 28, March 28, April 25 & May 23
$320 (art materials included); commitment to all 4-sessions requested
Each session will include:
~ A creative, nourishing environment to gather regularly with peers and engage in meaningful dialogue and reflection about your life and work
~ Time to “come home to yourself” and nourish your own soul through individual and collective expressive arts explorations
~ Introduction to expressive arts therapy methodologies and their applications in clinical and community settings
~ Arts-based practices for personal and professional growth
~ Creative renewal as we "re-imagine" our lives and work through art-making and soul-centric practices
Individual Expressive Arts Therapy,
ART Life Sessions &
R.E.A.T. Supervision:
(Offered by appointment; sliding scale available)
To register for an event and/or schedule a private session, please contact:
Jena Leake, M.A., R.E.A.T.
Registered Expressive Arts Therapist
The ART Life Studio
www.theartlifestudio.com
434.996.8087
I hope you are all warm, well and enjoying this snowy winter! As we've had to reschedule some classes and workshops due to the inclement weather, I'm sending you this announcement with our updated February schedule (see info below). Our annual mid-winter "Awakening the Creative Fire Workshop" takes place this Saturday, Feb. 13th. Since this workshop had to be rescheduled, and since it's Valentine's weekend, we are offering the early bird registration fee as well as a couple's discount. (See info below; we have just a few spaces available, so contact me soon if you'd like to register).
February is "Follow your HeART" month at the studio (don't you love how the word "art" is part of the word "heart"?). This message is true to the soul work we offer through art-making at the studio, which is the heart of expressive arts therapy practice. We invite you to join us in following your HeART to new frontiers in your life and imagination. Come shake off the chill of winter and join us in the studio as we tend the fires of the wild soul and create our way towards spring with color, beauty and deep play in the arts!
Happy snow,
Jena
Follow your HeART to the Studio!
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me lay an invincible summer."
~Albert Camus
Special Events
SAVE THESE DATES!
Saturday, February 13, 10 am - 5 pm
Awakening the Creative Fire, Community Expressive Arts Workshop
Saturday, March 20, 1:30 - 5:30 pm
Women's "Spring Equinox" Creatress Workshop
Early Bird Registration: March 1st
(Please see workshop details below for both of these special events)
Classes & Workshops
AWAKENING THE CREATIVE FIRE (This Weekend!)
Discovering your Passion & Creativity through the Expressive Arts
One-Day Workshop
Saturday, February 13, 10 am - 5 pm
In this mid-winter workshop, we immerse ourselves in art-making and play to awaken our senses and discover our deepest passions. Through painting, writing, and sculpting in clay, movement and story, we will ignite the creative fire within as we explore the transformative power of calling forth images from the depths of our imagination. As we shape artistic works individually and collectively, we will create together in a supportive environment where there are no mistakes and everyone is an artist. This enlivening approach invites authentic self expression, surprising creations, and practical tools for tending the creative fire in everyday life. This intermodal expressive arts workshop is for anyone interested in exploring the arts for personal, professional and artistic growth.
** Co-facilitated by Jena Leake & Robert Wadden Please register by Thursday, Feb. 11th: $90 or Couple's Discount: $80/each (all materials included)
PAINTING FROM THE WILD SOUL
Women's Expressive Painting Group
Tuesdays, 7 - 9:30 pm
Beginning February 16 (8-weeks)
Within every woman there is a wild soul full of passion, creativity and inner wisdom. When we express ourselves authentically and artistically, we tap into the soulful nature of our being. Our images, feelings, metaphors and dreams arise from within to guide us in our everyday living.
During this 8-week class, we will journey into the wild soul through painting and visual journaling. Unique to this process is an intermodal expressive arts approach, which will introduce the layering of movement, painting and writing explorations to support you in expanding possibilities for authentic self-expression in art-making and in life. There is no right or wrong way to paint; there is only your way. Join us this winter as we open our senses, play with paint, and nourish the fertile ground within us during this spirited women's painting group! All levels of experience welcome. ($285, payment plan available; materials included)
CREATRESS "Spring Equinox" Workshop
Women's Expressive Arts Workshop Series
Saturday, March 20, 1:30 - 5:30 pm
(Early Bird Registration: $65 by March 1; $75 after March 1; all materials included)
In 2010, this popular women's workshop series is moving from a monthly format to a seasonal format with the 1st workshop taking place on the spring equinox. Each workshop will explore the seasons and cycles of our lives, nature and the creative process. Please see the description of this workshop series below:
Every woman is creative and has the innate capacity to be an artist of her own life. These seasonal "mini retreats" offer a unique opportunity to luxuriate in creative and sacred space with other women as we nourish our inner lives and deepest potential. Through art-making and reflection, celebration and ceremony, we take time to listen attentively to the images and stories emerging from within. Visual art-making, poetry, movement, writing and music will be our companions and guides. As we engage the Creatress within, we will focus on strengthening our connection to the feminine, claiming our inner knowing and body wisdom, and becoming artists of our everyday lives. This is a wonderful gift to yourself, offering replenishment, inspiration and creative practices to support you in staying current with yourself while harvesting what is presently unfolding in your life.
Creative Renewal
The Art of Self-Care and Caring for Others
An Expressive Arts Personal Process & Supervision Group for Therapists, Social Workers & Counseling Professionals
February – May 2010 / Four Monthly 4 – Hour
Sundays, 1 - 5 pm on the following dates: February 28, March 28, April 25 & May 23
$320 (art materials included); commitment to all 4-sessions requested
Each session will include:
~ A creative, nourishing environment to gather regularly with peers and engage in meaningful dialogue and reflection about your life and work
~ Time to “come home to yourself” and nourish your own soul through individual and collective expressive arts explorations
~ Introduction to expressive arts therapy methodologies and their applications in clinical and community settings
~ Arts-based practices for personal and professional growth
~ Creative renewal as we "re-imagine" our lives and work through art-making and soul-centric practices
Individual Expressive Arts Therapy,
ART Life Sessions &
R.E.A.T. Supervision:
(Offered by appointment; sliding scale available)
To register for an event and/or schedule a private session, please contact:
Jena Leake, M.A., R.E.A.T.
Registered Expressive Arts Therapist
The ART Life Studio
www.theartlifestudio.com
434.996.8087
The Tracy’s Kids movie event is postponed.
The Tracy’s Kids movie event scheduled for tomorrow night is postponed. While “the show must go on,” and the show will go on, it won’t go on tomorrow night. The weekend storm and additional 5-10 inches predicted for Tuesday night into Wednesday will make it too hard for too many to get to the “red carpet” safely. We are working hard to find a date to reschedule and will get you that information as soon as we can. Please forward this note to others who you know were planning to join us. For those of you in DC, stay safe and warm. For those of you outside DC, stay there. See website for more about Tracy's Kids.
Healing Expression with Elizabeth Goll Lerner, LPC, ATR-BC
*The Healing Expression Series*
Mondays, 10:00am-12:00pm;
February 22, March 1, 8 & 15
A four session look at the experience of healing.
This program invites individuals who are experiencing or who have experienced a significant illness or injury as well as caregivers or significant others of those who have, or are encountering, the effects of significant medical upheaval.
The group will explore the life changes that occur because of illness or injury; the journey that takes place during the healing process; the spiritual aspect of the experience; the definition of wellness and the relationship between the physical discomfort or illness and the person experiencing it.
2 hours per week for 4 weeks
*Registration**:* $350
*Preregister:* $320 (by February 19th)*
Groups include discussion of pertinent topics and life experience,
work with art materials, guided imagery and movement
based on the ability of the participants.
Elizabeth Goll Lerner, LPC, ATR-BC, Founder, INSPIRED CHOICES, Getting tothe YOU without the GOO, is a licensed professional counselor and a registered and board certified art therapist who has practiced as a therapist, consultant and professor for the past 30 years in a variety of therapeutic and educational settings. Her programs are designed to engender personal and life balance, promote active problem solving and clarity, and enhance personal integration and transformational process, while intertwining the practical with the spiritual. Private consultation is available by appointment. Individualized programs are designed to meet your needs or that of your group or workplace.
The Mindfulness Center 4963 Elm Street, Suite 100 Bethesda, MD 20814 (o): 301-986-1090 (c): 301-229-9408
Jumat, 05 Februari 2010
About Art Therapy
Rabu, 03 Februari 2010
Malchiodi event cancelled due to weather; rescheduled for March
To all students and faculty,
Due to the inclement weather expected to start early Friday evening we are
going to cancel the Malchiodi Social Action colloquium that evening and the Healing Skills workshop on Saturday.
We are planning to reschedule both for the weekend of March 12-13, so there will be a mandatory colloquium that Friday the 12th.
If any of you registered for the workshop, PATA will be contact you about the make up date.
Send an email to artx@gwu.edu if you have any questions.
Thanks much,
Steve
Stephen F. Lorenz, MA, PhD CandidateExecutive AssistantGWU Graduate Art Therapy ProgramGraduate Education Center(walk-in address)413 John Carlyle St., Alexandria, VA 22314(mailing address)1925 Ballenger Ave., Suite 250, Alexandria, VA 22314703-299-4148703-299-4142 (fax)
Due to the inclement weather expected to start early Friday evening we are
going to cancel the Malchiodi Social Action colloquium that evening and the Healing Skills workshop on Saturday.
We are planning to reschedule both for the weekend of March 12-13, so there will be a mandatory colloquium that Friday the 12th.
If any of you registered for the workshop, PATA will be contact you about the make up date.
Send an email to artx@gwu.edu if you have any questions.
Thanks much,
Steve
Stephen F. Lorenz, MA, PhD CandidateExecutive AssistantGWU Graduate Art Therapy ProgramGraduate Education Center(walk-in address)413 John Carlyle St., Alexandria, VA 22314(mailing address)1925 Ballenger Ave., Suite 250, Alexandria, VA 22314703-299-4148703-299-4142 (fax)
Selasa, 02 Februari 2010
White Privilege Conference
11th Annual White Privilege Conference
Health Inequities: Strategies. Action. Liberation.
April 7 Day Long Institutes & Evening Film Previews April 8-10
Keynotes, Workshops, Youth Leadership
Conference, Film Previews,
Meet the Speakers & Book Signing Reception, Shabbat Dinner, Support Groups & More
La Crosse, Wisconsin ~ La Crosse Center
Hosted & Co-Sponsored by the 7-Rivers Region Diversity Collaboration Initiative REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
ACCESS FORM HERE!
Updates in this communication: Shuttle from Minneapolis airport to La Crosse, Institute discount, sponsors announced, keynote addresses, & earning academic credit in 4 steps!
Facilitated by: Lauren Parker Kucera & Jesse Villalobos - Experience - All Levels
Over the past decade, The WPC Youth Institute has facilitated a critical space to strengthen relationships across race and identity for over 500 high school-aged youth from throughout the U. S. At the WPC Youth Institute, youth leaders who want to work for social justice can strengthen communication skills and gain more knowledge about white privilege and begin to build strategies with peers on how to end it. This institute is centered around the perspectives, experiences and voice of youth. During this interactive program, participants will:• gain deeper understanding and more knowledge about white privilege, racial identity, racism, social power and intersections of identity (class, gender and culture, etc) • strengthen communication skills in order to better organize and engage people more effectively across race, culture, age and difference • develop basic leadership strategies to organize for social change --to reach more peers and potential adult allies • find individual and collective voice through creative work, exploring experiences of identity and culture
Youth participants in WPC11 YI will be offered the opportunity to facilitate and lead discussions with the film Shades Of Youth during WPC11. (NOTE: The pre-conference Youth Institute is separate from the Youth Leadership Conference, which takes place during the general WPC.)
Youth participants in WPC11 YI will be offered the opportunity to facilitate and lead discussions with the film Shades Of Youth during WPC11. (NOTE: The pre-conference Youth Institute is separate from the Youth Leadership Conference, which takes place during the general WPC.)
Youth Leadership Conference A youth-friendly space with youth-specific workshops & caucuses that engage issues of white privilege, white supremacy, and oppression within the larger structure of The White Privilege Conference. The YLC geared for youth of any ethnic background in grades 9-12 who are prepared to seriously engage issues related to whiteness, racial identity, privilege, oppression, social change and more.
Minneapolis Airport toLa Crosse Center Shuttle
A tool for getting in on the conversation. Cost: $150, includes facilitator guide. Email dmiller4@uccs.edu
Keynotes's on DVD include: Jennings, Chaisson-Cardenas, Washington, Rothenberg, Almeida, Palmer, Feagin, Roberts, Battle, Kendall, Kivel, & Wise.More Info here.
ClickHere for More info on Shuttle & Travel Discounts!
Conference Updates!
EARN ACADEMIC CREDIT IN 4 STEPS!
Wednesday & Saturday Institutesattend an institute & the conference & receive a $20 discount!Conference ScheduleWPC Film Showings
ContactDaryl Millerdmiller4@uccs.edu719-255-4764
White Privilege Conference, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO 80918 719-255-4764
Minneapolis Airport toLa Crosse Center Shuttle
A tool for getting in on the conversation. Cost: $150, includes facilitator guide. Email dmiller4@uccs.edu
Keynotes's on DVD include: Jennings, Chaisson-Cardenas, Washington, Rothenberg, Almeida, Palmer, Feagin, Roberts, Battle, Kendall, Kivel, & Wise.More Info here.
ClickHere for More info on Shuttle & Travel Discounts!
Conference Updates!
EARN ACADEMIC CREDIT IN 4 STEPS!
Wednesday & Saturday Institutesattend an institute & the conference & receive a $20 discount!Conference ScheduleWPC Film Showings
ContactDaryl Millerdmiller4@uccs.edu719-255-4764
White Privilege Conference, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO 80918 719-255-4764
Senin, 01 Februari 2010
Good morning-
You may remember PATA was on of the partners for the Helping Haiti fundraiser that took Place at Policy DC on January 19th.
The event went extremely well.
The total amount raised was $1,220
Thank you to everyone who came out to support the cause and we appreciate your generosity.
Peace and light,
Elva Anderson
Multicultural Chair
You may remember PATA was on of the partners for the Helping Haiti fundraiser that took Place at Policy DC on January 19th.
The event went extremely well.
The total amount raised was $1,220
Thank you to everyone who came out to support the cause and we appreciate your generosity.
Peace and light,
Elva Anderson
Multicultural Chair
News fron The Institute for Expressive Analysis
The Institute for Expressive Analysis
Presents
The Polarity of Chaos and Discipline:
Underpinnings of Psychoanalytic Creativity
A workshop with Dr. Arthur and Sandra Robbins
A weekend class that will explore the interface of verbal and non-verbal communication, alternate levels of consciousness, and the transference/countertransference dialogue and the forces of energy that enter into a creative psychoanalytic process.
Friday February 19th and Saturday 20th, 2010
Friday 5:00 – 10:00pm
Saturday 9:00am – 12:00 and 1:00 – 5:00pm
To Register for Course Please ContactSue Burickson atlubovedsky@gmail.com
325 West End Avenue #12-B
To Register for Course Please ContactSue Burickson atlubovedsky@gmail.com
325 West End Avenue #12-B
NYC, NY
Space is limited
Space is limited
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