Save the Date: Harriet Wadeson Workshop

Using Art for Professional Self Processing: Harriet Wadeson, Ph.D., LCSW, ATR-BC, HLM

Saturday, October 9, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Fee: $65

The fee includes lunch and use of art materials. Participants who want CEC's through NBCC will be charged an additional $10 processing fee for the 6 CEC's

RSVP to Kiera Dorsey at dorseyks@evms.edu or 757-446-5895 by September 27

 USING ART FOR PROFESSIONAL SELF PROCESSING

Whereas other professionals utilize supervision and peer discussion for professional self processing, art therapists have the added resource of their own artwork for self exploration to enhance new insights and understandings.  With the identity of art therapist as the focus of this workshop, participants will create art expressions to explore professional relationships.  For professionals and interns, those will include relationships with clients, supervisors, administrators, and other staff, as well as feelings about the facility where they work.  Students not yet in internships will focus on aspects of their training.  Stresses, future plans, and wishes will also be explored by all.  A variety of media and art projects will be introduced, along with dialoging with the art.

OBJECTIVES:

1. Participants will experience how art may be used to explore various aspects of professional life.

2. Participants will gain a fuller understanding of their own professional identity and feelings about their work.

3. Based on learning derived in the workshop, participants will be able to make more informed professional plans for the future. 

Harriet Wadeson, Ph.D., LCSW, ATR-BC, HLM, directs the post-graduate Art Therapy Program of Northwestern University.  For 23 years, she directed the Art Therapy Graduate Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago and for 20 years its annual Summer Institute.  She has published 7 books on art therapy, approximately 70 articles, and contributed numerous chapters to text books.  Harriet is an international guest lecturer, having taught annually in Sweden and frequently in Australia and Finland.  She has presented art therapy in many other countries as well and has led professional delegations to China, Indonesia, Bali, and Sweden.  Her awards include the Rush award from the American Psychiatric Assn., a 1^st prize for art from the Smithsonian Institute, Honorary Life Membership and a 1^st prize for research from the American Art Therapy Assn., a Resolution of Commendation from the Illinois Legislature, and many art awards.  Currently, Harriet is writing a memoir and several novels.