The Art of Happiness:
Positive Psychology and the Arts
with Gioia Chilton, MA, ATR-BC, and
Rebecca A. Wilkinson MA, ATR-BC
Positive Psychology and the Arts
with Gioia Chilton, MA, ATR-BC, and
Rebecca A. Wilkinson MA, ATR-BC
Art at the Center
2804 Sherwood Hall Lane
Alexandria, VA 22306
703-581-5598
http://www.artatthecenter.org/
2804 Sherwood Hall Lane
Alexandria, VA 22306
703-581-5598
http://www.artatthecenter.org/
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 Free Open to the Public
7:00-9:00 pm
Would you like to increase life satisfaction, meaning, and engagement for your clients and yourself? Discover what makes people of all ages happier, and how to increase personal and professional happiness. Who is happy? Why be happy? Can creative endeavors contribute to happiness, and if so, how? These questions and more will be explored through an introduction to Positive Psychology, the science of happiness. Positive psychology seeks to help us identify and build upon character strengths as tools to increase well being. We will explore the connection between Positive Psychology and the arts and define strategies for using creative endeavors to increase engagement, mastery, and flow.
Objective 1) Attendees will be able to define happiness.
Objective 2) Attendees will be able to list two strategies for implementing Positive Psychology practices to improve life satisfaction.
Objective 3) Attendees will gain experiential knowledge of a creative practice designed to increase engagement, mastery, and flow.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Art therapists, counselors, mental health professionals, and anyone interested in improving happiness in themselves and those around them.
WHAT STUDENTS SAY:
“Incredibly empowering and even life-changing. What a gift for me! What a tool to share with others! It truly expands one's perspective.” -Kelly Hartland
“One of best lectures I've attended in a long time, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.” -Cynthia Hart
7:00-9:00 pm
Would you like to increase life satisfaction, meaning, and engagement for your clients and yourself? Discover what makes people of all ages happier, and how to increase personal and professional happiness. Who is happy? Why be happy? Can creative endeavors contribute to happiness, and if so, how? These questions and more will be explored through an introduction to Positive Psychology, the science of happiness. Positive psychology seeks to help us identify and build upon character strengths as tools to increase well being. We will explore the connection between Positive Psychology and the arts and define strategies for using creative endeavors to increase engagement, mastery, and flow.
Objective 1) Attendees will be able to define happiness.
Objective 2) Attendees will be able to list two strategies for implementing Positive Psychology practices to improve life satisfaction.
Objective 3) Attendees will gain experiential knowledge of a creative practice designed to increase engagement, mastery, and flow.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Art therapists, counselors, mental health professionals, and anyone interested in improving happiness in themselves and those around them.
WHAT STUDENTS SAY:
“Incredibly empowering and even life-changing. What a gift for me! What a tool to share with others! It truly expands one's perspective.” -Kelly Hartland
“One of best lectures I've attended in a long time, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.” -Cynthia Hart
PRESENTERS:
Gioia Chilton, MA, ATR-BC and Rebecca Wilkinson, MA, ATR-BC are registered and board certified art therapists, and authors of Positive Art Therapy: Envisioning the Intersection of Art Therapy and Positive Psychology published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art Therapy in 2009. Gioia & Rebecca are Adjunct Faculty with The George Washington University.
