Conference Program

The American Art Therapy Association’s 

44th Annual Conference 

Art Therapy: Connecting 

Visual Expression & Healing 

The Sheraton Seattle Hotel 

Washington State Convention 

Center 

June 26-30, 2013 

PROGRAM GUIDE

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Conference Registration 

Desk Hours and Locations 

Tuesday, June 25 

4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. 

Wednesday, June 26 

7:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m. 

Thursday, June 27 

7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. 

Friday, June, 28 

7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. 

Saturday, June 29 

7:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. 

Sunday, June 30 

7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. 

Sheraton Seattle Hotel 

Spruce Room, Second Floor. 




Spruce Room, Second Floor until 

9:45 a.m. After 9:45 a.m. visit the 

AATA Exhibit booth, Exhibit Hall 

(6A) Sixth Floor, of Convention 

Center. 





(6A) Sixth Floor of Convention 

Center. 





(6A) Sixth Floor of Convention 

Center. 



Contents 

4 Letter from the President 

5 Welcome Letters 

6 Board of Directors and Conference 

Committee 

8 Attendee Services 

10 Thank you to our sponsors and exhibitors 

11 Schedule-at-a-Glance 

16 Program Tracks 

17 Floor Plans for Meeting Space 

18 Full Conference Schedule 

36 Marketplace of Ideas and Open Art Studio 

37 Bookstore Author Book Signing Schedule 

40 Exhibitor Listing 

43 Presenter Alphabetical Index 

46 CEC Certificate Request Form 

Ethics Policy 

It is important to note: 

1. All annual conference presenters have confirmed with the 

American Art Therapy Association that they have obtained 

the applicable releases required for all artwork presented. 

2. For all sessions presented at the annual conference there 

is a universal prohibition of photographing and audio 

taping presentations without written consent by all of the 

session presenters at the individual session, as well as the 

Conference Committee. 

3. Conference attendees do not have authorization to 

photograph or otherwise reproduce any artwork produced, 

displayed, presented, or viewed at the annual conference. 

4. By attending the annual conference workshops, training 

sessions, and plenary sessions, attendees agree to abide 

by the above principles, regardless of their membership or 

registration status. 

Attendance Guidelines 

In consideration for all of our speakers and attendees, all cell 

phones and similar devices must be muted or turned off during 

conference sessions. 

The Sheraton Seattle Hotel and the Washington State 

Convention Center have adopted a Smoke Free Policy. Under 

this policy, smoking is prohibited in all indoor areas. Please use 

the designated outdoor areas. 

An American Art Therapy Association conference badge is 

required for admission to all sessions and functions associated 

with your registration package. Anyone attending a conference 

session or function must be registered and must, at all times, 

display the appropriate badge. 

Some sessions and events require a ticket for admission. 

Tickets and badges will be issued during conference 

registration. Please bring your ticket with you to the sessions 

and events. You will not be admitted without the ticket. 

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Greetings from the President of the 

American Art Therapy Association 

Welcome to Seattle, WA, and the American Art Therapy Association’s 

44th Annual Conference, Art Therapy: Connecting Visual Expression & 

Healing. As an attendee of the largest conference for art therapists, you are 

part of a dynamic period for our field. 

Throughout our conference you will learn about the latest research, best 

practices, and cutting edge techniques in art therapy from our nationally 

recognized keynote speakers and expert art therapist practitioners. The next 

few days promise to be stimulating and informative. I look forward to 

welcoming you personally! 

Whether you are a first-time attendee, or a regular conference attendee, I encourage you to actively 

engage in all facets of the conference. We have a large number of first-time attendees, so please reach 

out to our new friends to make them feel welcome. All first-time attendees are invited to the Newcomer’s 

Session on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., and if you purchased a full conference registration package, or a 

ticket to attend the President’s Opening Reception on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., I will see you there! 

Refer to the schedule in the program guide for the specific details. 

On Thursday beginning at 8:00 a.m. we will learn how art impacts the brain of those with Epilepsy and 

about a collaborative effort between the American Art Therapy Association and the Epilepsy Foundation. 

Our Friday morning plenary will focus on the brain functioning of those with Alzheimer’s disease and 

related memory disorders, and the efforts to improve the quality of life for both patients and caregivers. 

The closing plenary on Saturday morning features the Curator of Chinese Art at the Seattle Art Museum. 

Dr. Yiu will share how Seattle has moved to the forefront of collecting Chinese art on the west coast. The 

awards and scholarships presentations will round out this session. All three sessions will be held at the 

Sheraton’s Grand Ballroom. Please plan to arrive on time so that you don’t miss any of these exceptional 

sessions! 

Be sure to visit the Marketplace of Ideas–a central focal point where you can network with colleagues, 

visit the Conference Bookstore to purchase books signed by your favorite authors, and learn from 

exhibitors about services to support your career. You can also visit with educational representatives from 

art therapy degree programs. Take advantage of the Open Art Studio and unleash your creativity. I also 

invite you to join me and the Board of Directors at the Town Hall Meeting on Friday at 11:50 a.m. (an 

informal Q&A and networking forum) and at the Annual Business Meeting of the Association on 

Saturday at 3:00 p.m. The always popular Arts & Crafts Marketplace, where you can shop for unique 

creations made by your colleagues, is scheduled to begin immediately after the educational sessions on 

Thursday, from 5:15 to 7:15 p.m. 

As my term as President comes to a close, I want to thank you for allowing me to lead this vibrant 

Association. It has truly been an honor to work side-by-side with our Board, committee chairs, chapter 

leaders, and the membership to promote art therapy and grow our profession. 

Enjoy your conference! 

Mercedes 

Mercedes ter Maat, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LPC 

President 


Welcome 

The Conference Committee welcomes you to the 2013 American Art Therapy Association’s 44th 

Annual Conference, Art Therapy: Connecting Visual Expression & Healing. I hope that you’re ready 

to soak in all that this stunning conference location offers us. Get ready for an amazing conference 

experience! Most of our sessions will take place at the Washington State Convention Center, but 

there are some sessions at the Sheraton, including our daily plenary sessions, the advanced 

practice courses, the Newcomer’s Session, and the President’s Opening Reception. Check the 

program guide for the schedule details. 

Please join me in thanking this year’s Conference Committee. They have once again planned a 

spectacular annual conference. Special thanks to Lisa Wasserman, Program Chair, and Mary 

Ellen McAlevey, Special Sessions Chair, who have assembled an exceptional educational 

program; Bryce Bailey, Local Arrangements Committee (LAC) Chair, and his entire team of 

volunteers who serve as our hosts for this cool city; Heidi Tournoux-Hanshaw, Members’ Art 

Exhibition Chair; Susan Boxer-Kappel, Arts Events and Art Studio Chair, who has designed a 

creative Open Art Studio; Janice Hoshino, Memorial Ceremony Coordinator; Sangeetha Ravichandran, Member Film 

Festival Coordinator, Gaelynn Wolf Bordonaro, our official conference photographer, and Brian Tepper, the 2013 Quick 

Draw Coordinator. We also thank our program review committee that reviewed a larger than usual number of proposals. 

Please note their names in the program guide and be sure to thank them personally. We especially recognize Sarah 

Deaver, our board liaison, for her dedicated involvement and leadership. We couldn’t have created such an amazing 

event without each of these volunteers who have dedicated many hours of their time. 

I also want to thank Antioch University Seattle and the Evergreen Art Therapy Association that have both provided 

resources and sponsorship support for the sand Mandala art exhibit to be created by the artist representing the Tibetan 

Children’s Education Foundation. We hope you will make time to enjoy this remarkable experience! 

As my term as Conference Chair comes to a close I want to thank the team I have worked with over the past 2 years 

including the Conference Committee, the volunteers in the host cities, our Board Liaison, and the staff at the National 

Office. It has been a great privilege to serve in this role over the past 2 years. In 2014 we will welcome Jane DeSouza 

back as the Conference Chair and we all look forward to the annual conference in San Antonio, TX! 

Now let’s make this the best conference ever! 

Raquel 

Raquel Farrell-Kirk, M.S., ATR-BC 

Conference Chair 

Members of the Local Arrangements Committee (LAC) are excited to have you as our guest in the 

“Emerald City,” named in the top 10 list of coolest cities in America, and we plan to show you why! 

Our meeting facilities are situated in a prime downtown area where you can access an array of 

restaurants, shopping, the arts, and some of the most famous Seattle sites! Get ready to have fun, 

expand your knowledge, and meet new friends in this fantastic city! 

If you’re not attending the Night on the Town: An Evening at the Chihuly Garden and Glass 

Museum event on Friday, we invite you to attend the Night on the Town: “Choose Your Own 

Adventure!” Just select the “flavor” of Seattle you want to experience for a self-guided tour on the 

town. Stop by the Hospitality Desk for more information. And, don’t forget to stop by the Black Coffee 

Co-op Café on Friday evening from 9:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. to listen to our very own Bruce Moon and 

Chris Belkofer’s musical performance. Find more details in the program guide. 

We hope you’ll be inspired and moved by the creation of the sacred Tibetan sand mandala. Be sure to check the 

program guide for several spectacular events on the schedule including the opening on Thursday morning, and the closing 

ceremony on Saturday. The LAC team was thrilled to be able to support this incredible addition to the conference. We also 

invite you to attend the “Sole of Seattle” Closing Reception on Saturday beginning at 8:00 p.m. Wear your fabulous 

dancing shoes or decorate a pair for the event. Dance music will be provided by DJ Quilty 3000, an amazing Seattle 

talent, along with refreshments and a cash bar. 

Be sure to stop by the Hospitality Desk throughout the conference to pick up information on what to see and do in 

Seattle, maps, buttons, and much more! I want to thank our amazing team of volunteers who have made a significant 

“time investment” to ensure that your stay in Seattle is a top-notch experience. We look forward to meeting you! 

Bryce 

Bryce Bailey, M.A., ATR 

Chair, Local Arrangements Committee 


Board of Directors, Past Presidents, and 

Honorary Life Members 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

President: Mercedes ter Maat, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LPC 

President-Elect: Sarah Deaver, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LMFT, LPC 

Secretary: Charlotte Boston, M.A., ATR 

Treasurer: Joseph Jaworek, M.A., ATR-BC 

Speaker, Assembly of Chapters: Gretchen Graves, M.S., ATR, CDAT 

Director: Juliet King, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC 

Director: Laura V. Loumeau-May, M.P.S., ATR-BC, LPC 

Director: Deborah Sharpe, M.A., ATR-BC 

Director: Gwendolyn Short, M.A., ATR-BC, CSC-AD 

Director: Craig Siegel, M.A., ATR-BC 

Director: Stella Stepney, M.S., ATR-BC, LCAT 

PAST PRESIDENTS 

1969-1971 Myra F. Levick, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM 

1971-1973 Robert E. Ault, ATR-BC, HLM* 

1973-1975 Felice W. Cohen, ATR-BC, HLM* 

1975-1977 Don L. Jones, ATR-BC, HLM 

1977-1979 Judith A. Rubin, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM 

1979-1981 Gwendolyn L. Gibson, ATR-BC, HLM 

1981-1983 Georgiana Jungels, ATR-BC 

1983-1985 Gladys Agell, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM 

1985-1987 Sandra L. Graves, Ph.D., ATR-BC 

1987-1989 Catherine M. Drachnik, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM 

1989-1991 Linda M. Gantt, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM 

1991-1993 Robin F. Goodman, Ph.D., ATR-BC 

1993-1995 Bobbi Stoll, ATR-BC, HLM 

1995-1997 Virginia M. Minar, ATR-BC, HLM 

1997-1999 Deborah A. Good, Ph.D., ATR-BC 

1999-2001 Marcia L. Rosal, Ph.D., ATR-BC 

2001-2003 Shaun McNiff, Ph.D., ATR, HLM 

2003-2005 Lynn Kapitan, Ph.D., ATR-BC 

2005-2007 Paula Howie, ATR-BC, LPC 

2007-2009 Peg Dunn-Snow, Ph.D., ATR-BC 

2010-2011 Joan Phillips, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LMFT, LPC 

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS 

1970 Margaret Naumburg, ATR, HLM* 

1971 Edith Kramer, ATR-BC, HLM 

1972 Elinor Ulman, ATR, HLM* 

1973 Hanna Yaxa Kwiatkowska, ATR, HLM* 

1974 Myra F. Levick, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM 

1975 Helen Landgarten, ATR-BC, HLM* 

1976 Elsie Muller, ATR-BC, HLM* 

1977 Bernard Levy, ATR, HLM* 

1980 Janie Rhyne, ATR, HLM* 

1981 Judith A. Rubin, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM 

1983 Rawley Silver, Ed.D., ATR-BC, HLM 

1986 Robert E. Ault, ATR-BC, HLM* 

1987 Gladys Agell, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM 

1988 Don L. Jones, ATR-BC, HLM 

1989 Felice W. Cohen, ATR-BC, HLM* 

1990 Frances E. Anderson, Ed.D., ATR-BC, HLM 

1991 Catherine “Cay” M. Drachnik, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM 

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS - continued 

1992 Harriet Wadeson, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM 

1993 Gwendolyn L. Gibson, ATR-BC, HLM 

1994 Linda M. Gantt, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM 

1995 Vija B. Lusebrink, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM 

1996 Maxine B. Junge, Ph.D., ATR, HLM 

1997 Shaun McNiff, Ph.D., ATR, HLM 

1998 Arthur Robbins, ATR, HLM 

1999 Bobbi Stoll, ATR-BC, HLM 

2000 Shirley Riley, ATR, HLM* 

2001 Mildred Lachman-Chapin, ATR, HLM 

2002 Cathy Malchiodi, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LPAT, LPCC, 

CPAT, HLM 

2004 Virginia Minar, ATR-BC, HLM 

2007 Bruce Moon, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LPC, HLM 

2008 Laurie Wilson, ATR-BC, HLM 

2009 Pat Allen, Ph.D., ATR, HLM 

2010 Doris Arrington, Ed.D., ATR-BC, HLM 

2011 Marcia Rosal, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM 

2012 Irene Rosner David, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCAT, HLM 

*deceased 


Conference Committee 

2012-2013 Conference Committee Members: 

Board Liaison: (President-elect): Sarah Deaver, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LMFT, LPC 

Conference Chair: Raquel Farrell-Kirk, M.S., ATR-BC 

Program Chair: Lisa Wasserman, Psy.D., ATR-BC 

Special Sessions Chair: Mary Ellen McAlevey, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC 

Members’ Art Exhibition Chair: Heidi Tournoux-Hanshaw, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC-AT 

Arts Events and Art Studio Chair: Susan Boxer-Kappel, M.A., ATR-BC, CGP, LCAT 

Arts & Crafts Marketplace Coordinator: Barbara Florence, National Staff 

Local Arrangements Committee Chair: Bryce Bailey, M.A., ATR 

Memorial Ceremony Coordinator: Janice Hoshino, Ph.D., ATR-BC 

Member Film Festival Coordinator: Sangeetha Ravichandran, M.A.A.T. 

Scholarship Fundraising Event: Betty Hartzell, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LPC 

Conference Photographer: Gaelynn Wolf Bordonaro, Ph.D., ATR-BC 

Quick Draw Coordinator: Brian Tepper, M.P.S., ATR-BC, ATCS, LCAT 

2012-2013 Program Review Committee Members: 2013 Local Arrangements Committee (LAC): 

Josie Abbenante, M.A., ATR-BC, LPAT 

Bryce Bailey, M.A., ATR (LAC Chair) 

Heidi Bardot, M.A., ATR-BC 

Ruth Blaikie, LMFT (Volunteer Co-Chair) 

Donna Betts, Ph.D., ATR-BC 

Brigid Blume, M.A., LMHCA 

Charlotte Boston, M.A., ATR 

Carol Byron, M.A., ATR, LMHC 

Susan Boxer-Kappel, M.A., ATR-BC, CGP, LCAT 

Joanne della Penta, ATR-BC, LMHC 

Rachel Brandoff, M.A., ATR-BC, LCAT 

Rosalie Frankel, M.A., ATR-BC 

Janet Carr, ATR-BC, RN 

Christine Galvin 

Jane DeSouza, M.P.S., ATR-BC, LCAT 

Lindsey Goodman, M.A. 

Elizabeth Donahue, ATR 

Alyssa Griskiewicz, M.A. (Tibetan Sand Mandala Chair) 

Raquel Farrell-Kirk, M.S., ATR-BC 

Jennifer Harkness, M.A., LMHCA (Communications Chair) 

Barbara Fish, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCPC 

Janice Hoshino, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LMFT 

Diana Gregory, Ph.D. 

Allison Kennedy 

Laura Griffin, M.S., ATR-BC 

Coquille Knutsen, M.A. 

Martha Haeseler, M.A., ATR-BC 

Amanda Lord, M.A. 

Janice Hoshino, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LMFT 

Darcy Marlow, M.A., M.Ed. 

Gretchen (Geri) Hurlbut, M.A., ATR-BC 

Kristin McCurdy 

Patricia Isis, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LMHC 

Kailey McEvilly 

Merrilee Jorn, M.S., ATR-BC 

Kate O’Connor (Hospitality Co-Chair) 

Laura Loumeau-May, M.P.S., ATR-BC, LPC 

Margaret Prescott, M.A., LMFT, ATR (Entertainment Co-Chair) 

Lisa Manthe, M.A., ATR-BC, LMFT 

Valli Rebsamen, M.A. (Mandala/Fundraising Chair) 

Jacquelyn M. Martin, ATR-BC 

Madi Riddle (Hospitality Co-Chair) 

Mary Ellen McAlevey, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC 

Zandi Salstrom, M.A. 

Eileen Misluk-Gervase, ATR-BC 

Sharon Sanborn, M.A., LMHC, ATR-BC 

Bruce Moon, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM 

Kathryn A. Schumaker, M.A., LMHC, ATR (Entertainment Co-Chair) 

Barbara Parker-Bell, Psy.D., ATR-BC, LPC 

Angela Werfelmann, M.P.S., LMHCA, AT 

Jordan Potash, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCAT 

Catie Wilkins (Student Contingent Chair) 

Dina Ricco, Ph.D., ATR, LMHC 

Ashley Yakey 

Marcia Rosal, Ph.D., ATR-BC 

Chia-Yu Judy Yang, M.A., ATR-BC (Volunteer Co-Chair) 

Nancy Slater, Ph.D., ATR-BC 

And, last but not least, our honorary Salmon mascot! 

Ellen Speert, ME.d., ATR-BC, REAT 

Patricia St. John, Ed.D., ATR-BC, LCAT 

Mary Stanley, M.P.S., ATR-BC 

Mercedes B. ter Maat, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LPC 

Sonia Thomas, ATR-BC 

Victoria Tinsley, M.A., ATR, LPC 

Heidi Tournoux-Hanshaw, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC-AT 

Carolyn Brown Treadon, Ph.D., ATR-BC 

Judith Wald, M.S., ATR-BC, LCAT 

Lisa Wasserman, Psy.D., ATR-BC 


Attendee Services 

BADGE PICK-UP AND TICKET SALES Please visit the Conference Registration desk to pick up your badge, program 

guide, and tickets. Onsite ticket sales for Conference Registration, Advanced Practice Courses, Workshops, and Closing 

Reception will also be available. Attendees are encouraged to pick up their registration badges and packets at least 45 

minutes prior to their first session. 

Tuesday, June 25 

4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. 

Wednesday, June 26 

7:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m. 


7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. 

Friday, June, 28 

7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. 


7:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. 

Sunday, June 30 

7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. 

Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Spruce Room, Second Floor. 


Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Spruce Room, Second Floor until 9:45 a.m. After 9:45 

a.m. visit the AATA Exhibit booth, Exhibit Hall (6A) Sixth Floor of Convention 

Center. 



Center. 



Center. 


REGISTRATION BADGE COLORS 

Green - Thursday Only 

Blue – Saturday Only 

Red - Friday Only 

Orange - Exhibitor 

Please pick up your ATR and ATR-BC stickers from the Art Therapy Credentials (ATCB) 

Exhibit Booth #1 in the Marketplace of Ideas. 

NETWORKING BREAKS IN THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS 

(Exhibit Hall 6A, Sixth Floor of the Washington State Convention Center) 

Networking Breaks Schedule (Refreshments served) 


9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. 

Friday, June 28 

9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. 

HOSPITALITY AREA The Local Arrangements Committee will be on hand to provide information about local sites and 

attractions. Stop by to find out where to go for dinner, entertainment, the arts, shopping, sightseeing, and much more! 

Hospitality Hours and Locations: 

Tuesday, June 25 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Sheraton Hotel Main Lobby 

Wednesday, June 26 12:00 Noon.-7:30 p.m. Sheraton, just outside the Grand Ballroom, Second Floor 

Thursday, June 27 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Sheraton, just outside the Grand Ballroom, Second Floor 

until 9:45 a.m. After 9:45 a.m. visit the LAC Exhibit Booth 

#17, Exhibit Hall (6A) Sixth Floor of the Convention Center 

Friday, June 28 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. LAC Exhibit Booth #17, Exhibit Hall (6A) Sixth Floor of the 

Convention Center 

AMERICAN ART THERAPY ASSOCIATION BOOTH (Washington State Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 6A, Sixth Floor) 

Be sure to visit the staff throughout the conference at the Association’s welcome booth, and the conference registration 

desk. We’d like to share upcoming programs and help you take advantage of all of the benefits of your membership. 

CONFERENCE BOOKSTORE (Washington State Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 6A, Sixth Floor) The Conference 

Bookstore, operated by Baystate Professional Book Service, will be onsite to offer the resources to help you with your 

practice and professional development. Be sure to check out page 37 for the Author Book Signing schedule to get your 

purchased books signed by your favorite authors. 

Bookstore Hours: 


9:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 


9:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 


9:45 a.m.-2:00 p.m. 


Attendee Services 

CONFERENCE PHOTOS Throughout the conference our conference photographer will be taking photos. If you’re 

camera shy and prefer not to have your photo taken, just let the photographer know. Pictures from the conference will be 

available for purchase following the conference from the 2013 Conference Proceedings website. All conference attendees 

will receive an e-mail after the conference with the link to the Proceedings website. 

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS (CECS) and CEC CERTIFICATE REQUESTS 

CECs are earned for contact clock hours at the conference, with one CEC awarded for each hour of an educational 

activity. CEC-eligible sessions are identified in the Full Program Schedule with the two-letter program track code followed 

by the session’s number. Sessions in the schedule without a session number are not CEC-eligible. 

It is each attendee’s responsibility to know if her or his licensing or credentialing body will accept the American Art 

Therapy Association’s CECs. American Art Therapy Association is recognized by the following organizations as an 

approved provider of continuing education credits: 

• Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB) 

• National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) - Provider Number: 5760 

• The California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) - Approval Number: PCE 1044 

IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ: 

CEC CERTIFICATE REQUESTS All participants will receive a postconference e-mail with a link to the online CEC 

Certificate Request and Fulfillment Center. Once participants verify the sessions attended (online form), complete 

a brief evaluation (online), and provide the administrative fee payment for this service, a copy of their Certificate 

listing all CECs earned will be available for download and print. If you prefer to pay for your CEC Certificate with a 

check, you can find the request form and instructions on page 46 of the program guide. 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Conference Proceedings will be provided online to all conference attendees. Following 

the conference all attendees will receive an e-mail with the link to the Conference Proceedings website where you can 

search through all proceedings. The Proceedings website is also where you will submit your evaluation for the sessions 

that you attended and request your Continuing Education Credit (CEC) Certificate. The administrative fee for the CEC 

Certificate can be paid online. If you don’t receive an e-mail, please contact the National Office staff via e-mail at 

conferenceinfo@arttherapy.org. 

HANDOUTS Thank you for helping to support of the Association’s environmental strategies, by accessing electronic 

copies of handouts via the postconference Proceedings website. In some limited cases, presenters may elect to provide 

their own printed handouts. 

OPEN ART STUDIO (Washington State Convention Center Exhibit Hall 6A, Sixth Floor) 

Escape from the hustle and bustle of the conference routine and come to the studio to create. In 

the Studio, you can take time for self-reflection and experimentation. Using the complimentary art 

supplies provided by Blick Art Materials, you’ll be free to envision, create, unwind, and just have 

fun! Watch as the studio will be transformed into a gallery where our artworks fill the walls! 

Open Art Studio Hours: 


9:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 


9:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 


9:45 a.m.-2:00 p.m. 

MEMBER SLIDE EXHIBITION Arrive a half-hour before the start of each plenary session to enjoy and view the member 

slide exhibition. 

ARTS & CRAFTS MARKETPLACE (Washington State Convention Center, Sixth Floor, East Lobby, just outside the area 

where educational sessions and the Exhibit Hall are located). Calling all power shoppers! Discover amazing, one-of-a-kind 

artwork, jewelry, pottery, prints, and more, all made and sold by fellow art therapists. Don’t miss out on these unique finds! 

Arts & Crafts Marketplace Hours: Thursday, June 27 from 5:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. (just after the last educational 

sessions of the day conclude.) 

TRANSPORTATION FOR OFFSITE EVENTS Transportation for the ticketed special event will be departing according to 

the schedule below. 

• Night on the Town: An Evening at Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum, Friday, June 28, at 5:45 p.m. 

Transportation departs from the Main Lobby of the Sheraton Hotel. Please be prompt. 

RECYCLING Please help us to do our part in making our conference environmentally conscientious by placing your 

recyclable materials into the appropriate bins. 


Thank you to our Sponsors 

Silver 

Bronze 

Exhibitors 

• American Art Therapy Association 

• Adler School of Professional Psychology 

• Antioch University Seattle 

• Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB) 

• Art with Heart 

• Blick Art Supplies 

• California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant 

International University 

• Drexel University 

• Epilepsy Foundation 

• Florida State University 

• Healthcare Providers Service Organization – HPSO 

• Lesley University 

• Marylhurst University 

• Mount Mary College 

• Naropa University 

• Notre Dame de Namur University 

• Piel Canela Perú Fair Trade Organization 

• Routledge Journals ~ Taylor & Francis 

• Southwestern College 

• Springfield College 

• The Tibetan Children’s Education Foundation 

• Triarco Arts and Crafts 

• University of Washington Alzheimer’s Disease 

Research Center (US ADRC) 

Official Conference Bookstore 

Baystate Professional Book Service, Inc. 


Schedule-at-a-Glance 

For a detailed program listing including session descriptions, see page 18. 

= Separate registration required. = Not included in Economy or Daily Registration Packages. 

= By invitation. 

Unless otherwise noted, all room locations are in the Convention Center. 

All sessions on Wednesday, June 26 and Sunday, June 30 will be at the Sheraton. 

All sessions held at the Convention Center are on the Sixth Floor. 

Tuesday, June 25, 2013 

4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Conference Registration Open ▪ Sheraton, Spruce Room, Second Floor 

Wednesday, June 26, 2013 (All Wednesday sessions are located in the Sheraton) 

7:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Conference Registration Open ▪ Sheraton, Spruce Room, Second Floor 

9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. All Advanced Practice Courses (Separate registration required) 

Jefferson, Union Street Tower, Fourth Floor ▪ Cloth of our Dreams ▪ Ainlay Anand/Gerity 

Cedar, Pike Street Tower, Second Floor ▪ Sexuality in Art Therapy ▪ Clark 

Ballard, Pike Street Tower, Third Floor ▪ Harm’s Touch: What We Witness ▪ Fish 

Redwood, Pike Street Tower, Second Floor ▪ AT and Complex Trauma ▪ Hass-Cohen 

Ravenna, Union Street Tower, Third Floor ▪ Mindful Art Therapy Retreat ▪ Isis/Peterson 

Seneca, Union Street Tower, Fourth Floor ▪ Digital Storytelling ▪ Ozer 

University, Union Street Tower, Fourth Floor ▪ Art Therapy Ethical Decision ▪ Doby- 

Copeland/Potash 

Aspen, Pike Street Tower, Second Floor ▪ How to Treat PTSD ▪ Gantt/Tinnin 

Noon-1:00 p.m. Chapter Delegates and American Art Therapy Association Board Luncheon ▪ Cirrus 

Room, Pike 

Street Tower, 35th Floor 

1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Coalition of Art Therapy Educators (CATE) Meeting ▪ Willow, Second Floor 

1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Assembly of Chapters Meeting ▪ Cirrus Room, Pike Street Tower, 35th Floor 

4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Cirrus Room, Pike Street Tower, 35th Floor ▪ Disasters and Extreme Events: The Trauma 

Signature ▪ Shultz (Tickets required) 

6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Newcomer’s Session ▪ Willow, Second Floor 

7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. President’s Opening Reception (Reception and Cash Bar) ▪ Sheraton, Grand Ballroom D, 

Second Floor (Ticket required) 

Thursday, July 27, 2013 

7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Conference Registration Open ▪ Sheraton, Spruce Room, Second Floor 

7:45 a.m.-7:55 a.m. Mandala Opening Ceremony ▪ Sheraton, Ballroom D, Second Floor 

Opening Plenary (At Sheraton) 

8:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m. Welcome Remarks ▪ Grand Ballroom A/B/C, Second Floor 

Keynote: Balabanov/Gattone/Vitko 

Please join us for sessions the rest of the day at the Convention Center. 

9:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Marketplace of Ideas and the Open Art Studio ▪ Convention Center, 6A, Sixth Floor 

9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Networking (Refreshment Break) in the Marketplace of Ideas ▪ Convention Center, 6A 

Extended Session 

10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Convention Center, 603 ▪ Research Roundtable ▪ St. John 

Panels 

10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. 612 ▪ Art Therapy, Yoga, Year 2 ▪ Horovitz/Franklin/Isis 

611 ▪ The Open Hand: Touch Drawing ▪ Koff-Chapin/Plato/Horne/Khanna/Fladager 

608 ▪ Art Therapy Diversity Ethics ▪ Doby-Copeland/Potash/Talwar/Vance 

Workshops (Separate registration required) 

10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. 605 ▪ Professional Self Portraits ▪ Shore 

613 ▪ Mime Art as Healing ▪ Szego/Garrett 

614 ▪ Coping with Chronic Illness ▪ Parker-Bell 

Focus Group 

10:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m. 606 ▪ Art Therapy and Spirituality ▪ Farrelly-Hansen 



Papers 

10:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m. 607 ▪ Culture/Gender Female Offender ▪ ter Maat/Espinola 

602 ▪ Transform Your Inner Tyrants ▪ Pugh 

604 ▪ Elements of Art Therapy on the Spectrum ▪ Richardson 

Digital Poster Sessions 

11:20 a.m.-11:50 a.m. 609 ▪ Creating a Healing Community ▪ Kohut 

610 ▪ Art as Antidote ▪ Partridge 

Master Supervision Groups 

11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. 602 ▪ Adults with Mental Illness ▪ McAlevey 

604 ▪ Motivational Interviewing and Art Therapy ▪ Oechslie 

607 ▪ Multicultural Issues ▪ Stepney 

606 ▪ Autism Spectrum Disorders ▪ Betts 


12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. 612 ▪ Art Therapy and ADHD ▪ Webb 

611 ▪ Accessing Technology ▪ L’Esperance 

608 ▪ Bearing Witness Art Show ▪ Larsen 

Quick Draw 

12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. 6A/Open Art Studio 

Papers 

12:00 p.m.-12:50 p.m. 609 ▪ Vicarious Trauma ▪ Harkness 

610 ▪ Art and Adventure Therapy ▪ Bishow-Semevolos 

Paper 

12:30 p.m.-1:20 p.m. 603 ▪ Symbolizing Bodily Held Memory ▪ Susman 

Special Presentation 

12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. 6A/Marquee Theatre ▪ Video: Visual Memories: Japanese Internment ▪ Hoshino 

Panels 

1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. 612 ▪ Connecting Communities ▪ Hipple/Harouni/Louie 

611 ▪ Mindfulness and Art Therapy ▪ Rappaport/Franklin/Isis/Peterson 

608 ▪ Social Significance of Work ▪ C. Moon/Lyonsmith/Perkal/Raman Molitor 


614 ▪ Skillful Art DBT & Art Therapy ▪ Dolan 

613 ▪ Video Therapy in Practice ▪ Fitzsimmons/Mulcahy 

605 ▪ Private Practice ▪ Misluk-Gervase/Schwartz 

Papers 

1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m. 602 ▪ Social Empowerment Art Therapy ▪ Morris/de la Pena/Willis-Rauch 

604 ▪ Developmental Art Therapy ▪ Williams 

607 ▪ Visualizing a Recovery Path ▪ DeSouza 

606 ▪ Veterans & Homelessness ▪ Asch 

609 ▪ Intricate Connections ▪ Wix 

Performance Art 

1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m. 603 ▪ No Small Change ▪ Schroder 

Video Session 

1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m. 610 ▪ DAT Interviews ▪ Carlton 

Focus Groups 

2:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m. 602 ▪ Social Justice Caucus ▪ Fredman/Giba 

606 ▪ Reasons to be Credentialed ▪ McAlevey/Brown Treadon/Hoshino/Maloy 

603 ▪ AATA Honors Process ▪ Towne/Awais 

Papers 

2:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m. 604 ▪ Children – Eating Disorders ▪ McCarley/Caolo 

607 ▪ Asking Patients to Create ▪ Bloomgarden/Carlock-Russo 

610 ▪ Resilience – Third Culture Kids ▪ Hughes/Grandi 

609 ▪ Reconsidering Clinical ATH ▪ B. Moon 



Panels 

3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m. 611 ▪ Making Art Around Seattle ▪ Behnke/Duncan/Robbins/Stocker/Tidwell 

608 ▪ Yes You Can! Art & Disability ▪ Rubin/Councill/Rosner David/DiScenna 


613 ▪ Visual Reflection for Training ▪ Goebl-Parker/Richardson 

605 ▪ Art-based Supervision ▪ Hawley/Lyonsmith 

614 ▪ Art Therapy and Somatic ▪ Lubbers 

Workshop in Open Art Studio (Separate registration required) – not eligible for CECs 

4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. 6A Open Art Studio ▪ Embracing Diversity Piece by Piece ▪ Diaz 

Focus Groups 

4:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m. 603 ▪ Processing Pregnancy Impact ▪ Beers Miller/Giffin 

609 ▪ Can Art Be Used in Counseling? ▪ Crosland 

610 ▪ International Exchange ▪ Prasad/Hillinga Haas 

Papers 

4:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m. 606 ▪ Creating a Private Practice ▪ Nolan/Belkofer 

604 ▪ Photovoice and Art Therapy ▪ Feen-Calligan/Moreno 

607 ▪ Fighting Ageism ▪ Giles 

602 ▪ Art and Identity Integration ▪ Suto 

Arts & Crafts Marketplace (At the Convention Center) 

5:15 p.m.-7:15 p.m. East Lobby of Convention Center – Sixth Floor 

Special Film Presentation (At the Sheraton) 

8:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Sheraton Grand Ballroom A/B/C, Second Floor ▪ Gussak 

Friday, July 28, 2013 

Plenary (At Sheraton) 

8:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m. Grand Ballroom A/B/C, Second Floor 

Keynote: Leverenz/Grimes/Partridge 

Please join us for sessions the rest of the day at the Convention Center. 


9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Networking (Refreshment Break) in the Marketplace of Ideas ▪ Convention Center, 6A 

Panels 

10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. 611 ▪ From Local to Global ▪ Wallingford/Hamilton/Kirschner/Palladino/Tosatto 

612 ▪ Resilience, Art, AATA, U.S. Army ▪ Haeseler/Ainlay Anand/ Gerity/Harvey 

608 ▪ Three Variations, One Canvas ▪ Miller/Lindemann/Beers Miller 


10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. 605 ▪ Art of Somatic Experiencing® ▪ Pugh 

613 ▪ Celebrating Death Through Art ▪ Rodriguez 

614 ▪ Teaching Research Visually ▪ St. John 

Papers 

10:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m. 602 ▪ Art Forms and Parkinson’s ▪ Elkis-Abuhoff/Goldblatt 

604 ▪ Grief Expression and Healing ▪ McIntyre 

607 ▪ Early Trauma ▪ Shore 

606 ▪ Sanctuary in the Studio ▪ McGann 

Digital Posters 

11:20 a.m.-11:50 a.m. 603 ▪ Worry Canvases and the ETC ▪ Riccardi 

610 ▪ Speaking Through Images ▪ Bursey 

Art Therapy Film Festival 

11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. 609 ▪ Art Therapy Film Festival ▪ Ravichandran/Freeman/Andrus/Boyes/Carlton/Rainey 


11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. 602 ▪ Art Therapy with Older Adults ▪ Goldman 

604 ▪ Positive Art Therapy ▪ Isis 

607 ▪ Forensics ▪ Gussak 

606 ▪ Young Children and Art Therapy ▪ Brown Treadon 



Town Hall Meeting 

11:50 a.m.-12:50 a.m. 612 ▪ AATA’s Town Hall Meeting ▪ ter Maat and Board of Directors 

Paper 

12:00 p.m.-12:50 p.m. 610 ▪ Attachment Reparation in Adoption ▪ Albright 


12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. 603 ▪ KFD – Sibling Relationships ▪ Bagonis/Parker-Bell 

611 ▪ Implementing NAAI Culture ▪ Julsrud 

608 ▪ Through the Lens ▪ Hamilton 


12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. 6A/Marquee Theatre ▪ Art with Heart ▪ Hillinga Haas 


12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. 6A/Marquee Theatre ▪ Professional Liability Insurance ▪ d’Antonio 

Panels 

1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. 612 ▪ The Men’s Panel: Male Clients ▪ Blausey/Gussak/B. Moon/Morrissey/Sharnoff/Vick 

608 ▪ AT-PIA Preliminary Research ▪ Deaver/Harmon-Walker/Hege 

611 ▪ Observing Dyadic Relationships ▪ Regev/Gavron/Snir 

Workshops 

1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. 614 ▪ Spirituality in Art Therapy ▪ Anderson 

613 ▪ El Greco, Grief, and Loss ▪ Lindemann 

605 ▪ Artful Gerotranscendence ▪ Petterson/Lenseen/Little Bear 

Focus Group 

1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m. 603 ▪ Art Therapy/Clinical Neuroscience ▪ King/Belkofer/Elkis-Abuhoff 

Papers 

1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m. 602 ▪ Creativity and Aging ▪ Chapin Stephenson 

604 ▪ Transgender Presentation ▪ Maher 

607 ▪ Hospice: Art in Supervision ▪ Potash 

606 ▪ Photo Collage with Cancer ▪ Peterson 

609 ▪ Origami Art Therapy ▪ Wu/Kobayashi 

610 ▪ Aesthetic Silence ▪ Thompson 

Focus Group 

2:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m. 606 ▪ Bilingual Research ▪ Sharpe/Fish/Touset 

Papers 

2:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m. 602 ▪ Video as a Witness ▪ Fitzsimmons 

603 ▪ The Art of Advocacy ▪ Carlock-Russo 

604 ▪ The Doli Healing Project ▪ Tedesco 

607 ▪ Freeing Art Therapy Scholarship ▪ C. Moon 

610 ▪ Mindfulness and Art Psychotherapy ▪ Hass-Cohen 

609 ▪ Alternative Public Space ▪ Talwar/Ravichandran 

Panels 

3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m. 612 ▪ Illuminating Dementia ▪ Koch/Dewey/Leigh 

611 ▪ Art Therapy and ABA ▪ Stallings/Carter/Heller/Ritscher/Schuldt 

Paper (Extended Session) 

608 ▪ Success in Research ▪ Betts/Peterson 


3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m. 605 ▪ Self-Books for Clients with BPD ▪ Drass 

614 ▪ Focusing-Orienting Art Therapy ▪ Rappaport 

613 ▪ Practical Depths ▪ Teoli 

Workshop in the Open Art Studio (Separate registration required) – not eligible for CECs 

4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. 6A/Open Art Studio ▪ Drawing Out Your Soul ▪ Koff-Chapin 

Focus Groups 

4:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m. 609 ▪ The Male Art Therapist ▪ Balfany/Galaburri 

610 ▪ Art Committee Focus Group ▪ Fish/Behnke/Olivera 



Papers 

4:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m. 606 ▪ Older Adult Studio Art Therapy ▪ Giles/Larsen 

604 ▪ The Skateboard Project ▪ Blach 

602 ▪ Activating Body Intelligence ▪ Susman 

607 ▪ PhotoTherapy Techniques ▪ Weiser 

603 ▪ Family Art Assessment ▪ Asawa/Haber 

Night on the Town: Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum (Separate registration required) 

5:45 p.m. Meet at the Main Lobby Sheraton Hotel (Guides will escort you to the Monorail) 

Night on the Town: Choose Your Own Adventure (Pick up information at the Hospitality Desk) 

Saturday, July 29, 2013 

7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Educator’s Session (By invitation) ▪ Sheraton, Cedar, Pike Street Tower, Second Floor 

Closing Plenary (At the Sheraton) Keynote, Scholarships, and Award Celebration (Refreshments) 

8:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m. Grand Ballroom A/B/C, Second Floor 

Keynote: Yiu ▪ Scholarship and Awards Celebration 

Please join us for sessions the rest of the day at the Convention Center (Unless otherwise noted) 


Master Class (At the Sheraton) - Separate registration required 

10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Grand Ballroom A/B/C, Second Floor ▪ Walking in the Mandala ▪ Tensum 

Panels 

10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. 612 ▪ Visual Case Processing ▪ Shiflett/Harmon-Walker/Kelleher/Lewis/Scheinberg 

611 ▪ Becoming an AATA Leader ▪ Loumeau-May/Heddy/Ravichandran/Robb/Rosner-David 

608 ▪ Assessment Teaching Strategies ▪ Betts/Deaver/Horovitz/Kaiser 


10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. 614 ▪ Practicing Imagination ▪ Abbenante/Wix 

613 ▪ Art Therapy as Social Action ▪ Artis/O’Rourke 

605 ▪ Art-Based Supervision ▪ Fish 

Papers 

10:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m. 602 ▪ Concurrent Disorder Groups ▪ Skinner 

604 ▪ Art on Trial ▪ Gussak 

607 ▪ Multicultural Art Therapy ▪ Ainlay-Anand/Gerity 

603 ▪ Adolf Wölfli ▪ Vick 

606 ▪ Multicultural Exchange ▪ Alter-Muri 


11:20 a.m.-11:50 a.m. 609 ▪ Adoption and the FSA ▪ Halpin/van der Vennet 

610 ▪ The SDT and Autism ▪ Davis/Parker-Bell 


11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. 602 ▪ Reconnecting to Resilience ▪ Jaworek 

604 ▪ Cross Cultural Supervision ▪ Awais 

607 ▪ Eating Disorders ▪ Dean 

606 ▪ AT/DBT & Self Mutilation ▪ DeSouza 

Memorial Ceremony 

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 603 ▪ Memorial Ceremony ▪ Hoshino 

Paper Session 

11:50 a.m.-12:50 p.m. 612 ▪ Who We Are and What We Do ▪ Tensum/Griskiewicz/Hellermann/Mason 


12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. 609 ▪ Eco-Art Therapy Kite Project ▪ Biermann/Marlow 

611 ▪ Stress in Nursing Residents ▪ Casey 

Paper Session 

12:00 p.m.-12:50 p.m. 608 ▪ Parallel Pregnancies ▪ Beers Miller/Giffin 


12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. 6A/Marquee Theatre ▪ How to Get Your 2014 Proposal Accepted! ▪ Wasserman 



Panels 

1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. 612 ▪ Doctoral Programs ▪ St. John/Gerber/Kapitan/Kirby/Rosal/Carolan 

608 ▪ The Image Comes First ▪ Gantt/Tinnin/Tripp 

611 ▪ Art Therapy Film Festival Panel ▪ Ravichandran/Talwar/Robb/Perkal 


1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. 613 ▪ Visualizing Resilience ▪ Asawa/Louie 

605 ▪ Power of Child’s Imagination ▪ Resnick 

614 ▪ Tee-shirt Art in Art Therapy ▪ Wolf Bordonaro/Schuldt/Heller/Jiao 

Papers 

1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m. 607 ▪ Art-Based Research ▪ Klorer 

604 ▪ Bridge Drawing Research ▪ Brown Campbell 

602 ▪ Gender: Children’s Drawings ▪ Alter-Muri 

606 ▪ 20/20 and Art Therapy Profession ▪ King 

603 ▪ Family Art Assessment ▪ Blausey 

609 ▪ Therapist’s Paintings as Tools ▪ Moriya 

610 ▪ Tablet Technology and Art Applications ▪ Dennis/Kohut 

Mandala Closing Ceremony (At the Sheraton) 

2:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Grand Ballroom D, Second Floor 

Annual Business Meeting (At the Sheraton) 

3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Grand Ballroom C/D, Second Floor 

8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Closing Event (Reception and Dance) ▪ Sheraton Grand Ballroom C/D, Second Floor ▪ 

(Tickets required) 

Sunday, July 30, 2013 (At the Sheraton) 

Half-day Advanced Practice Courses (Separate registration required) 

8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Jefferson, Union Street Tower, Fourth Floor ▪ ETC Enhanced Art Therapy ▪ Hinz 

Issaquah, Union Street Tower, Third Floor ▪ Wordplay/Image Foundation ▪ Loumeau-May 

Ravenna, Union Street Tower, Third Floor ▪ Mural Connection: Attachment ▪ Mack 

Ballard, Pike Street Tower, Third Floor ▪ Teaching DDS for Educators ▪ Mills/Johnson 

Program Tracks 

The conference is organized into seven main subject tracks to help participants find areas of interest. Program tracks, 

indicated by a two-letter code designation are shown by each session description in the Full Conference Schedule. 

Clinical Approaches You’ll learn about therapeutic best practices, case studies, and art therapy techniques and methods. 

You’ll also expand your knowledge of art therapy with a variety of populations and settings: Addictions/Substance 

Abuse (AS), Child/Adolescents (CA), Forensics (FS), Geriatrics (GE), Medical Settings (MS), Psychiatric Settings 

(PS), and School Settings (SS). 

Contemporary Issues & Current Trends are being presented in the following areas of interest: Activism (AC), Autism 

(AU), Ethics (ET), Grief/Mourning (GM), Professional Practice (PP), Technology (TE), and Trauma (TR). 

Education & Supervision (ES) Explore updates in art therapy training and education. Focus on the latest teaching 

methods, supervision techniques, and educational developments. 

Multicultural (MC) Learn how art therapy heals diverse people. Increase multicultural competency by learning about 

cross-cultural relationships, programs, and practices. 

Research/Evaluation (RE) Focus on the theory and practice of clinical evaluation, the use of standardized assessments, 

systematic case studies, outcome studies, and all forms of inquiry, using or exploring various research methodologies. 

Studio & Community (SC) Focus on programs with an art studio-based approach. Artist-centered art therapy practice 

and community outreach programs designed to improve our collective well-being. 

Theory & Assessment (TA) Studies in art therapy assessments, current research, and theoretical models taught by 

experienced researchers and pioneers of art therapy. 


Floor Plans 

The Sheraton Seattle Hotel – Look for Readerboard signs located throughout the hotel for navigation. 

The Washington State Convention Center - All of our sessions will be on the sixth floor. 

Marketplace of Ideas – 6A 

Educational sessions will be in 

rooms 602 through 614. 


Full Conference Schedule - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 

All Wednesday sessions will be at the Sheraton. 

9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. - All Day Advanced Practice 

Courses (Separate registration required) 

MC1054 ▪ Creating Our Cloth of Dreams with Cultural 

Strength and Fiber 

Susan Ainlay Anand, M.A., ATR-BC, ATCS, LPAT, and Lani 

Gerity, DA, ATR 

Location: Jefferson, Union Street Tower, Fourth Floor 

This course will provide instruction for individual and group cloth 

structures based on resilience, cultural strengths, and flourishing. 

Fiber arts examples from case material and various cultural 

traditions will be used to illustrate the importance of fostering 

quality, strength, and sublimation in the art room. 

PP1191 ▪ Picturing Desire: Sexuality in Art Therapy 

Ginna Clark, M.A., ATR, LPCC 

Location: Cedar, Pike Street Tower, Second Floor 

Building on a brief history of clinical sexology and sex therapy, this 

didactic and experiential course will focus on working with 

sexuality and sexual themes in art therapy education, supervision, 

and clinical work. Detailed clinical material will be discussed, as 

well as the advantages of image-based interventions. 

PP1023 ▪ Harm’s Touch: The Gifts and Cost of What We 

Witness 


Location: Ballard, Pike Street Tower, Third Floor 

Harm’s touch describes how we are affected by what we witness. 

As therapists we are intentional witnesses. We are also exposed 

to the experiences of others outside of therapy, with or without our 

consent. This course offers experience using response art to 

manage and learn from harm’s touch. 

TA1196 ▪ Secure Remembrance: An Art Therapy Approach to 

Treating Complex Trauma 

Noah Hass-Cohen, Psy.D., M.A., ATR-BC, LMFT 

Location: Redwood, Pike Street Tower, Second Floor 

Secure Remembrance is a five factor approach to complex 

posttrauma treatment: safety, relationship, remembrance, 

reconnection, and relapse prevention. The approach is based on 

the Tri-Phasic model and emphasizes the efficacy of nonspecific 

therapeutic factors such as trust and hope. Participants learn a 

sequence of art therapy directives. 

PP1147 ▪ Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy: The Path to 

Healing, A Retreat-Based Experience 

Patricia Isis, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LMHC, and Caroline Peterson, M.A., 

ATR-BC, LPC 

Location: Ravenna, Union Street Tower, Third Floor 

This course is designed as a retreat-based learning experience 

with the intention of offering a day of mindfulness-based formal 

and informal practices integrating art therapy. Participants will 

create goals and intentions and receive didactic and experiential 

knowledge of mindfulness-based art therapy. 

TE1051 ▪ An Introduction to Digital Storytelling 

Sibel Ozer, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC, BCPC 

Location: Seneca, Union Street Tower, Fourth Floor 

Digital storytelling is often referred to as a modern extension of the 

ancient art of storytelling, enhanced with digitized images and 

sound. This course will introduce participants to this tradition as 

developed by the Center for Digital Storytelling. Participants will 

work on a personal narrative and create artwork. 

ET1134 ▪ Engaging Ethical Decision Making in Art Therapy 

Practice 

Jordan Potash, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCAT, and Cheryl Doby- 

Copeland, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LPC, LMFT 

Location: University, Union Street Tower, Fourth Floor 

This course provides a forum and protocol for increasing critical 

analysis and ethical decision making as applied to case studies 

and participant dilemmas. Highlighting considerations unique to 

the practice of art therapy, participants will specifically focus on 

ethics related to selecting art materials, interpreting images, 

storing and exhibiting art. 

TR1069 ▪ How To Treat PTSD With Graphic Narrative 

Trauma Processing 

Louis Tinnin, M.D., and Linda Gantt, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM 

Location: Aspen, Pike Street Tower, Second Floor 

Participants will learn the essential tasks of trauma therapy and 

how to treat posttraumatic stress disorder by the use of two 

procedures, the art therapy graphic narration and the 

externalized dialogue. The training will include hands-on 

experience in the art therapy procedure and the externalized 

dialogue. 

12:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. - American Art Therapy 

Association Assembly of Chapters (By invitation. 

Ticket required.) 

Location: Cirrus Room, Pike Street Tower, 35th Floor 

1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. - Coalition of Art Therapy 

Educators (CATE) Meeting 

Location: Willow, Second Floor 

Workshop - 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. 

(Separate registration required. Ticket required.) 

TR6305 ▪ Disasters and Extreme Events: The Trauma 

Signature 

James M. Shultz, M.S., Ph.D. 

Location: Cirrus Room, Pike Street Tower, 35th Floor 

Each disaster leaves a unique imprint on the affected 

population, a singular “signature.” Trauma signature (TSIG) 

analysis is an evidence-based method that examines the unique 

constellation of psychological stressors and consequences in a 

disaster to guide disaster behavioral health support in a manner 

that is tailored and targeted to the defining features of the event. 

Case studies will be presented. (Session is part of the Assembly 

of Chapters meeting, but open to others pending space. Tickets 

are required). 

6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. - Newcomer’s Session 

Location: Willow, Second Floor 

If this is your first Annual Conference you are invited to attend 

this session for an informative overview of the Conference. 

Learn tips from experienced conference leaders that will help 

enrich your Conference experience and make it successful! 

Newcomers will be greeted by the Membership Committee, the 

Association’s Board of Directors, and the Conference Chair. 

7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. - President’s Reception 

(Not part of all registration packages. Ticket required.) 

Location: Grand Ballroom D, Second Floor 

Connect with friends, join colleagues, and meet Members of the 

American Art Therapy Association’s Board of Directors. Enjoy 

refreshments and a cash bar at this kickoff event. (Not included 

in the Economy or Daily Packages.) 


Full Conference Schedule - Thursday, June 27, 2013 

7:45 a.m.-7:55 a.m. 

Mandala Opening Ceremony 

Location: Sheraton Grand Ballroom D, Second Floor 

The Venerable Ngawang Chojor, a Tibetan monk, master artist, 

and representative of Tibetan Children's Education Foundation 

(TCEF) will begin the creation of a sacred sand mandala. The 

site will be consecrated and the first grains of sand will be 

placed onto the mandala's surface. Over the next 3 days, 

millions of grains of colored sand will be painstakingly laid onto 

the mandala grid to create an incredible, sacred, and healing art 

form. Conference attendees are invited to observe, meditate, 

and enjoy the mandala throughout the conference. This event is 

sponsored by Evergreen Art Therapy Association and Antioch 

University Seattle. 

8:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m. 

Opening Plenary at the Sheraton Hotel ▪ RE6308 

Location: Sheraton Grand Ballroom, A/B/C, Second Floor 

Antoaneta Balabanov, M.D., will provide an overview of how 

art impacts the brain of those with Epilepsy. She will share the 

national research project commissioned by the Epilepsy 

Foundation to measure the outcomes related to Studio E: The 

Epilepsy Art Therapy Program in 22 cities. Phil Gattone, CEO, 

of the National Epilepsy Foundation will provide an overview 

of Studio E and the collaboration with the American Art Therapy 

Association. Lacy Vitko, M.A., will highlight the Studio E 

program goals, outcomes, a short case study, the program’s 

national growth, and future research. 

9:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 

Open Art Studio Open 

Location: Convention Center, 6A, Sixth Floor 

9:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 

Marketplace of Ideas (Exhibit Hall) Open 


9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. 

Networking Break in the Marketplace of Ideas 


10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. 

Research Roundtable (Extended Session) 

RE5040 ▪ AATA Research Committee Research Roundtable 


Location: Convention Center, 603, Sixth Floor 

The annual AATA Research Committee Research Roundtable is 

a lively forum for discussing research projects. Art therapy 

researchers and aspiring researchers seek feedback and 

exchange ideas. Research presentations are about completed 

projects as well as those in process, and proposed. Join us at 

this dynamic and inspiring forum! 

10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. 

Panels 

RE5017 ▪ Art Therapy, Yoga, and Mindfulness: 

Contemplative Approaches to Practice-Year 2 

Ellen Horovitz, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCAT, RYT; Michael Franklin, 

Ph.D., ATR-BC; and Patricia Isis, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LMHC 


Many current illnesses originate from our modern lifestyles that 

splinter the ailing human psyche. During this second year of 

investigation, this panel presentation will address principles of 

self-care, mindful awareness, presence, attunement, and 

resonance through case examples and brief experiential 

examples. 

SC5226 ▪ The Open Hand: Touch Drawing as an Integrative 

Healing Art Form 

Deborah Koff-Chapin, B.F.A., Katrina Plato, M.A.A.T., ATR, 

Kathleen Horne, M.A., LMHC, Mukti Khanna, Ph.D., and Lisa 

Fladager, MCAT, R-DMT, CMA, LMHC 


Touch Drawing is a simple, powerful method for drawing with 

the touch of the fingertips. The developer will demonstrate and 

describe its unique qualities and range of applications. Other 

panelists will illuminate facets of Touch Drawing through the 

lens of their specialty areas, sharing examples from their work 

with different populations. 

ET5108 ▪ Art Therapy Ethical Practice and Multicultural/ 

Diversity Competence 

Cheryl Doby-Copeland, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LPC, LMFT, Jordan 

Potash, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCAT, Savneet Talwar, Ph.D., ATR- 

BC, and Lindsey Vance, M.A. 


The Ethics Committee panel will present on ethical issues in 

culturally competent art therapy practice. Specifically, panelists 

will discuss the AATA Multicultural/Diversity Competencies, 

strategies to develop multicultural competence, social justice 

and advocacy, along with ethical decision-making with respect 

to cross-cultural research. 


PP2063 ▪ A Person in the Rain: Professional Self Portraits 

Annette Shore, M.A., ATR-BC, ATCS, LPC, NCC 


The focus is on enhancing participants’ understanding of jobrelated 

stress, professional identity, and clinical practice through 

an enjoyable art activity. A Person in the Rain is the vehicle for 

exploration of professional self-perception. Didactic and 

experiential work facilitates insight regarding one’s work as an 

art therapist. 

SC2068 ▪ Mime Art: Using Imagination to Connect Visual 

Expression and Pantomime for Healing 

Eva Szego, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC, LMFT, and Julithe Garrett 


Mime Art will challenge attendees in understanding themselves 

nonverbally. Art creates images, pantomime expresses 

universal behavior. In this workshop, participants will learn how 

to pay attention to their mind and to convey images through 

movement and art. Every gesture, every line embodies a 

specific feeling, attitude or memory. 



PP2128 ▪ Art Therapy and Social Problem-Solving: Using 

Creativity to Cope with Chronic Illness 

Barbara Parker-Bell, Psy.D., ATR-BC 


In this workshop, participants will learn about social problemsolving 

therapy and art therapy approaches that help clients 

address challenges of chronic illness. Using art therapy 

examples, the stages of social problem-solving training will be 

outlined. Finally, participants will be engaged in guided art 

activities related to problem-solving. 

10:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m. 

Focus Group 

TA4271 ▪ Art Therapy and Spirituality 

Mimi Farrelly-Hansen, MA, ATR-BC, LPC 


Claiming our position as holistically oriented, culturally sensitive 

clinicians requires that art therapists discover their own beliefs 

and biases about religion and spirituality. Spiritual assessments, 

developed by our colleagues in counseling, social work, 

psychology, and psychiatry, encourage discussion. Spiritual 

assessment handouts will be given. Networking will be 

encouraged. 

Papers 

MC6206 ▪ Gender and Culturally Responsive Approaches to 

Art Therapy with Female Juveniles 

Mercedes ter Maat, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LPC, and Maria Espinola, 

M.S. 


Approximately 600,000 teenage girls are arrested yearly in the 

U.S. This presentation will explore the use of gender and 

culturally responsive approaches for female juveniles with a 

history of trauma and will focus on ways art therapists can serve 

the needs of this vulnerable and underserved population. 

PP6016 ▪ Transform Your Inner Tyrants with Internal Family 

Systems and Somatic Art Therapy 

Meagan Pugh, D.Min., ATR-BC, SEP 


The Internal Family Systems Model, somatic awareness 

practices, and creative art process can identify emotional and 

behavioral subpersonalities or parts of the psyche, and 

transform tyrannical protective strategies into helpful inner 

alliances. These modalities help to realign the nervous system 

to release the aftereffects of trauma and create harmony. 

AU6034 ▪ Creativity, Coping and Communication: Elements 

of Art Therapy for Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum 

Jane Richardson, Ed.D, ATR-BC, LMHC 


Case studies show the potential of art therapy for supporting 

greater inclusion for adolescents on the spectrum. Elements of 

art therapy include mastery of materials and support of 

expression to facilitate coping and communication; encouraging 

the exploration of personal creativity, and a developing sense of 

self in relationship and community. 

11:20 a.m.-11:50 a.m. 


MS3095 ▪ Creating a Healing Community: Art Therapy 

Support Group for Pediatric Hospital Employees 

Mary Kohut, M.A., ATR-BC, PCC 


This presentation will address the wellness benefits of 

developing an art therapy group for pediatric hospital employees 

to help relieve stress and process feelings. Both employee 

artwork and descriptions of group dynamics will be discussed. 

Participants will learn how to create a sense of community by 

implementing a support group. 

GE3084 ▪ Art as Antidote: Art Therapy and the Eden 

Alternative 

Erin Partridge, M.A., ATR 


A diagnosis of dementia does not mean an end to creativity. 

This case study will describe the process of facilitated 

discussion, computer-aided design, and assisted painting used 

with residents at Salem Lutheran Home’s memory care 

program. The residents created a wall-sized mural to enhance 

their living space. 

11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. 


ES9028 ▪ Adults with Severe Mental Illness 

Mary Ellen McAlevey, M.A., ATR-BC, ATCS, LPC, ACS 


Working with adults with severe mental illness requires 

hopefulness, empathy, the ability to engage and inspire; 

boundaries, creativity, and more. Come and share your 

questions and examples with other art therapists who work in 

psychiatric facilities and/or day treatment centers. Be a change 

agent and a hope agent! 

AS9200 ▪ Motivational Interviewing and Art Therapy - Master 

Supervision 

Ed Oechslie, M.A., ATR-BC 


Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a method of working with 

people with addictions and those resistant to change. 

This supervision group will explore ways the theories of MI can 

be applied using art and imagery to help clients move through 

the stages of change, facilitating the implementation of new 

behaviors. 

MC9061 ▪ Multicultural Issues in Supervision: Facilitating 

Multicultural Competency in Supervision Relationships 

Stella Stepney, M.S., ATR-BC, LCAT 


The “multi” dimension of “multicultural supervision” refers to 

situations in which supervisors and supervisees are involved in 

examining a variety of cultural, ethnic, and racial issues 

pertinent to effective therapy with clients from diverse 

backgrounds. The group will focus on a framework to facilitate 

learning multicultural competencies in supervision relationships. 

Join us for the Arts and Crafts Marketplace tonight (Thursday, June 27) from 5:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. in the East 

Lobby of the Convention Center, on the sixth floor. Shop for unique art, jewelry, fashion design, and more– 

created by talented art therapists and members of the American Art Therapy Association. 



AU9096 ▪ Autism Spectrum Disorders 

Donna Betts, Ph.D., ATR-BC 


Application of art therapy with people who have Autism 

Spectrum Disorders is the focus of this session. Attendees are 

encouraged to discuss cases, explore treatment planning, 

establishment of art therapy goals and objectives in the IEP, use 

of assessments, and other relevant aspects of working with this 

population. 

12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. 


CA3192 ▪ Catapults, Aliens and Checkerboards: Art Therapy 

and ADHD in Children 

Michelle Webb, M.A. 


Conventional recommendations for art therapy with ADHD 

suggest structure, limited choices, and a directed approach. 

This session will explore art therapy in a school-based setting in 

which the therapist embraced the client’s spontaneous art in 

conjunction with more structured methods in order to integrate 

cognitive and emotion regulation. 

TE3212 ▪ Technology and Art Therapy: Exploring Client 

Access and Response 

Noel L'Esperance, M.S., ATR, PCTL, LPC 


This session presents a pilot study that begins to examine 

technology use within art therapy, from both a clinician and 

client's perspective. The exploration of preliminary findings will 

discuss use, ethical precautions, and barriers to effective 

treatment within a diverse and multicultural practice. 

GM3220 ▪ The Bearing Witness Art Show: Healing 

Pregnancy Loss and Infertility Through the Arts 

Kristen Larsen, M.A. 


Pregnancy loss and infertility can be the most devastating 

experiences of a person's life, yet they are rarely talked about in 

a creative and public arena. Experience and explore the Bearing 

Witness Art Show, a collaboration of 32 artists who contributed 

visual, written, and musical works about grief and loss. 

12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. 

Quick Draw 

Location: Convention Center, Open Art Studio, 6A 

Join us in the Open Art Studio in the Marketplace of Ideas to 

see our talented artists create works that will be donated for a 

silent auction to benefit the American Art Therapy Association’s 

Scholarship Program. The art will be on display for bids in the 

same location until Friday, June 28 at 4:00 p.m. We hope you 

will consider supporting this worthy cause! 

12:00 p.m.-12:50 p.m. 

Papers 

TR6131 ▪ A Visual Exploration of Vicarious Trauma and 

Compassion Fatigue 

Jennifer Harkness, M.A., LMHCA 


This presentation will give an overview of vicarious trauma and 

compassion fatigue including definitions and symptoms and how 

to take inventory of their effects. Attendees will witness a visual 

journey of art-based healing and exploration as well as gain 

interventions for themselves or clients struggling with these 

difficult issues. 

RE6064 ▪ Combining Art Therapy and Adventure Based 

Counseling (ABC) 

Jane Bishow-Semevolos, M.A. 


These hands-on forms of therapy have a great deal to offer one 

another. Incorporating art therapy in the adventure setting 

debriefing process can support a more meaningful experience. 

Also, aspects of ABC can be manipulated into art therapy, 

focusing on problem solving, team dynamics, and the 

importance of fun. 

12:30 p.m.-1:20 p.m. 

Paper 

TR6105 ▪ Symbolizing Bodily Held Memory: The Role of 

Visual Expression in Healing Trauma 

Melisa Susman, M.A. 


This paper demonstrates how to conceptualize and apply art 

therapy as a body-oriented complex trauma treatment. Informed 

by neurobiological and attachment theories, it shows how art– 

based visual symbolizations and sensory-motor actions 

performed in therapy reduce somatic dissociation and improve 

affect regulation, key goals in healing complex trauma. 

12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. 


Janice Hoshino Ph.D., ATR-BC 

Location: Marketplace of Ideas, Marquee Theatre, 6A 

The 2003 Pearlie Roberson Scholarship Award winning 

Documentary Video: Visual Memories: Japanese Internment will 

be presented to celebrate the last decade of financial support 

made through this Award program. View the work of the 

outstanding recipients of the 2003 Pearlie Roberson Scholarship 

Award, Rachel LordKenaga, M.A., ATR, LMHC, Sharon 

Sanborn, M.A., ATR-BC, LMHC, CHT, and Janice Hoshino 

Ph.D., ATR-BC. 

1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. 

Panels 

PP5127 ▪ Connecting Communities: Visual Expression and 

Healing with Evidenced Based and Wraparound Programs 

Chelsea Hipple, M.A., Saba Harouni, M.A., ATR, LMFT, and 

Stefanie Louie, M.A., ATR-BC 


This panel considers the importance of connecting the artistic 

healing process with evidenced-based programs and 

wraparound services in community mental health. The panel 

focuses on identifying programs used within community mental 

health and specific art interventions, including altered books, 

used to promote visual expression and meeting treatment goals. 

ES5153 ▪ Mindfulness and Art Therapy: Application, 

Benefits, Challenges, Cautions 

Laury Rappaport, Ph.D., MFT, ATR-BC, Michael Franklin, 

Ph.D., ATR-BC, Patricia Isis, Ph.D., LMHC, ATR-BC, and 

Caroline Peterson, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC 


Four applications of mindfulness and art therapy will be 

presented: 1) Mindfulness-based art therapy approaches with 

cancer; 2) MBSR and expressive arts in hospital-based 

community outreach center; 3) Mindfulness/meditation in 

training art therapists; and 4) Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy 

(FOAT). 



AC5213 ▪ Investigating the Social Significance of Work: A 

Community Art Studio Model 

Cathy Moon, M.A., ATR-BC, Angela Lyonsmith, M.A.A.T., ATR- 

BC, LCPC, Jeannette Perkal, B.A., and Melissa 

Raman Molitor, M.A., ATR-BC, LCPC 


This presentation describes the results of an arts-based 

Participatory Action Research project in which community 

residents identified work-related issues and developed solutions 

aimed at more just, equitable, and satisfying work lives. The 

project focused on social─rather than personal─transformation 

within a community studio model. 


AS2186 ▪ Skillful Art: Integrating Art Therapy and DBT to 

Treat Binge Eating Disorder 

Patricia Dolan, M.A., LMFT 


This workshop will demonstrate how to integrate Dialectical 

Behavior Therapy and Art Therapy to treat Binge Eating 

Disorder. Objectives include laying a framework to understand 

DBT, discussing how to design targeted art therapy directives 

that allow clients to reinforce DBT skills, and practicing DBT 

skills with art therapy in vivo. 

TE2194 ▪ Video Therapy in Practice 

Katie Fitzsimmons, M.P.S., and Karen Mulcahy 


This workshop will discuss how video therapy techniques can be 

adapted to meet the needs of various populations. The 

presenters will introduce the medium of video to the attendees 

with a hands-on instruction of how to use a digital video camera 

and edit the footage on a computer. 

PP2168 ▪ Private Practice: Reality or Pipe Dream 

Eileen Misluk-Gervase, MPS, ATR-BC, LMHC, LPC and 

Katherine Schwartz, MPS, ATR-BC, LASAC, LPC 


The workshop will cover developing a private practice beginning 

with inception and ending with marketing. The workshop will 

provide the audience with all of the basic tools needed to return 

to their home and develop a thriving and rewarding private 

practice. 

1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m. 

Papers 

SC6088 ▪ Join the Art Club: Exploring Social Empowerment 

Art Therapy 

Frances Morris, B.A., Sheila Lorenzo de la Pena, M.S., ATR- 

BC, and Mallori Willis-Rauch, B.A. 


Incorporating open arts studio and community-based art 

therapy, “Art Club” is illustrative of Social Empowerment Art 

Therapy (SEAT), in which participants are encouraged to take 

ownership of their identity as artists, making decisions about 

their artwork and the manner in which it is shared with their 

peers and community. 

SS6120 ▪ Developmental Art Therapy to Promote Social- 

Emotional Growth with Special Needs Students 

Geraldine Williams, M.A., ED, ATR 


A developmentally based art therapy approach for special needs 

students (K-8) will focus on integration of specific therapeutic 

interventions within an art education milieu. This healing 

program is based on the pioneer research of Vicktor Lowenfeld 

and Mary M. Wood in children’s art expressions and 

developmental psychology. 

PS6124 ▪ Creating a Path to Recovery through Visual 

Images 



Recovery from mental illness is defined by the amelioration of 

symptoms to a level they no longer interfere with daily 

functioning. Visualizing recovery promotes the creation of hope. 

This presentation describes a client with BPD creating visual 

images of change that promote hope and creation of a path to 

recovery. 

RE6155 ▪ Stressors of Reintegrating into the Civilian World 

for Veterans Experiencing Homelessness 

Rebecca Asch, M.A. 


The presentation outlines a qualitative, descriptive study that 

used a verbal interview and art making process to understand 

how self-identified stressors and supports affect one’s 

reintegration process for a population of Veterans experiencing 

homelessness. 

RE6171 ▪ Intricate Connections: The Early Bauhaus, 

Terezin, and Archetypal Art Therapy 

Linney Wix, Ph.D, ATR-BC, LPAT 


This presentation addresses the foundational approach of the 

Bauhaus Preliminary Course underpinning Friedl Dicker- 

Brandeis’s approach to teaching children in Terezin and its 

influences on Edith Kramer’s work (formed expression) before 

connecting to imagination. It incorporates theory and practice 

involving aesthetic empathy and imagination for poetic and 

psychological self-understanding. 

Performance Art 

PP7158 ▪ No Small Change 

Deborah Schroder, M.S., ATR-BC, LPAT 


This 15-minute play was the product of two therapists cofacilitating 

multifamily group art therapy at a residential 

treatment center for a number of years. It explores the way that 

the therapists’ own lives were touched by their clients’ stories. A 

discussion will follow the presentation. 

Video Session 

TE7055 ▪ Digital Art Therapy (DAT) Interviews 

Natalie Carlton, M.A., ATR-BC, LPCC 


Digital Art Therapy Interviews is a pilot research video made 

during 2011 and 2012 to show how four art therapists are using 

digital arts media for clinical and educational purposes. The 

video used art-based, phenomenological, and portraiture 

research methods to gather, synthesize, and represent research 

phenomena in a quality, artful product. 

2:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m. 

Focus Groups 

AC4311 ▪ Social Justice Caucus 

Lonni Ann Fredman, M.A., ATR-BC, LPAT, and Sara Giba, 

M.A., LMHCA 


This informal session invites art therapists and students to 

discuss issues of social justice facing our profession and our 



communities and to network with others to raise consciousness, 

explore actions, and share support. 

CR4008 ▪ Reasons to be Credentialed: Your Future's at 

Hand 

Mary Ellen McAlevey, M.A., ATR-BC, ATCS, LPC, ACS, 

Carolyn Brown Treadon, Ph.D., ATR-BC, Janice Hoshino, 

Ph.D., ATR-BC, and Rita Maloy 


New art therapists might question the purpose of becoming 

credentialed. Directors and the Executive Director of the Art 

Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB) present reasons including 

possible eligibility for licensure in some states, improved 

employability, and more. ATCB representatives will answer new 

professionals’ and students’ questions. 

PP4202 ▪ And The Award Goes To: Demystifying the AATA 

Honors Process 

Terry Towne, M.A., ATR-BC, and Yasmine Awais, M.A.A.T., 

ATR-BC, ATCS, LCAT 


How do we honor a colleague’s clinical work or the next HLM? 

Participants will discuss the importance of honoring our fellow 

members and share ideas about how to make the honors 

ceremony more meaningful. Members of the Honors Committee 

will also share the various processes in making a nomination. 

Papers 

CA6229 ▪ An Art Therapy Program Designed for Children 

and Adolescents with Eating Disorders 

Linda McCarley, M.S.S.W., ATR-BC, LCSW, RPT-S, and Kim 

Caolo, M.A., ATR, LPC 


More children and adolescents are being diagnosed and 

hospitalized with eating disorders than ever before. Art therapy 

provides a key component of treatment by promoting healing, 

self-awareness, and integration. This presentation describes the 

integration of an art therapy program at a family-centered 

children’s hospital in Dallas. 

PS6234 ▪ Asking Patients to Create 

Joan Bloomgarden, Ph.D, LCAT, ATR-BC, MHC, CGC, and 

Margaret Carlock-Russo, M.A., ATR-BC, LCAT 


Art therapists provide open-ended or defined directives. In 

whatever way patients participate it commands intra-psychic 

work that continues throughout the session. This presentation 

discusses what the patient experiences when asked to create. 

Fundamentals of creativity will be explored with relation to 

patients, famous people, and the brain. 

CA6274 ▪ Connecting Worlds: Enhancing Resiliency 

through Visual Expression with Third Culture Kids 

Shyanne Hughes, M.A., and Donna Grandi, B.S., LCCE, CD 


This paper considers the challenges Third Culture Kids 

experience when living within two cultures and explores 

possibilities for expanding resilient qualities through group art 

therapy. The paper focuses on: 1) Resiliency frameworks; 2) 

Connecting group process with art therapy interventions to 

address challenges; 3) Cultural considerations. 

PP6006 ▪ Reconsidering “Clinical” Art Therapy: The Long 

Awaited Demise of Woo Woo 

Bruce Moon, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LPC, HLM 


This paper will examine arguments for and against art-based art 

therapy in an attempt to reclaim the moniker of clinical. For too 

long art therapy practitioners who approach their work from a 

studio-based orientation have suffered from the stigma of being 

labeled “woo-woo.” 

3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m. 

Panels 

SC5219 ▪ Making Art Around Seattle: Integrating 

Environment and Viewer 

Deborah Behnke, M.A., ATR-BC, LCPC, Rachel Duncan, Jaime 

Robbins, M.A., ATR, LMFT, Karen Stocker, M.A., and Suzanne 

Tidwell. 


The Art Committee has gathered a panel of Seattle-based art 

therapists and artists who integrate nature and community in 

their work, promoting inclusion and interaction between 

environment and viewer. Panelists will explore their work, its 

relation to Seattle, and how art therapists may utilize similar 

practices in their community. 

MS5241 ▪ Yes You Can! Art-Centered Therapy for People 

with Disabilities: Mickie McGraw Story 

Judith Rubin, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM, Tracy Councill, M.A., ATR- 

BC, Irene Rosner David, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCAT, HLM, and 

Barbara DiScenna, M.A., ATR-BC, LSW, LPC 


This presentation premieres a film illustrating how traumatized 

patients are helped to rebuild their lives through art, putting the 

pieces back together and restoring hope. Experienced medical 

art therapists will discuss what we can learn from pioneer Mickie 

McGraw and the unique Art Therapy Studio she cofounded 45 

years ago. 


ES2245 ▪ Visual Expression, Documentation and Reflection 

for Training Art Therapists 

Shelly (E.M.) Goebl-Parker, M.S.W., ATR-BC, LSCW, and Jane 

Richardson, Ed.D., ATR-BC, LMHC 


This workshop for art therapy educators will explore strategies 

inspired by the Reggio Emilia schools of Italy that can be used 

in art therapy training. We will learn together about the 

pedagogy of learning through engaging in a studio-rooted 

exploration of the practice of “Documentation” of student inquiry. 

ES2252 ▪ Art-based Supervision: Deepening Empathy and 

Clinical Sensitivity 

Lesley Hawley, ATR, LCPC, and Angela Lyonsmith, M.A.A.T., 

ATR-BC, LCPC 


This workshop examines the use of art in supervision and 

proposes a central role for art practice in art therapy pedagogy. 

Presenters will discuss models for art-based group supervision 

and will provide attendees with an experiential that highlights the 

importance of art-based supervision for deepening empathy and 

clinical sensitivity related to their work. 



TR2263 ▪ Integrating Clinical Art Therapy and Somatic 

Psychology: A Blended Model 

Darcy Lubbers, M.F.T., ATR-BC 


This presentation explores the ways in which somatic 

psychotherapy modalities can be blended together with art 

therapy for greater treatment effectiveness. There is an 

experiential component for participants in the workshop, along 

with a theoretical presentation, which includes case examples. 

4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. 

Multicultural Committee’s Embracing Diversity: Piece by 

Piece Quilt Workshop (Separate registration required.) Not 

eligible for CECs.) 

Arlene Diaz, Ph.D.Ed 


This session supports the Multicultural Committee’s quilt project. 

Participants will have the opportunity to complete a quilt block 

using an array of materials and media. The blocks will be 

incorporated into a “quilted” work of art, which will be raffled at 

the 2014 Annual Conference in San Antonio, TX. 

4:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m. 

Focus Groups 

PP4076 ▪ Processing the Impact of Therapist Pregnancy on 

the Therapeutic Relationship and Setting 

Rebecca Beers Miller, M.A., ATR-BC, LCAT, CCLS, and Jade 

Giffin, M.A., ATR, LCAT 


This focus group intends to provide a supportive setting for 

processing the impact of the art therapist’s pregnancy on 

therapeutic relationships and settings, including client art 

making and relational dynamics with various treatment 

populations, as well as the impact on supervisory relationships 

and colleagues in the professional setting. 

PP4059 ▪ Can Art Be Used in Counseling, Ethically, By Non- 

Art Therapists? 

Charlotte Crosland, M.A., ATR-BC 


Art therapists have received specialized training to use art in a 

counseling setting. However, other mental health professionals 

utilize art in their counseling settings without training. This focus 

group will discuss ethical issues with counselors using art as 

well as the art therapists’ role related to this topic. 

MC4039 ▪ International Exchange 

Sangeeta Prasad, M.A., ATR, and Helena Hillinga Haas, M.A., 

ATR, CL 


Attendees from around the world will meet fellow art therapists, 

share their experiences, and learn from each others’ 

experiences. A brief overview about the International 

membership subcommittee will be presented. National and 

international attendees will learn how they can be involved at an 

international level. 

Papers 

PP6237 ▪ From Planting to Bloom: Creating a Mindful, 

Clinical, For-profit Practice 

Emily Nolan, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC, and Chris Belkofer, Ph.D., 

ATR, LCPC 


This presentation describes Bloom: Center for Art and 

Integrated Therapies in Milwaukee, WI, a for-profit, clinical 

practice within a nontraditional space, a gallery and studio. We 

will discuss the concept, design, and implementation of a 

mindful, clinical practice that incorporates community interface. 

SC6247 ▪ Promoting Healthy Communities through Art 

Therapy, Photovoice and ArtsCorpsDetroit Community 

Partnerships 

Holly Feen-Calligan, Ph.D., ATR-BC, and Julie Moreno, M.A. 


This paper describes how art therapy and photovoice helped 

augment the efforts of an urban grocer to provide fresh produce 

(atypical for city grocers), plant a garden, and paint a mural on a 

grocery storefront, representing the healthy community desired 

by residents. Photovoice empowered residents to identify needs 

and strengths. 

MC6250 ▪ The Power of Art to Reflect, Perpetuate and 

Combat Ageism 

Sally Giles, M.A.A.T., ATR-BC, LPC 


This presentation will explore how imagery can reflect, 

perpetuate and potentially combat ageism in contemporary 

American culture through examples, research, and theory in art 

therapy, psychology, and aging. 

MC6242 ▪ Examining Cultural Integration Through Visual 

Expression Among Children of Hungarian Immigrants 

Erengo Suto, M.A. 


This paper examines the visual expressions of adult children of 

Hungarian immigrants in facilitating a deeper understanding of 

identity development. The paper focuses on cultural 

considerations in working with children of Hungarian immigrants, 

utilizing art interventions to enhance treatment planning, and 

identity integration in bicultural children. 

5:15 p.m.-7:15 p.m. - Arts & Crafts Marketplace 

Location: Convention Center, East Lobby, Sixth Floor (just 

outside educational breakout rooms.) Join us to shop for unique 

art, jewelry, fashion design, and more–created by members. 

8:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m. - Special Film Presentation 

MC6303 ▪ Concrete, Steel and Paint (1.5 CECs) 

Dave Gussak, Ph.D., ATR-BC 

Location: Sheraton, Grand Ballroom A/B/C, Second Floor 

This documentary is about men in a Pennsylvania state prison 

joining with victims of crime to create a mural about healing. It 

intertwines their views on punishment, remorse, and 

forgiveness. As the participants move deeper into the creative 

process, mistrust gives way to surprising moments of human 

contact and common purpose. This award-winning film raises 

important questions about crime, justice, and reconciliation–and 

dramatically illustrates the power of art to facilitate dialogue 

about difficult issues. 

For information about Continuing Education 

Credits, please see page 9 of the program guide. 

CEC Certificates can be requested via a convenient 

online service after the conference. 


Full Conference Schedule - Friday, June 28, 2013 

8:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m. 

Plenary Session ▪ GE6309 

Location: Sheraton Grand Ballroom A/B/C, Second Floor 

James Leverenz, M.D., will discuss the Center’s investigation 

of the basic biological processes underlying Alzheimer’s disease 

and related memory disorders and efforts to improve the quality 

of life of both patients and caregivers. Richard Grimes, M.Ed., 

Chief Executive Officer, Assisted Living Federation of 

America (ALFA) will present the increasing options for an 

active life in which learning and enriching experiences such as 

the creative arts continue over the life span. He will discuss 

various levels of assisted living including the support systems 

represented in the assisted living industry. Erin Partridge, MA, 

ATR, RYT, will describe her work within one of the top assistedliving 

communities in the country that enables art therapy and 

the exploration of the creative process to be highly valued and 

exciting services for its residents. 

9:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 

Open Art Studio Open 


9:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 

Marketplace of Ideas (Exhibit Hall) Open 


9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. 

Networking Break in the Marketplace of Ideas (Exhibit 

Hall) 


10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. 

Panels 

SC5056 ▪ From Local to Global: Expanding the Boundaries 

of a Community Art Studio 

Sue Wallingford, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC, Meg Hamilton, M.A., 

Tracey Kirschner, M.A., Aimee Palladino, M.A., and Ariana 

Tosatto 


This panel will discuss ways in which a team of students and 

faculty researched, fundraised, and participated in servicelearning 

project with local NGOs in Cambodia, which included a 

partnership with Transitions, an internationally recognized 

aftercare program that works toward the rehabilitation of girls 

rescued from the sex trafficking industry. 

TR5098 ▪ Resiliency through Art: AATA Training for U.S. 

Army Arts and Crafts Managers 

Martha Haeseler, M.A., ATR-BC, Susan Ainlay Anand, M.A., 

ATR-BC, ATCS, LPAT, Lani Gerity, D.A., ATR, and Maureen 

Harvey, M.H.R., ATR-BC, LPC 


Presenters gave trainings in Resilience through Art for U.S. 

Army Arts and Craft Managers and other staff at three Army 

installations. Presenters will describe the process of formulating 

the trainings, the content and results of the trainings; slides of 

the participants engaged in art experientials; and reflections 

about the experience. 

ES5118 ▪ Three Variations of One-Canvas Process Painting 

in Supervision 

Abbe Miller, M.S., ATR-BC, LPC, Evie Lindemann, M.A., 

M.A.A.T., ATR-BC, LMFT, ATCS, and Rebecca Beers Miller, 

M.A., ATR-BC, LCAT, CCLS 


One-canvas process painting explores deep layers of 

professional and personal identity material, while encouraging 

creative meaning making in supervision. Three variations to this 

art-based supervision approach will be shared. Individual 

orientations, applications, and results from a student-learningoutcome 

survey will be presented. 


TR2015 ▪ Right Hemispheric Approaches to Healing 

Trauma: The Art of Somatic Experiencing® 

Meagan Pugh, D.Min., ATR-BC, SEP 


Participants will gain both a didactic and experiential 

understanding of the powerful trauma technique of “pendulation” 

through slides, experiential art and somatic processes, and 

interactive discussion. Combined with Somatic Art Therapy this 

model can shift the immobility response in the nervous system 

and create spaciousness and fluidity in the bodymind. 

MC2104 ▪ A Mayan Tradition in a New Culture-Celebrating 

Death Through Art 

Angelina Rodriguez, M.S., ATR-BC, LPC-AT/S 


Celebrate grief and loss using the Latino traditions of Dia de los 

Muertos. Participants will learn rich cultural death traditions, 

which can be used with both Hispanic and non-Hispanic clients. 

Participants are asked to bring pictures and small things favored 

by their loved ones in creating your personal ofrenda. 

RE2071 ▪ Get the VIBE (Visual Image Based Evidence)! 

Teaching Research Visually & Hands-On 



Stumped about engaging visual learners in your research 

methodology courses? Hands-on, visual learning is one answer. 

Workshop attendees learn the VIBE (c) method to teach 

quantitative research methodology. Using postcards and playing 

cards, we explore three methodologies: descriptive, causal 

comparative, and experimental. Applications to your course are 

discussed. 

10:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m. 

Papers 

RE6009 ▪ Effects of Manipulation of Therapeutic Art Forms 

Among Patients with Parkinson’s Disease 

Deborah Elkis-Abuhoff, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCAT, and Robert 

Goldblatt, Ph.D. 


This study looks at the effects on people living with Parkinson’s 

disease participating in a 6-week therapeutic program involving 

manipulation of art materials. The assumption is that there will 

be a significant reduction in clinical symptoms. Ideas of 

implementation into the community are discussed. 



GM6018 ▪ Grief Expression and Healing Through Art 

Barbara McIntyre, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LPC 


This paper will provide an overview of the grief process and 

tasks of grief as well as art therapy interventions used in a 25- 

year period to facilitate healthy grieving for individuals of all 

ages. Particular emphasis will be with youth. 

CA6060 ▪ The Pictorial Language of Early Relational Trauma 

Annette Shore, M.A., ATR-BC, ATCS, LPC, NCC 


Artwork by children who suffered early attachment disruptions 

conveys states of distress that mirror their interpersonal and 

behavioral struggles, providing a profound view of emotional 

experience and treatment needs. A theoretical overview and 

brief case examples focus on understanding disrupted early 

attachment through the visual language. 

CA6074 ▪ Creating Sanctuary In The Studio 

Eileen McGann, M.A., ATR-BC, LCAT 


This presentation will share the principles of Creating Sanctuary 

in the Studio. Drawing upon more than 25 years of practice, the 

author will present methods, ideas, and processes of 

collaboration in providing art therapy with chronically 

traumatized adolescents and supporting staff well-being. 

11:20 a.m.-11:50 a.m. 

Digital Posters 

RE3109 ▪ The Expressive Therapies Continuum: A 

Framework for Anxiety Disorders 

Maria Riccardi, M.Ed., M.A. 


Worry Canvases: The Effectiveness of Combining the 

Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC) with Cognitive 

Behavioral Therapy in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders. This 

study examined the effects of art making on anxiety in a sample 

of 20 adults. These findings suggested that the ETC is a tenet in 

therapeutic applications. 

RE3195 ▪ Speaking Through Images: A Study Of Trauma 

And Growth 

Ann Bursey, M.A. 


What supports are most significant to someone who has 

experienced childhood sexual violence? In what ways will such 

support lead to growth? This program will illustrate such 

responses with the use of photography and narratives. 

Experience the online community art space created by 

participants of the “Speaking Through Images” study. 

11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. 

Art Therapy Film Festival 

SC6301 ▪ Art Therapy Film Festival 

Sangeetha Ravichandran, M.A.A.T., LPC 


This session features selected films made by art therapists on 

various topics. The film screenings will each be followed with an 

intimate and lively discussion with the filmmaker (if present) and 

written feedback. Films to be screened are Visual Healing: A 

Path Towards Forgiveness by M Elizabeth Freeman, Don and 

His Birds by Mary Andrus, A Little Window of Time by Susan 

Boyes, On/Off by Natalie Carlton, and Associates Campaign: A 

Pediatric Art Therapy Video by Lisa Rainey. 


GE9057 ▪ Art Therapy with Older Adults 

Linda Goldman, M.Ed., ATR-BC 


This session will give art therapists working in the field of 

gerontology an opportunity to discuss problems that may arise 

in working with older adults. This includes the “system” as well 

as providing meaningful art making for older adults. 

PP9035 ▪ Positive Psychology, Mindfulness, and Art 

Therapy 

Patricia Isis, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LMHC 


This session will first review the integration of positive 

psychology, mindfulness, and art therapy. Emphasis will then be 

placed on self-awareness tools and specific therapeutic 

interventions. Participants are welcome to bring case scenarios. 

FS9043 ▪ Forensics 



This session will focus on the roles an art therapist engages 

along the continuum from forensic art therapy to art therapy in 

forensic settings. The Supervisor will rely on his experience as 

an expert witness for a murder case and his work and research 

on art therapy in forensic settings. 

ES9025 ▪ Young Children and Art Therapy 

Carolyn Brown Treadon, Ph.D., ATR-BC 


This session is for art therapists, students, or other 

professionals interested in working with young children who are 

displaying behavioral challenges as well as disabling conditions. 

This is an opportunity to discuss successes, challenges, and 

strategies in a general context or with a specific case. 

11:50 a.m.-12:50 p.m. 

American Art Therapy Association Town Hall Meeting 


Join members of the AATA’s Board of Directors for an informal 

discussion and information exchange. 

12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. 

Special Presentation: Art with Heart 

Helena Hillinga Haas, M.A., ATR, CL 

Location: Marketplace of Ideas, Marquee Theatre, 6A. 

Come be inspired by the work of a Seattle nonprofit with at-risk 

youth. A unique nonprofit that acts as a catalyst for world-class 

collaborations between art therapists, mental health 

experts, and award-winning artists and illustrators to create lifechanging 

books that increase children’s emotional health and 

well-being. 

12:00 p.m.-12:50 p.m. 

Paper Session 

CA6111 ▪ Attachment Reparation In Adopted Adolescents 

Through Art Therapy 

Jennifer Albright, M.A., ATR, LPC/MHSP 


This presentation will provide information on adopted 

adolescents who have experienced issues as a result of trauma/ 

attachment wounds. The goal of this session is to shed light on 

art therapy interventions that have helped teens with attachment 

reparation and assisted in providing healthier coping 

mechanisms/relationship building strategies. 



12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. 


TA3209 ▪ Use of the Kinetic Family Drawing to Examine 

Sibling Relationships 

Jessica Bagonis, M.A., and Barbara Parker-Bell, Psy.D., ATR- 

BC 


Siblings can represent one of the most significant and influential 

individuals in life. This presentation will review the findings from 

a study that used the Kinetic Family Drawing assessment to 

specifically examine sibling interactions. Participants will learn 

about sibling relationships and the application of the Kinetic 

Family Drawing. 

MC3218 ▪ Implementing Culturally Appropriate Practice with 

Native American Adolescents 

Sara Julsrud, M.S. 


This poster presentation will introduce participants to culturally 

appropriate art-therapy practice with Anishinabe adolescents. 

Participants will learn how art therapy benefits Native 

adolescents, the importance of including culture into practice, 

and some specific ways in which art may be a catalyst for 

healing. 

SC3230 ▪ Through the Lens: Social Action Art Therapy in 

Residential Treatment 

Meg Hamilton, M.A. 


Residential treatment is complicated for many reasons. This 

presentation outlines a collaborative photography project 

conducted with adolescents in residential treatment. The project 

was designed to offer participants a voice for their perception of 

treatment. Such a project embodies the principles of social 

action art therapy and demonstrates their application. 

12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. 

Special Presentation: Professional Liability Insurance 

Through AATA - Loretta d’Antonio, Vice President, HPSO 


This session provides an overview of the professional liability 

insurance coverage available to members of the American Art 

Therapy Association. Come and learn about the product 

features and how you can help manage your risk and practice. 

1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. 

Panels 

PP5164 ▪ The Men’s Panel: Male Art Therapists Working 

with Male Clients 

Daniel Blausey, M.A., ATR-BC, Dave Gussak, Ph.D., ATR-BC, 

Bruce Moon, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM, Patrick Morrissey, M.A., 

ATR, LCPC, Jonathan Sharnoff, M.A., RN, ATR-BC, and Randy 

Vick, M.S, ATR-BC, LCPC 


The Men’s Panel will explore and elucidate the inherent bearing 

being a male art therapist has on the art therapy process with 

male clients. Each panelist will relate his experiences regarding 

the impact of masculinity, privilege, and additional genderspecific 

influences on men working with men and boys. 

RE5062 ▪ The Art Therapy - Projective Imagery Assessment: 

Preliminary Research Findings 

Sarah Deaver, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LMFT, LPC, Gaelan Harmon- 

Walker, M.S., and Emily Hege, B.A. 


The Art Therapy-Projective Imagery Assessment (AT-PIA) is a 

clinical interview consisting of six drawings, to identify 

assessees’ developmental level, problem areas, strengths, 

defenses, and potential for engaging in a therapeutic 

relationship. This panel presents preliminary phenomenological 

research exploring assessees’ affective and cognitive 

experiences of undergoing the AT-PIA. 

RE5032 ▪ Observing Dyadic Relationships: How to Measure 

Relationships Using Joint Paintings 

Dafna Regev, Ph.D., ATR, Tami Gavron, M.A., ATR, and 

Sharon Snir, Ph.D., ATR 


This panel will present the joint painting technique, in which two 

participants paint together on one shared page. In the panel, we 

will focus on research findings regarding the technique's use as 

a means for assessing aspects of the dyadic relationship, 

specifically in child-parent and romantic couple relationships. 


PP2099 ▪ The Butterfly Effect: Where Psyche and Spirit 

Meet in Art Therapy Practice 

Kim Anderson, M.S.W., ATR-BC, LCSW 


Spirituality is an inevitable stage of the journey to wellness. 

“Psyche,” meaning both soul and butterfly in Greek, symbolizes 

the transformative nature of art therapy practice. This workshop 

will provide methods of exploration, cultural considerations, and 

material to assist in clarifying practitioners’ spiritual selfawareness 

in order to address counter-transference. 

GM2122 ▪ El Greco's Visionary Approach to Grief and Loss 

Evie Lindemann, M.A., M.A.A.T., ATR-BC, LMFT, ATCS 


This workshop leader studied El Greco's masterful painting, 

“The Burial of Count Orgaz,” in its original setting in Toledo, 

Spain. The painting gives us hints about incorporating personal 

symbols into the narrative expressions of loss. Participants will 

create a mixed media structure that includes somatic processing 

and breath work. 

GE2157 ▪ Artful Gerotranscendence: Promoting Healthy 

Aging through Art Making 

Barbara Petterson, M.S., MFT; Isabel Lenssen, M.F.A., M.A., 

ATR, MFT, and Deborah Little Bear, M.A., ATR 


Participants will receive an overview of the developmental 

theory of gerotranscendence, which explains that many older 

adults experience the awakening of a shift from a more rational, 

materialistic worldview to a holistic and spiritual attitude. Art 

therapy supports this growth through the creative, meditative, 

and reminiscent qualities of artistic engagement. 

Submit your bids by 4:00 p.m. today (Friday) for the 

Quick Draw Silent Auction! Proceeds benefit the 

American Art Therapy Association’s Scholarship 

Program. (In the Open Art Studio) 



1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m. 

Focus Group 

RE4146 ▪ Art Therapy and Clinical Neuroscience 

Juliet King, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC, Chris Belkofer, Ph.D., ATR, 

LCPC, Deborah Elkis-Abuhoff, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCAT 


Clinical neuroscience has implications for the field of art therapy 

in the areas including theory, assessment, and intervention. This 

annual group will promote an interactive dialogue between 

professional and student members, facilitated by three art 

therapists who have unique experience integrating art therapy 

and neuroscience within research and practice. 

Papers 

GE6091 ▪ How Art Making Can Transcend the Challenges of 

Aging 

Raquel Chapin Stephenson, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCAT 


The interrelation of art and aging influences emotional and 

physical processes. This qualitative research study shows how 

art making helps older adults confront the aging process through 

the development of identity, motivation, connection, and legacy. 

Implications for the design and implementation of art therapy 

programs for older adults will be discussed. 

MC6107 ▪ Being Transgender: Art and Interview as a Tool 

for Understanding 

Amanda Maher, M.A. 


This presentation is based on master’s level research using art 

and interviews to explore the social and psychological 

experience of gender transition and being transgender. It is 

intended to inform clinicians as to the specific implications of 

working with people who either identify as transgender or are 

questioning their gender. 

ES6133 ▪ Reducing Burnout For End-of-Life Care Workers: 

Art Therapy Based Supervision Hospice: Art in Supervision 

Jordan Potash, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCAT 


End-of-life care workers are susceptible to burnout if not offered 

proper support. This research study supports the benefits of 

including art making in supervision. Eighteen hours of art 

therapy based supervision groups resulted in significantly 

reduced burnout, greater emotional awareness and comfort with 

death compared to standard supervision. 

MS6156 ▪ Walkabout, Photography and Collage: Connecting 

the Dots of Life, Healing with Cancer 

Caroline Peterson, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC 


This paper presents Walkabout: Looking In, Looking Out, an 

innovative mindfulness-based art therapy program that 

addresses cancer distress. Over eight sessions, participants 

connect to experiential awareness using digital photography on 

walkabouts outside; then working with their own pictures and 

other art materials, create collages as a path for healing. 

PP6184 ▪ Diverse Applications in Origami Art Therapy: 

ADHD, Grief, Trauma and Dementia 

Ming Fu Wu, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCAT, and Toshiko Kobayashi, 

M.A., ATR-BC 


This paper presents a clinical approach that incorporates 

origami art therapy and reutilization for people with various 

issues including ADHD, grief, trauma, and dementia. The 

cautions and important ethical considerations in origami art 

therapy will also be discussed in the presentation. 

PS6294 ▪ Aesthetic Silence: Cultivating Non-discursive 

Knowledge 

Geoffrey Thompson, M.F.A., M.A., ATR-BC, LCAT 


Aesthetic silence permits space through which the self can be 

articulated within artistic sensibility. Both intrapsychic and 

physical, animated or contemplative, this space facilitates 

openings for reflection on self and other. The silence of art is the 

other side of language. This presentation explores the dynamic 

of self-discovery free from verbal constraints. 

2:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m. 

Focus Group 

RE4288 ▪ How to Conduct Effective Art Therapy Research 

with Bilingual Populations 

Deborah Sharpe, M.A., ATR-BC, Barbara Fish, Ph.D., ATR-BC, 

LCPC, and Vanessa Touset 


This informal discussion invites art therapists and students to 

discuss the challenges of developing and conducting effective 

research addressing the use and benefits of art therapy with 

bilingual populations, as well as looking at the role of language 

in how individuals and cultures make sense of and use images. 

Papers 

GE6197 ▪ Video as a Witness to the Life Review of a Dying 

Man 

Katie Fitzsimmons, M.P.S. 


This paper will discuss how digital video can be used as a tool in 

the art therapy treatment of an elderly man living in a VA 

hospital. It highlights the affects of institutionalized living on an 

individual and the anxieties surrounding illness and death. 

AC6315 ▪ The Art of Advocacy: Working Together to 

Influence Important Public Policies for Art Therapists 

Margaret Carlock-Russo, M.A., ATR-BC, LCAT 


The Governmental Affairs Committee (GAC) is working to 

engage all members in advocacy efforts that benefit art 

therapists in every state. Margaret Carlock-Russo, Chair for the 

GAC, will provide an information packed overview of the 

resources available to help members influence state and federal 

policies affecting the art therapy profession. 

TR6221 ▪ The Doli Healing Project: Art Therapy with Victims 

of Gender Based Violence 

Jen Tedesco, M.P.S., ATR-BC, LCA. 


This paper will discuss the implementation of an art therapy 

intervention designed for victims of Gender-Based Violence. 

The intervention was launched in Nairobi with Congolese 

adolescents. Using the transformative nature of dolls, this paper 

will focus on how art therapy promoted the overall well-being of 

the participants. 



TA6235 ▪ Freeing Art Therapy Scholarship: The Multiple 

Modes of Constructing and Sharing Knowledge 

Cathy Moon, M.A., ATR-BC 


This presentation challenges traditional notions of scholarly 

inquiry and proposes alternative models of knowledge 

construction and sharing in art therapy. In keeping with the spirit 

of the topic, poetry, images, spoken word, and the performing 

body will be incorporated along with traditional academic inquiry. 

TA6286 ▪ Mindfulness Based Art Psychotherapy Practices 

Noah Hass-Cohen, Psy.D., ATR-BC, LMFT 


The presenter discusses the theoretical foundations of 

mindfulness and several mindfulness-based art psychotherapy 

practices. The presenter highlights how informal and formal 

mindful meditation practices can be integrated throughout art 

making. An emphasis on therapists’ mindfulness practices and 

an overview of the integrated brain functions associated with 

mindfulness practices are provided. 

AC6115 ▪ Creating Alternative Public Spaces: Art-Based 

Practice, Critical Consciousness and Social Justice 

Savneet Talwar, Ph.D., ATR-BC, and Sangeetha Ravichandran, 

M.A.A.T., LPC 


The Girl/Friends project will be presented to explore the 

relationship between multiculturalism, cultural competence, and 

social justice to examine the importance of “critical 

consciousness” when working in communities settings. 

3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m. 

Panels 

GE5240 ▪ Art Therapy in Dementia Care: Illuminating the 

Therapeutic Importance of Art 

Andrea Koch, M.A., Theresa Dewey, M.A.A.T., LPC, and 

Heather Leigh, M.A., ATR-BC, LCPC 


This panel will explore the unique challenges and joys that 

accompany the practice of art therapists specializing in 

dementia. Different origins and types of dementia will be 

discussed as well as art-based interventions that have proven 

successful in promoting socialization and supporting positive recreation 

of self. Presenters will also examine the paradox of a 

therapeutic relationship in which one member cannot remember 

the other. 

AU5292 ▪ Combining Art Therapy and Applied Behavior 

Analysis 

Jessica Stallings, M.S., ATR-BC, LPC, AS, Erin Carter, B.S., 

Krista Heller, B.S., Lindsay Ritscher, and Becky Schuldt, B.S. 


Applied behavior analysis (ABA) applies behavioral 

interventions decrease problematic behaviors as well as to 

increase desired behaviors and is a common treatment for 

Autism. Many individuals with Autism think in pictures. 

Conference attendees will learn how combining art therapy and 

ABA can provide more effective treatment for individuals with 

Autism. 

Join us for the Closing Plenary tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. 

The session features a keynote and the annual 

awards and scholarship presentation. 

Refreshments will be served. 

Paper (Extended Session – 3:15-4:45 p.m.) 

RE6304 ▪ Success in Research: Invigorate Your Goals, Gain 

Institutional Support and Attract Funding 

Donna Betts, Ph.D., ATR-BC, and Caroline Peterson, M.A., 

ATR-BC, LPC 


This informational and dialogic session is designed to help art 

therapists increase success in research pursuits. The 

presenters will delineate how art therapists can invigorate their 

research goals and gain institutional support. This includes an 

overview of known funders and relevant requests for proposals, 

how to identify collaborators, and more. 


PS2246 ▪ The Use of Self-Books to Explore Identity in 

Clients with BPD 

Jessica Drass, M.A. 


In this workshop participants will explore the use of self-books 

when working with clients with Borderline Personality Disorder 

and trauma histories. This project is based on a simple 

bookmaking process and addresses issues of self-awareness, 

identity, containment, and control. 

PP2269 ▪ Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy: Accessing the 

Body’s Wisdom and Visual Expression for Healing 

Laury Rappaport, Ph.D., MFT, ATR-BC 


This workshop provides an introduction to Focusing-Oriented Art 

Therapy (FOAT) (Rappaport, 2009). The Focusing Attitude of 

“being friendly” to inner experience will be presented along with 

accessing a “felt sense” of experience. A strengths-based 

Positive Psychology Theme Directed FOAT exercise will be 

presented for experiential learning. 

PS2265 ▪ Practical Depths: A Hillman Informed Group 

Experiential Process 

Laura Teoli, M.S., ATR, PC 


This experiential-based workshop will demonstrate a practical 

application of Hillman’s theories/techniques within a group 

process suitable for use with adults in a variety of levels of care 

for psychiatric conditions. 

4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. 

Drawing Out Your Soul: An Experience of Touch 

Drawing Workshop (Separate registration required. Not 

eligible for CECs). 

Deborah Koff-Chapin, B.F.A. 


In this workshop, participants will experience the simple yet 

powerful process of Touch Drawing. Multiple images are created 

through the touch of fingertips on paper that has been placed 

over a paint-rolled board. Participants will learn the unique 

qualities of this technique and why it is accessible in such a 

broad range of populations. Group discussion will include 

specific professional applications relevant to participants. 

4:00 p.m. Quick Draw Silent Auction Concludes 

The winning bids will be announced at the Closing Plenary 

session on Saturday, June 29, 2013, and winners will pick up 

their artwork at the AATA Booth in the Marketplace of Ideas no 

later than 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 29, 2013. 



4:15-5:05 p.m. 

Focus Groups 

PP4100 ▪ The Male Art Therapist: Mentorship + Brotherhood 

Craig Balfany, M.P.S., ATR-BC, and Michael Galaburri, M.A. 


This focus group allows for men working, training, or interested 

in art therapy to meet in partnership within a unique and maledesignated 

space. Specific goals are to increase mentorship 

and collaboration along the career lifespan to minimize isolation, 

competition, and burnout. Group emphasis will be on 

engagement and connection. 

PP4021 ▪ Art Committee Focus Group 

Barbara Fish, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCPC, Deborah Behnke, M.A., 

ATR-BC, LCPC, and Becky Olivera, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC-S, 


This focus group is an informal discussion inviting art therapists 

and students to discuss the Art Committee goals, raise 

consciousness about the presence of art in art therapy and at 

the conference, explore ideas about the direction of committee 

efforts, and share support. 

Papers 

GE6225 ▪ Beyond the Directive: Art Therapy with Older 

Adults in Long Term Care 

Sally Giles, M.A.A.T., ATR-BC, LPC, and Kristen Larsen, M.A. 


Presenters will describe the community studio created by two art 

therapists in a long-term care setting and advocate for this 

model as a best practice. Case examples will illustrate the ways 

this model reaches beyond the directive or recreation hour to 

meet the unique needs of older adults. 

usefulness for art therapy and other mental health practices, 

while clarifying their similarities and differences. 

PP6163 ▪ Connecting with the Mental Health Community: 

Utilizing Family Art Assessment 

Paige Asawa, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LMFT, and Meirav Haber, M.A. 


Art therapists routinely use art assessments, yet there is a 

broader application─connecting with the mental health 

community. This presentation explores community outreach in 

collaboration with a mental health agency, providing family art 

assessments as a consultation service. The pilot program is 

illustrated along with the evaluation process. 

5:45 p.m.-8:00 p.m. – Option #1 Night on the Town: Chihuly 

Garden and Glass Museum (Separate registration required) 

Location: Meet in main lobby of Sheraton at 5:45 p.m. 

Option #2 – “Choose Your Own Adventure!” Pick up 

instructions at the Hospitality Table. 

Be sure to attend a special musical performance by Bruce 

Moon and Chris Belkofer from 9:30 to 11:00 p.m. at the 

Black Coffee Co-op Café, located at 501 E. Pine Street. 

Tickets are not required for this free event and all 

conference attendees are invited. 

CA6248 ▪ Evolution of the Skateboard Project: An Art 

Therapy Intervention with At Risk Youth 

Sue Ann Blach, M.F.T., ATR-BC 


This paper presents the progress of The Skateboard Project, a 

group art therapy intervention to decrease risk factors among 

African American and Latino male youth. The presenter will 

review the art therapy interventions, share the outcome data 

from the Youth Self Report form, and provide a description of 

the community event that financially sustains the program. 

TA6254 ▪ Art Therapy as a Way of Visually Expressing and 

Activating Body Intelligence 

Melissa Susman, M.A. 


This paper shows how art therapy accesses and activates the 

body as a kind of intelligence. It envisions art therapy as a bodyto-body 

exchange between client and therapist such that healing 

becomes the process of deriving meaning and effecting change 

through embodied communication. 

PP6257 ▪ PhotoTherapy, Photo-Art Therapy, Therapeutic 

Photography: Healing Through Emotional Experiencing of 

Photographic Expression 

Judy Weiser, M.Sc., R.Psych., ATR 


PhotoTherapy, Photo-Art Therapy, and Therapeutic 

Photography techniques provide numerous opportunities for 

photographic visual expression to produce healing, through 

therapy clients’ emotional interaction with ordinary snapshots 

and family photos. Presentation describes and illustrates their 


Full Conference Schedule - Saturday, June 29, 2013 

7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Educator Session (By invitation only) 

Location: Sheraton, Cedar, Pike Street Tower, 2nd Floor 

8:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m. 

Closing Plenary Session ▪ PP6310 (Refreshments) 


With one of the most impressive collections of 

Chinese art in North America, the Seattle Art 

Museum was fortunate to have the support and 

dedication of the founding director Dr. Richard 

Fuller, who envisioned the museum as a bridge 

for the East and the West. Dr. Josh Yiu will 

share an inspiring visual presentation that will explore the 

triumphs and misses of Dr. Fuller’s collecting career in a highly 

unpredictable period. A special presentation on “artwork in 

social media” will add to this engaging and informative plenary 

session. The annual Scholarship and Honors Awards will also 

be presented. 

9:45 a.m.-2:00 p.m. 

Open Art Studio and Marketplace of 

Ideas (Exhibit Hall) Open 


10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. 

Master Class (Separate registration required. Ticket required.) 

MC2312 ▪ Walking in the Mandala: The Imagery and 

Symbolism of Tibetan Sacred Sand Mandalas 

Karma Tensum, M.Ed. 


This Harvard Fulbright Scholar will discuss the complex 

symbology, spiritual significance, and layers of meaning present 

in the imagery and process of the ritualistic creation and 

destruction of a sacred Tibetan sand mandala and discuss its 

use as a tool for meditation, healing, and spiritual development. 

10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. 

Panels 

ES5014 ▪ Visual Case Processing: A Case 

Conceptualization Method Enhancing Group Supervision 

Cheryl Shiflett, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LPC, Gaelan Harmon-Walker, 

M.S., Maureen Kelleher, M.S., Amber Lewis, M.S., and Paige 

Scheinberg, M.S. 


Art therapy supervisors will learn how to include one art-based 

approach useful for enhancing case presentations during group 

supervision. Former graduate art therapy students will describe 

the challenges of utilizing this technique as well as the potential 

beneficial outcomes for the novice professional, the group, and 

the client/patient. 

MS5024 ▪ Six Degrees of Preparation: Becoming a Future 

Leader of AATA 

Laura Loumeau-May, M.P.S., ATR-BC, LPC, Autumn Heddy, 

Sangeetha Ravichandran, M.A.A.T., LPC, Megan Robb, M.A., 

ATR-BC, LPC, NCC, and Irene Rosner David, Ph.D., ATR-BC, 

LCAT, HLM 


Leadership starts from the ground up. It originates in 

commitment and engagement at the student level, is nurtured by 

collaboration with peers and mentors, and comes to fruition with 

active involvement in the internal and external community of art 

therapy. This panel challenges and invites every member to 

AATA leadership. 

ES5097 ▪ Art Therapy Assessments: Novel and Effective 

Teaching Strategies 

Donna Betts, Ph.D., ATR-BC, Sarah Deaver, Ph.D., ATR-BC, 

LMFT, LPC, Ellen Horovitz, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCAT, RYT, and 

Donna Kaiser, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LPC, LMFT 


Four seasoned educators present diverse and effective 

strategies for teaching art therapy assessment. Several 

assessments and their unique applications are discussed, 

including: the Art Therapy-Projective Imagery Assessment; the 

Bird’s Nest Drawing; the DDS; the Expressive Therapies 

Continuum; the Face Stimulus Assessment; the PPAT; and the 

Silver Drawing Test. 


PP2223 ▪ Practicing Imagination: Connecting Visual 

Expression and Healing 

Josie Abbenante, M.A., ATR-BC, LPAT, and Linney Wix, Ph.D., 

ATR-BC, LPAT 


Remaining close to art making and image is primary in art 

therapy. “Starting close in” underlies this workshop, which 

explores the connection between visual expression and healing. 

Participants will make art and write, engaging the imagination, 

hearing from images close to the heart, and listening to what 

arrives poetically. 

CA2086 ▪ Expanding the Art Therapist's Palette: Adolescent 

Art Therapy as Social Action 

Karen Artis, M.A., ATR-BC, and Rachel O'Rourke, M.A., ATR 


With an emphasis on the visual arts and social activism, this 

workshop introduces a hybrid art therapy practice rooted in 

activist art therapy, social practice, community art practice, and 

contemporary conflict resolution. Participants learn how to 

develop individual, family, group, and community art therapy as 

social action projects with adolescents. 

ES2022 ▪ Art-Based Supervision: A Workshop For 

Supervisors 



As supervisors we are confronted with the same complex 

responses to treatment as those we support. This is complicated 

by our responses to supervisees that come to us for support and 

direction. Using our images to explore these challenging 

relationships can be an effective way to give feedback to others. 

10:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m. 

Papers 

AS6033 ▪ Art Therapy Groups Serving Co-occurring Mental 

Illness and Substance Abuse Disorders 

Carol Skinner, T.A.T.I., RCAT, OATR 


This presentation offers practical information on providing 

integrated treatment using art therapy based on the stages of 

change with individuals with a co-occurring mental illness and 

substance use disorder. The presentation will discuss the 

Canadian Mental Health Association’s Art Therapy Group 

Treatment Program with a variety of populations. 



FS6042 ▪ Art on Trial: Art Therapy and Assessment for a 

Capital Murder Case 


Location: Convention Center 604, Sixth Floor 

A court case in which an art therapist provided expert witness 

testimony on the artwork of a man being tried for murder will be 

presented. This paper will underscore the significance of 

evaluating art through its formal elements and how such an 

evaluation was supported in a court of law. 

MC6052 ▪ Cloth of Dreams: Cultural Strengths and Fiber 

Arts 

Susan Ainlay Anand, M.A., ATR-BC, ATCS, LPAT, and Lani 

Gerity, D.A., ATR 


This presentation will review multicultural resilience strategies 

with a focus on ways to increase appreciation of beauty and 

excellence, hope, spirituality, and gratitude in the art room. We 

will present slides of artwork from marginalized and mainstream 

cultural groups to illustrate theoretical concepts we find useful in 

art therapy practice. 

TA6266 ▪ Adolf Wölfli: A Sad, Bad, Mad Life in Art Therapy’s 

Prehistory 

Randy Vick, M.S., ATR-BC, LCPC 


The life and art of Adolf Wölfli are a remarkable combination of 

tragedy and creativity. The presenter shares this history via 

images and original sources and explores its relevance to art 

therapy theory and practice. 

MC6306 ▪ Multicultural Exchange Forum 

Simone Alter-Muri, Ph.D., ATR-BC, ATCS, LMHC 


The Forum is designed to promote and foster increased 

participation, professional validation, and networking; and 

provide opportunities to build cross-cultural relationships. Dr. 

Alter-Muri will highlight her recent travel to several European 

countries where she presented workshops and met with 

international art therapists in an attempt broaden relationships 

and an understanding of the multiple issues that affect art 

therapists across cultures. This forum invites the voices and 

stories of international art therapists to be heard. 

11:20 p.m.-11:50 a.m. 


RE3045 ▪ Korean Adult Adoptees: Personal Experiences 

with Adoption through the Face Stimulus Assessment 

(FSA) as Analyzed by the Formal Elements Art Therapy 

Scale (FEATS) 

Lauren Halpin, M.S., and Renee van der Vennet, Ph.D., ATR- 

BC, LMHC, LPC, CGP 


This study, Korean Adult Adoptees: Personal Experiences with 

Adoption through the Face Stimulus Assessment (FSA) as 

Analyzed by the Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale (FEATS) 

incorporates heuristic, phenomenological, quantitative, and 

qualitative results. The research was based on discovering new 

information about the Korean adult adopted population living in 

the United States. 

AU3112 ▪ Utilizing the Silver Drawing Test in Assessing 

Children with Autism 

Emilee Davis and Barbara Parker-Bell, Psy.D., ATR-BC 


A graduate thesis to investigate “How do children diagnosed 

with Autism perform on an art-based cognitive assessment 

compared to their neuro-typical peers?” This research utilized 

the Silver Drawing Test in prediction that the Autistic children’s 

scores would be closer to the neuro-typical peers than 

previously assumed. 

11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. 


ES9291 ▪ Reconnecting the Art Therapist with the Healing 

Presence 

Joseph Jaworek, M.A., ATR-BC 


Returning to work after the death of a family member is an 

enormous challenge. Understanding in the workplace, 

resiliency, and support systems are critical variables that 

facilitate reengaging worklife after personal loss. Attendees will 

be invited to participate in exercises to help increase self-care 

and performance during times of stress. 

MC9029 ▪ Cross Cultural Supervision 

Yasmine Awais, M.A.A.T., ATR-BC, ATCS, LCAT 


Open to practicing art therapists treating clients or supervising 

clinicians who are culturally different than themselves. Please 

bring case examples from your practice and/or examples of 

artwork (note that signed releases for any artwork shared must 

be obtained). This supervision session will maintain 

confidentiality and safety while exploring difference on local and 

international levels. 

ES9232 ▪ Working With Clients With Eating Disorders: A 

Supervision Group 

Michelle Dean, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC, CGP 


This supervision group is for art therapists interested in working 

with clients with eating disorders. It is an opportunity for 

participants to share concerns, ideas, and receive feedback and 

support for this population. Particular attention will be given to 

working with clients from a relational, depth, and symbolic 

perspective. 

PP9125 ▪ Art Therapy and DBT with Clients Engaging in 

Self-mutilating Behaviors 



This supervision session will provide an opportunity for 

therapists working with clients engaging in self-mutilating 

behaviors to explore the use of DBT skills and art therapy 

interventions they have found effective. 

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

Memorial Ceremony 

Janice Hoshino, Ph.D., ATR-BC 

Location: Convention Center, 603, Sixth Floor) This ceremony 

is an annual event dedicated to honoring and remembering the 

lives and work of art therapists who have passed. 



11:50 a.m.-12:50 p.m. 

Paper Session 

MC6313 ▪ TCEF: Who We Are and What We Do 

Karma Tensum, M.Ed., Alyssa Griskiewicz, M.A., LMHCA, 

Valerie Hellermann, and Sharon Mason 


Representatives of the Tibetan Children’s Education 

Foundation, the nonprofit behind the exhibition of a Tibetan 

Sand Mandala at the 2013 AATA conference, will share and 

discuss their programming related to cultural preservation and 

educational advancement for refugee communities in India. 

TCEF will discuss the Mandala Model of arts-based social 

action. Learn who TCEF is and what they do to support 

communities in need. 

12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. 


SC3102 ▪ The Stehekin Kite Project: Eco-Art Therapy in 

Practice 

Heather Biermann, B.F.A., Master’s Candidate, and Susan 

Marlow, M.Ed. 


Eco-art therapy is a discipline blended from the fields of 

ecopsychology and art therapy. The Stehekin Kite Project, an 

eco-art therapy project that took place in May 2012 in Stehekin, 

Washington, will be presented to provide a theoretical and 

practical understanding of the practice of eco-art therapy. 

MS3279 ▪ Stress in Nursing Residents: Identifying Ways To 

Cope Using Art 

Elizabeth Casey, M.S., M.P.H., ATR, LPC 


Art therapy was used to identify ways in which nursing students 

cope with anxiety, solve problems they have being new 

residents, and explore expressing emotions in a positive way. 

Art therapy was given to three classes of nursing residents 

September 2012 through May 2013. 

12:00 p.m.-12:50 p.m. 

Paper 

PP6072 ▪ Parallel Pregnancies: The Impact on the 

Supervisory Relationship and Art Therapy Practice 

Rebecca Beers Miller, M.A., ATR-BC, LCAT, CCLS and Jade 

Giffin, M.A., ATR, LCAT 


This presentation explores the impact on the supervisory 

relationship and clinical practice when two art therapists, one of 

whom supervised the other, became simultaneously (and 

coincidentally) pregnant. Combining theory, discussion of 

supervision, and adolescent case examples, terrain will be 

covered that has been underexamined in the art therapy field. 

12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. 

Special Presentation: Calling All Authors: How To Get 

Your 2014 Conference Proposal Accepted 

Lisa Wasserman, Psy.D., ATR-BC, Conference Chair 


This session provides an overview and demonstration of the 

online conference proposal submission process for the 2014 

Annual Conference, and provides tips to ensure your proposal 

gets rave reviews from the Program Committee! 

1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. 

Panels 

ES5129 ▪ Five Routes to the Doctorate: An AATA Education 

Committee Panel 

Patricia St. John, Ed.D., ATR-BC, LCAT, Nancy Gerber, Ph.D, 

ATR-BC, LPC , Lynn Kapitan, Ph.D., ATR-BC, Michaela Kirby, 

Psy.D., ATR-BC, LMHC, Marcia Rosal, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM, 

and Richard Carolan, Ed.D., ATR-BC 


Are you thinking of pursuing a doctorate? Have you wondered 

why or how to earn your doctorate? Do you wonder what the 

purpose of pursuing a doctorate is? This panel of experts from 

five doctoral art and creative arts therapies programs will 

answer those questions and more. 

TR5165 ▪ The Image Comes First: Treating Preverbal 

Trauma 

Linda Gantt, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM, Louis Tinnin, M.D., and Tally 

Tripp, M.A., M.S.W., ATR-BC 


Three therapists who worked with the same woman in two 

different settings describe the importance of processing early 

trauma to reverse chronic dissociation. This case presentation 

demonstrates the importance of using drawing and props 

(stuffed animals and puppets) as a means of evoking images 

that were later bestowed with words. 

MC5302 ▪ What Happened to the American Dream?: 

Arts Education, Homelessness, and Immigration 

Sangeetha Ravichandran, M.A.A.T., LPC, Savneet Talwar, 

Ph.D., ATR-BC, Megan Robb, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC, NCC, and 

Jeannette Perkal, B.A. 


This panel examines issues around arts education, 

homelessness, and immigration through the film Inocente, which 

is a story of a young teenage girl in San Diego. Inocente is a 

timeless story about the transformative power of art and a timely 

snapshot of the new face of homelessness in America, children. 


PP2203 ▪ Visualizing Resilience: An Experiential Art 

Therapy Workshop 

Paige Asawa, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LMFT, and Stefanie Louie, M.A., 

ATR-BC 


This experiential workshop provides an opportunity for 

participants to explore the development of resiliency-based art 

therapy groups. The workshop focuses on 1) specific protocols 

to help visualize resilience; 2) experiential exercises to explore 

visual expression in resiliency; 3) understanding resiliencybased 

art interventions in treatment planning. 

CA2228 ▪ The Healing Power of a Child’s Imagination: Nine 

Therapeutic Tools 

Charlotte Reznick Ph.D., LEP 


In this rich, visual, experiential workshop you will be guided 

through the healing power of children's art and imagination. A 

well-researched and practical approach for using mindfulness, 

meditation, and interactive imagery in therapeutic practice will 

be presented. Nine positive imagination tools and 

accompanying artwork will be detailed and demonstrated. 



PP2238 ▪ Tee-Shirt Art in Art Therapy: Communicating 

through Wearable Expression 

Gaelynn Wolf Bordonaro, Ph.D., ATR-BC, Becky Schuldt, Krista 

Heller, and Zichen Jiao 

Location: Convention Center, Room 614, Sixth Floor 

Participants in this workshop are invited to explore wearable art 

as media in art therapy. Examples of using tee-shirt art with 

diverse populations will be introduced, and participants will 

create their own one-of- a-kind wearable art piece, utilizing their 

choice of directed or nondirected experiences. 

1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m. 

Papers 

SC6090 ▪ Art-Based Research and Collective Story Telling 

P. Gussie Klorer, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCSW, LCPC 


Using reproductions of historic documents and letters 

discovered in an old building, the art therapist as artist creates a 

body of artwork that chronicles societal simplicity and prejudices 

of the past. The artwork inspires three community workshops 

where individuals tell their own family stories through art. 

RE6132 ▪ The Bridge Drawing Art-Based Art Therapy 

Assessment: A Study Of Validity 

Kim Brown Campbell, Ed.D., ATR, LPC 


This study examines formal elements of the Bridge Drawing 

(BD), which addresses goal-directed behaviors, problem 

solving, and future orientation (Hays & Lyons, 1981). The study 

contributes to standardization of art-based assessments in art 

therapy. A quantitative exploration of the BD’s construct validity 

and interrater reliability was conducted. 

CA6135 ▪ Gender Differences in Children's Art: An 

International Study 

Simone Alter-Muri, Ed.D., ATR-BC, ATCS, LMHC 


Art therapists study children’s drawings. Inadequate data exists 

regarding “typical” or “normal” art development (Alter-Muri, 

2002, Deaver, 2009). Research regarding gender differences in 

children’s drawings is also insufficient. The presenter will 

describe the results of an updated cross cultural study of 

children’s drawings. 

CR6145 ▪ ACA’s 20/20 Initiative and its Impact on the Art 

Therapy Profession 

Juliet King, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC 


Despite the rigorous sets of educational and professional 

guidelines that need to be maintained in order to earn the 

ATR and BC credentials and the ability to obtain a counseling 

license in most states, the art therapy profession is jeopardized 

in the face of the ACA's 20/20 initiative. 

TR6162 ▪ Shifting History: Art Therapy and Men who were 

Sexually Abused as Boys 

Daniel Blausey, M.A., ATR-BC 


This paper presentation provides stark statistics, a clear and 

expansive definition of childhood sexual abuse of boys, and the 

correlation between trauma and symptoms of trauma in adult 

men. The recovery and healing process, the role of the art 

therapist, and therapeutic interventions for men seeking 

treatment will be presented. 

RE6199 ▪ Visual Expression As a Powerful Tool For The Art 

Therapist - a Pilot Study 

Dafna Moriya, Ph.D., ATR 


This paper describes a pilot experiment with art therapy 

students on employing their visual expression during the 

preparation and presentation of case studies rather than only for 

the usual response art after case presentations. The results 

indicate this could be a useful tool for art therapists and art 

therapy educators. 

TE6201 ▪ Introducing Tablet Technology and Art-based 

Applications to Art Therapy Practice 

Emily Dennis, M.A., PC, AT, and Mary Kohut, M.A., ATR-BC, 

PCC 


This unique presentation will highlight the therapeutic 

possibilities of art making applications utilized through tablet 

technology. Those in attendance will learn how to incorporate 

digital art, tablets, and adapted interventions into their practice. 

Various iPad applications will be introduced and shown in 

concert with another, as well as client examples. 

2:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m. 

Mandala Closing Ceremony 

Location: Sheraton Grand Ballroom D, Second Floor 

Be a part of the inspiring Tibetan Sand Mandala's destruction. 

Master Mandala artist, Venerable Ngawang Chojor will 

ceremoniously destroy the sand mandala created, sweeping the 

grains of sand into a small pile and offering a portion to each 

conference registrant in attendance. This event is sponsored by 

Evergreen Art Therapy Association and Antioch University 

Seattle. 

3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. 

Annual Business Meeting 

Location: Sheraton Grand Ballroom A/B, Second Floor 

Participate in life of the American Art Therapy Association by 

attending the Association’s business meeting. Hear committee 

reports and learn about the strategic direction of the 

organization. All conference attendees are invited. A reserved 

seating area will be designated for the Association’s voting 

members. 

8:00 p.m.-10:30 p.m. 

Closing Event (Not part of all registration packages. 

Ticket required.) 

Location: Sheraton Grand Ballroom C/D, Second Floor 

“Sole of Seattle”─ Music is the heart and soul of Seattle so get 

ready to dance to music hosted by an amazing Seattle DJ. 

Refreshments and cash bar will be provided. Put on some 

fabulous decorated dancing shoes and get ready to have fun! 

Put on your dancing shoes and join us at the 

Closing Reception on Saturday at 8:00 p.m. 

Tickets can be purchased at the AATA Exhibit 

Booth until 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. 


Full Conference Schedule - Sunday, June 30, 2013 

8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. (Separate registration required) 

Sessions will be held at the Sheraton. 

TA1217 ▪ Enhancing Assessment and Treatment Planning 

with the Expressive Therapies Continuum 

Lisa Hinz, Ph.D., ATR 

Location: Jefferson, Union Street Tower, Fourth Floor 

This 3-hour course will introduce the Expressive Therapies 

Continuum as a framework for art therapy assessment and 

treatment. It will allow for hands-on art experiences with each 

ETC component then help participants translate information 

gained into useful assessment data to formulate treatment goals 

and create art interventions. 

PP1138 ▪ Wordplay/Image Foundation: Augmenting 

the Verbal and Nonverbal Interchange in Art Therapy 

Laura Loumeau-May, M.P.S., ATR-BC, LPC 

Location: Issaquah, Union Street Tower, Third Floor 

This course examines the amplification generated by words 

combined with imagery to communicate, evoke, make meaning, 

and narrate. Brain research regarding verbal and nonverbal 

processing and hemispheric integration will be discussed. 

Creative activities which integrate both the visual and verbal will 

demonstrate techniques that potentiate therapeutic work. 

PS1080 ▪ The Mural Connection: Exploring Attachments 

through Collaborative Artwork 

Kate Mack, M.A., M.P.S., CASAC, ATR-BC, LCAT 

Location: Ravenna, Union Street Tower, Third Floor 

This course will address the collaborative creation of murals as 

a treatment modality for restructuring interpersonal skills and 

attachment approaches. Attendees will participate in an 

experiential exercise and examples will be given from clinical 

treatment of adults who are dually diagnosed with mental illness 

and chemical dependency. 

Millennial Learners: Assessment, Psychopathology, 

Research 

Anne Mills, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC, and Kathryn Johnson, Ph.D., 

ATR 

Location: Ballard, Pike Street Tower, Third Floor 

Balancing rigorous content with effective teaching approaches is 

essential for art therapy educators preparing students for 21st 

century practice. This 30th anniversary workshop will present 

strategies for integrating the Diagnostic Drawing Series (DDS) 

knowledge base into the art therapy curriculum. Prior 2-day 

DDS training strongly recommended. (For educators only). 


Marketplace of Ideas and the Open Art Studio 

The Marketplace of Ideas is a vibrant conference venue where you can network with colleagues, learn from conference 

sponsors and exhibitors about products and resources that enhance your career, and hear informative presentations in 

the Marquee Theatre. Check out the author book signing schedule to have your favorite authors sign books available 

for purchase in the Conference Bookstore. Stay connected at the Cyber Café, and be sure to visit the American Art 

Therapy Association’s Member Services booth to meet our National Staff, and learn about member resources. Drop 

by the Open Art Studio to create and experiment with complimentary art supplies generously provided by Blick Art 

Materials. 

EXHIBIT HALL AND OPEN ART STUDIO HOURS 

(Open Art Studio sponsored by Blick Art Materials) 

Thursday, 9:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (Networking Break from 9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m.) 

Friday, 9:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (Networking Break from 9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m.) 

Saturday, 9:45 a.m.-2:00 p.m. 

MARQUEE THEATRE SCHEDULE 

(Details can be found in the Full Conference Schedule) 

Thursday, June 27 ▪ 12:30-1:30 p.m. –The 2003 Pearlie Roberson Scholarship Award winning Documentary 

Video: Visual Memories: Japanese Internment, presented by Janice Hoshino Ph.D., ATR-BC. 

Friday, June 28 ▪ 12:00-12:30 p.m. – Art with Heart, presented by: Helena Hillinga Haas, MA, ATR, CL. Come be 

inspired by this Seattle-based nonprofit work with at-risk youth. 

Friday, June 28 ▪ 12:45-1:15 p.m. - Professional Liability Insurance through AATA, presented by: Loretta d’Antonio, 

Vice President, HPSO. This session provides an overview of the professional liability insurance coverage available 

through AATA. 

Saturday, June 29 ▪ 12:45-1:15 p.m. - Calling All Authors: How to Get Your 2014 Conference Proposal Accepted! 

Presented by: Lisa Wasserman, Psy.D., ATR-BC, Conference Program Chair. 


Conference Bookstore 

The conference bookstore, operated by Baystate Professional Book Service will be onsite to offer resources to help 

you with your practice and professional development. Be sure to note the date and times of the Author Book Signing 

Schedule so that you can have your newly purchased book signed by your favorite 

authors! 

BOOK STORE HOURS 

Thursday, 9:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 

Friday, 9:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 


AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING SCHEDULE 

Thursday, June 27 Authors 

9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Linda Gantt & Louis Tinnin 

12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. Laury Rappaport and Geraldine Williams 

12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Annette Shore and Erin Partridge 

1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Stella Stepney and Judy Weiser 

Friday, June 28 Authors 

9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Deborah Koff-Chapin 

11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Dafna Moriya and Darcy Lubbers & Helen Landgarten 

12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. Bruce Moon and Charlotte Reznick 

12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Sangeeta Prasad and Ellen Horovitz 

Saturday, June 29 Authors 

11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Lynn Kapitan and Kim L. Anderson 

12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. Linney Wix and Catherine Hyland Moon 

12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. David E. Gussak 

1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Meagan Pugh 




Exhibitors and Sponsors 


4875 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 240, Alexandria, 

VA 22304 

Website: www.arttherapy.org 

Phone: (888) 290-0878 

E-mail: info@arttherapy.org 

American Art Therapy Association connects art 

therapists around the world who use the creative 

process to help people of all ages improve their 

emotional well-being. The Association provides 

member benefits including supporting career 

advancement, providing practical support tools and 

resources, and connecting members to research 

and information. 

Adler School of Professional Psychology 

17 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60602 

Contact: Jo Wagner 

Website: www.adler.edu 

Phone: (312) 662-4119 

E-mail: jwagner@adler.edu 

Adler School of Professional Psychology’s 

innovative program curricula, which is comprised of 

a Doctoral program in clinical psychology and 14 

Master of Arts programs, including a Master of Arts 

in Counseling Psychology: Art Therapy, prepare 

socially responsible practitioners by promoting 

social justice through education and training. 

Antioch University Seattle 

2326 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121 

Contact: Sarah C.B. Guthrie 

Website: www.antiochseattle.edu 

Phone: (206) 268-4132 

E-mail: sguthrie@antioch.edu 

Antioch University Seattle values the way students 

and graduates creatively apply their learning to the 

common good. The University offers and supports 

programs that focus on art therapy and arts 

education in order to empower students with the 

knowledge and skills to advance positive change. 

Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB) 

3 Terrace Way, Greensboro, NC 27403 

Contact: Rita Maloy 

Website: www.atcb.org 

Phone: (877) 213-2822 

E-mail: maloy@nbcc.org 

The mission of the Art Therapy Credentials Board, 

Inc. (ATCB) is to protect the public by promoting 

the competent and ethical practice of art therapy 

through the credentialing of art therapy 

professionals. ATCB fulfills this mission by offering 

registration (ATR), board certification (ATR-BC), 

and supervisor certification (ATCS), based upon 

nationally recognized standards of professional 

practice. The ATR-BC is accredited by the National 

Commission for Certifying Agencies. Please join 

ATCB in celebrating our 20th anniversary! 

Booth 21 

Booth 9 

Table 23 

Booth 1 

Art with Heart 

P.O. Box 94402, Seattle, WA 98124 

Contact: Steffanie Lorig 

Website: www.artwithheartshop.org 

Phone: (206) 362-4047 

E-mail: info@artwithheart.org 

Art with Heart helps kids through the healing power of 

creativity. We create and distribute therapeutic 

books and programs as well as supportive trainings to 

help children dealing with the stress and strain of 

unbearable hardship. Our books combine engaging art 

with therapies that help kids cope with overwhelming 

feelings even in the midst of a crisis. 

Blick Art Supplies 

Contact: Linda Carter 

695 U.S. Highway 150 East, Galesburg, IL 61401 

Website: www.dickblick.com 

Phone: (309) 341-5711 

E-mail: l.carter@dickblick.com 

The Best Art Supplies at the best discounts. At Blick, 

providing the best service to our customers is an 

essential part of our philosophy. Our long-standing 

business motto, “Blick Ships Quick,” embodies our 

commitment to getting our customers what they want, 

when they want it. 

California School of Professional Psychology at 

Alliant International University 

1000 South Fremont, Unit 5, Alhambra, CA 91803 

Contact: Noah Hass-Cohen 

Website: www.alliant.edu/cspp/index.php 

Phone: (626) 270-3369 

E-Mail: nhass-cohen@alliant.edu 

The California School of Professional Psychology 

(CSPP) at Alliant International University in Los 

Angeles is proud to announce a new Master of Arts 

program in Psychology with an Emphasis in MFT and 

Art Therapy. The program prepares students for 

professional careers with expertise in nonverbal 

expressive modes of therapy, specifically art therapy 

Drexel University 

1505 Race Street, MS 905, Philadelphia, PA 191102 

Contact: Rachel Ward, Admissions Coordinator 

Website: www.drexel.edu/artsTherapies 

Phone: (215) 762-6921 

E-Mail: rachel.ward@drexel.edu 

The Department of Creative Arts Therapies at Drexel 

University offers master’s and post-master’s certificate 

programs in Art Therapy, Dance/Movement Therapy, 

and Music Therapy, as well as a PhD program 

committed to advancing the Creative Arts Therapies 

through research. 

Epilepsy Foundation 

8301 Professional Place, Landover, MD 20785 

Contact: Lacy Vitko 

Website: www.epilepsyfoundation.org 

Phone: (301) 918-3736 

E-mail: lvitko@efa.org 

“Studio E: The Epilepsy Art Therapy Program” will be 

showcased for those who are interested in learning 

more about the program. Participant artwork will be on 

display and staff will be available to answer questions. 

Booth 14 

Booths 

12, 13 

Booth 8 

Table 24 

Booth 18 



Florida State University 

301 Eppes Building, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1232 

Contact: Marcia L. Rosal 

Website: www.arted.fsu.edu 

Phone: (850) 644-2926 

E-mail: mrosal@fsu.edu 

The Florida State University will be exhibiting 

information on both the master’s and doctoral 

programs. Visit the booth to learn about the 

programs from both faculty and our high-spirited 

current students. 

Healthcare Providers Service Organization 

159 E. County Line Road, Hatboro, PA 19040 

Contact: Loretta D’Antonio 

Website: www.hpso.com 

Phone: (800) 982-9491 

E-mail: service@hpso.com 

Healthcare Providers Service Organization (HPSO) 

is the #1 provider of individual professional liability 

insurance throughout the country with more than 1 

million healthcare professionals insured. Visit 

www.hpso.com to learn more. 

Lesley University 

29 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 

Contact: Julia Byers 

Website: www.lesley.edu 

Phone: (617) 349.8121 

E-mail: bjyers@lesley.edu 

The Division of Expressive Therapies at Lesley 

University offers a Ph.D. in Expressive Therapies, 

Master's degree programs with specializations in 

art, dance, expressive therapies, music therapy, 

and psychodrama/drama therapy, a Certificate of 

Advanced Graduate Study in Expressive 

Therapies, an Advanced Professional Certificate in 

Play Therapy, and an Advanced Certificate of 

Expressive Therapy. 

Marylhurst University 

17600 Pacific Highway, Marylhurst, OR 97036 

Contact: Chris Sweet 

Website: www.marylhurst.edu 

Phone: (503) 699-6268, ext. 3366 

E-mail: csweet@marylhurst.edu 

Learn more about health and recovery in our MA in 

Art Therapy Counseling program, where art 

experiences are integrated with most of your core 

classes. Combine your knowledge of visual arts 

and art processes with in-depth studies of 

psychotherapy and counseling. 

Mount Mary College 

2900 N. Menomonee River Parkway, Milwaukee, 

WI 53222-4597 

Contact: Judy Borawski 

Website: www.mtmary.edu 

Phone: (414) 443-3657 

E-mail: borawskj@mtmary.edu 

The Mount Mary College Art Therapy Programs 

(Doctoral, Masters, and Undergraduate) are 

committed to a relational, art-based philosophy and 

curriculum that educates students to become 

compassionate artist-therapists through academic, 

artistic, and experiential learning integrated with 

supervised clinical experience. 

Booth 4 

Booth 2 

Table 22 

Table 26 

Booth 15 

Naropa University 

2130 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, CO 80302 

Contact: Kelly Twedt 

Website: www.naropa.edu 

Phone: (800) 772-6951 

E-Mail:admissions@naropa.edu 

Transpersonal Art Therapy, as taught by Naropa, is 

both a perspective and a path. As a perspective, it 

encourages one to hold and blend spiritual convictions 

with therapeutic work. In terms of assessment and 

treatment, the transpersonal Art Therapist works 

toward the balance of body, mind, emotions and spirit. 

Notre Dame de Namur University 

1500 Ralston Avenue, Belmont, CA 94002 

Contact: Richard Carolan 

Website: www.arttherapy@ndnu.edu 

Phone: (650) 508-3556 

E-mail: rcarolan@ndnu.edu 

Notre Dame de Namur University offers two AATA 

approved masters programs; a Master’s in Art Therapy 

that qualifies graduates to sit for LPCC license and a 

Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy that qualifies 

graduates to sit for the MFT license. The department 

also offers post-master’s program and a Ph.D. in Art 

Therapy. 

Piel Canela Perú Fair Trade Organization 

1520 Wallace Rd, NW, Suite 204, Salem, OR 97304 

Contact: Maria Iris Espinoza 

Phone: (503) 390-9146 

E-mail: pielcanela04@gmail.com 

Peru Handicraft: Alpaca fiber clothing including 

wraps, capes, shawls, scarves, sweaters, gloves, 

socks, blankets, children’s sweaters, woven tapestries, 

finger puppets, musical instruments, and fine jewelry. 

Routledge Journals ~ Taylor & Francis 

326 Chestnut Street, Ste. 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106 

Contact: Emily Finley, Marketing Associate 

Website: www.taylorandfrancis.com 

Phone: (215) 606-4252 

E-mail: Emily.finley@taylorandfrancis.com 

Routledge Journals is proud to partner with the 

American Art Therapy Association in publishing the 

essential journal, Art Therapy: Journal of the American 

Art Therapy Association. Stop by the Routledge booth 

to pick up your free sample of Art Therapy and related 

publications in the Creative Arts Therapies. 

Southwestern College 

3960 San Felipe Road, Santa Fe, NM 87507 

Contact: Dru Phoenix 

Website: www.swc.edu 

Phone: (505) 467-6815 

E-Mail: admissions@swc.edu 

We offer a Master’s Degree in Counseling and a 

Master’s in Art Therapy/Counseling (the only one in 

beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico), with a strongly 

holistic emphasis. Our clinically seasoned and highly 

accomplished faculty members create transformational 

learning environments, wherein students are afforded 

opportunities for deeply meaningful interaction and 

sharing. 

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Booth 5 

Booths 

10, 11 

Booth 16 

Booth 20 

Table 25


Springfield College 

263 Alden Street, Springfield, MA 01062 

Contact: Dr. Simone Alter-Muri 

Website: www.springfieldcollege.edu 

Phone: (413) 748-3752 

E-Mail: saltermu@springfieldcollege.edu 

Springfield College offers an undergraduate and 

graduate education that blends theory, technique, 

creativity, and practice. In tradition with the 

Humanics philosophy, students are educated in art 

therapy curriculum focusing on the development of 

the total person “Spirit, mind and body-in service to 

all people.” 

Booth 6 

Triarco Arts and Crafts 

2600 Fernbrook Lane, Suite 100, Plymouth, MN 55447 

Contact: Luda Martynova 

Website: www.eTriarco.com 

Phone: (763) 551-2130 

E-mail: luda@triarcoarts.com 

Triarco Arts & Crafts has established the tradition and 

reputation of providing quality merchandise at 

competitive pricing, guaranteed satisfaction, and pride 

in customer service. Our catalog offers a wide 

selection of art materials and craft items! Contact us at 

www.eTriarco.com, call (800) 328-3360 or Fax us at 

(877) 727-2380. 

Booth 3 

The Tibetan Children’s Education Foundation 

P.O. Box 1403, Helena, MT 59602 

Contact: Valerie Hellermann 

Website: www.tibetchild.org 

Phone: (406) 439-3860 

E-mail: valerietibet@gmail.com 

TCEF is a Montana-based nonprofit dedicated to 

the preservation of Tibetan culture. Our three main 

areas of focus are preserving and sharing the 

culture, educating the children, and serving the 

people. TCEF brings the Venerable Ngawang 

Chojor here to Seattle to create the Sacred Sand 

Mandala, and to share the deep psychological and 

spiritual guidance offered in the sacred 

iconography. 

Booth 7 

University of Washington Alzheimer’s Disease 

Research Center (US ADRC) 

Contact: Sydney Lewis 

Website: www.uwadrc.org 

Phone: (206) 764-2984 

E-mail: sydney.lewis@va.gov 

The UW ADRC is committed to the study of dementia 

and the pursuit of innovations that might improve the 

lives of people with Alzheimer’s disease and their 

family members. Our projects combine cutting-edge 

technology and world-class clinical expertise with our 

past discoveries and 25-year legacy of conducting 

safe, rigorous research. 

Booth 19 

The Marketplace of Ideas is a vibrant conference venue where 

you can network with colleagues, learn from conference 

sponsors and exhibitors about products and resources that 

enhance your career, and hear informative presentations in 

the Marquee Theatre. Check out the author book signing 

schedule to have your favorite authors sign books available for 

purchase in the Conference Bookstore. Stay connected at the 

Cyber Café, and be sure to visit the American Art Therapy 

Association’s Member Services booth to meet our National 

Staff, and learn about member resources. Drop by the Open 

Art Studio to create and experiment with complimentary art 

supplies generously provided by Blick Art Materials. 

EXHIBIT HALL AND OPEN ART STUDIO HOURS 

(Open Art Studio sponsored by Blick Art Materials) 

Thursday, 9:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 

(Networking Break from 9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m.) 

Friday, 9:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 

(Networking Break from 9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m.) 



Presenter Index - Find sessions by presenter using page numbers. 

Abbenante, Josie 31 

Ainlay Anand, Susan 18, 25, 32 

Albright, Jennifer 26 

Alter-Muri, Simone 32, 34 

Anderson, Kim 27 

Andrus, Mary 26 

Artis, Karen 31 

Asawa, Paige 30, 33 

Asch, Rebecca 22 

Awais, Yasmine 23, 32 

Bagonis, Jessica 27 

Balabanov, Antoaneta 19 

Balfany, Craig 30 

Behnke, Deborah 23, 30 

Belkofer, Chris 24, 28, 30 

Betts, Donna 21, 31, 29 

Biermann, Heather 33 

Bishow-Semevolos, Jane 21 

Blach, Sue Ann 30 

Blausey, Daniel 27, 34 

Bloomgarden, Joan 23 

Brown Campbell, Kim 34 

Boyes, Susan 26 

Brown Treadon, Carolyn 23, 26 

Bursey, Ann 26 

Caolo, Kim 23 

Carlock-Russo, Margaret 23, 28 

Carlton, Natalie 22, 26 

Carolan, Richard 33 

Carter, Erin 29 

Casey, Elizabeth 33 

Chapin Stephenson, Raquel 28 

Clark, Ginna 18 

Councill, Tracy 23 

Crosland, Charlotte 24 

Davis, Emilee 32 

Dean, Michelle 32 

Deaver, Sarah 27, 31 

Dennis, Emily 34 

DeSouza, Jane 22, 32 

Dewey, Theresa 29 

DiScenna, Barbara 23 

Doby-Copeland, Cheryl 18, 19 

Dolan, Patricia 22 

Drass, Jessica 29 

Duncan, Rachel 23 

Elkis-Abuhoff, Deborah 25, 28 

Espinola, Maria 20 

Farrelly-Hansen, Mimi 20 

Feen-Calligan, Holly 24 

Fish, Barbara 18, 28, 30, 31 

Fitzsimmons, Katie 22, 28 

Fladager, Lisa 19 

Franklin, Michael 19, 21 

Fredman, Lonni Ann 22 

Freeman, Elizabeth 26 

Galaburri, Michael 30 

Gantt, Linda 18, 33 

Garrett, Julithe 19 

Gattone, Phillip 19 

Gavron, Tami 27 

Gerber, Nancy 33 

Gerity, Lanie 18, 25, 32 

Giba, Sara 22 

Giffin, Jade 24, 33 

Giles, Sally 24, 30 

Goebl-Parker, Shelly (E.M.) 23 

Goldblatt, Robert 25 

Goldman, Linda 26 

Grandi, Donna 23 

Grimes, Richard 25 

Griskiewicz, Alyssa 33 

Gussak, Dave 24, 26, 27, 32 

Haber, Meirav 30 

Haeseler, Martha 25 

Halpin, Lauren 32 

Hamilton, Meg 25, 27 

Harkness, Jennifer 21 

Harmon-Walker, Gaelan 27, 31 

Harouni, Saba 21 

Harvey, Maureen 25 

Hass-Cohen, Noah 18, 29 

Hawley, Lesley 23 

Heddy, Autumn 31 

Hege, Emily 27 

Heller, Krista 29, 34 



Hellermann, Valerie 33 

Hillinga Haas, Helena 24, 26 

Hinz, Lisa 35 

Hipple, Chelsea 21 

Horne, Kathleen 19 

Horovitz, Ellen 19, 31 

Hoshino, Janice 21, 23, 32 

Hughes, Shyanne 23 

Isis, Patricia 18, 19, 21, 26 

Jaworek, Joseph 32 

Jiao, Zichen 34 

Johnson, Kathryn 35 

Julsrud, Sara 27 

Kaiser, Donna 31 

Kapitan, Lynn 33 

Kelleher, Maureen 31 

Khanna, Mukti 19 

King, Juliet 28, 34 

Kirby, Michaela 33 

Kirschner, Tracey 25 

Klorer, Gussie 34 

Kobayashi, Toshiko 28 

Koch, Andrea 29 

Koff Chapin, Deborah 19, 29 

Kohut, Mary 20, 34 

Larsen, Kristen 21, 30 

Leigh, Heather 29 

Lenssen, Isabel 27 

L'Esperance, Noel 21 

Leverenz, James 25 

Lewis, Amber 31 

Lindemann, Evie 25, 27 

Little Bear, Deborah 27 

Lorenzo de la Pena, Sheila 22 

Louie, Stefanie 21, 33 

Loumeau-May, Laura 31, 35 

Lubbers, Darcy 24 

Lyonsmith, Angela 22, 23 

Mack, Kate 35 

Maher, Amanda 28 

Maloy, Rita 23 

Marlow, Susan 33 

Mason, Sharon 33 

McAlevey, Mary Ellen 20, 23 

McCarley, Linda 23 

McGann, Eileen 26 

McIntyre, Barbara 26 

Miller, Rebecca Beers 24, 25, 33 

Miller, Abbe 25 

Mills, Anne 35 

Misluk-Gervase, Eileen 22 

Moon, Bruce 23, 27, 30 

Moon, Cathy 22, 29 

Moreno, Julie 24 

Moriya, Dafna 34 

Morris, Frances 22 

Morrissey, Patrick 27 

Mulcahy, Karen 22 

Nolan, Emily 24 

Oechslie, Ed 20 

Olivera, Becky 30 

O'Rourke, Rachel 31 

Ozer, Sibel 18 

Palladino, Aimee 25 

Parker-Bell, Barbara 20, 27, 32 

Partridge, Erin 20, 25 

Perkal, Jeannette 22, 33 

Peterson, Caroline 18, 21, 28, 29 

Petterson, Barbara 27 

Plato, Katrina 19 

Potash, Jordan 18, 19, 28 

Prasad, Sangeeta 24 

Pugh, Meagan 20, 25 

Rainey, Lisa 26 

Raman Molitor, Melissa 22 

Rappaport, Laury 21, 29 

Ravichandran, Sangeetha 26, 29, 31, 33 

Regev, Dafna 27 

Reznick, Charlotte 33 

Riccardi, Maria 26 

Richardson, Jane 20, 23 

Ritscher, Lindsay 29 

Robb, Megan 31, 33 

Robbins, Jamie Kathleen 23 



Rodriguez, Angelina 25 

Rosal, Marcia 33 

Rosner David, Irene 23, 31 

Rubin, Judith 23 

Scheinberg, Paige 31 

Schroder, Deborah 22 

Schuldt, Becky 29, 34 

Schwartz, Katherine 22 

Sharnoff, Jonathan 27 

Sharpe, Deborah 28 

Shiflett, Cheryl 31 

Shore, Annette 19, 26 

Shultz, James 18 

Skinner, Carol 31 

Snir, Sharon 27 

St. John, Patricia 19, 25, 33 

Stallings, Jessica 29 

Stepney, Stella 20 

Stocker, Karen 23 

Susman, Melissa 21, 30 

Suto, Erengo 24 

Szego, Eva 19 

Talwar, Savneet 19, 29, 33 

Tedesco, Jen 28 

Tensum, Karma 31, 33 

Teoli, Laura 29 

ter Maat, Mercedes 20 

Thompson, Geoffrey 28 

Tidwell, Suzanne 23 

Tinnin, Louis 18, 33 

Tosatto, Ariana 25 

Touset, Vanessa 28 

Towne, Terry 23 

Tripp, Tally 33 

van der Vennet, Renee 32 

Vance, Lindsey 19 

Vick, Randy 27, 32 

Vitko, Lacy 19 

Wallingford, Sue 25 

Webb, Michelle 21 

Weiser, Judy 30 

Williams, Geraldine 22 

Willis-Rauch, Mallori 22 

Wix, Linney 22, 31 

Wolf Bordonaro, Gaelynn 34 

Wu, Ming Fu 28 

Yiu, Josh 31 



44th ANNUAL CONFERENCE 

Seattle, WA ▪ June 26-30, 2013 

Continuing Education Credits (CECs) Certificate 

Payment by Check Form and Payment by Credit Card Form (for AATA Processing) 

American Art Therapy Association CECs are defined as the number of actual clock hours spent in direct participation in 

a structured educational format as a learner. The Association does not provide CEC certificates for presenters and 

instructors. However, some credential and licensing bodies, such as the Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB) may 

award credit to presenters. Please check with your credential and/or licensing body for instructions on how to attain 

presenter CEC credit. It is each attendee’s responsibility to know if her or his licensing or credentialing body will accept 

the American Art Therapy Association’s CECs. American Art Therapy Association is recognized by the following 

organizations as an approved provider of continuing education credits: National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) - 

Provider Number: 5760, and The California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) - Approval Number: PCE 1044, and the 

Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB). 

Members - $20 Non-Members - $30 

Payment Online by Credit Card: You may request your CEC Certificate via the Conference Proceedings website and pay 

the administrative request fee online by credit card. This provides you with immediate access to your Certificate. 

Please visit: www.xcdsystem.com/aata2013/proceedings, or the Association’s website: www.arttherapy.org. 

Payment by Credit Card for AATA Processing: If you prefer to have us process your credit card payment, please 

complete the information below and return this form as indicated on the bottom of the form. 

Payment by Check Process: If you want to pay your administrative request fee by check please complete the request 

form below and return the form via mail, with your check made payable to AATA, as indicated at the bottom of this 

form. 

Payment Method: Check/Mail only Credit Card: Visa MasterCard Am. Express Discover 

Name: 

Email Address (Required): 

Are you An AATA Member? Yes No 

Credit Card #: 

Exp. Date 

Credit Cardholder’s Name: 

Credit Card Billing Address: 

Street Address City State/Province Zip/Postal Code 

Authorized Signature for Credit Card: 

Once your form and payment has been received we will send you an e-mail with the instructions and the link to 

complete your evaluation form online and access your CEC Certificate. 

Return this completed form with your payment (Members $20; Non-Members $30) in one of 3 convenient ways: 

(1) Mail: American Art Therapy Association 

Attn: CEC Certificate 

4875 Eisenhower Ave, Suite 240 

Alexandria, Virginia 22304 

(2) Fax: (703) 783-8468 (credit card payments only) 

(3) E-mail: conferenceinfo@arttherapy.org (credit card payments only) 

Date: 

Questions-please e-mail conferenceinfo@arttherapy.org, or call (888) 290-0878, or (703) 548-5860. 


We Invite You to Join 

the American Art Therapy Association 

Membership in the American Art Therapy Association provides the latest information on the state of 

art therapy, connects you to more than 5,000 top practitioners in their field, and extends membership 

discounts and outstanding benefits that make membership a great investment to enhance your career. 

Members of the American Art Therapy Association access a wide array of valuable benefits. As a 

member you can: 

• Receive a 25% savings on the Annual Conference July 9-13, 2014, in San Antonio, TX, where you can network 

with art therapists, healthcare professionals, educators, therapists, counselors, researchers, students, and 

others interested in the field of art therapy from around the world and earn valuable CECs approved by NBCC. 

• Read your free issue of Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association full of research, practice, 

and educational techniques that are being used by ground-breaking art therapists from around the world. 

Free access to the archived editions is also available for members. 

• Access archived historic documents in the convenient and fully automated new online Archives of the 

American Art Therapy Association. 

• Learn and receive Continuing Education Credits (CECs) through the online distance learning center: The 

Institute for Continuing Education in Art Therapy and at the Annual Conference by attending educational 

sessions … all at low member rates. 

• Participate in the Association’s governance, and volunteer as a public relations Ambassador to the media to 

gain valuable experience to help shape your career and your profession. 

• Access jobs in art therapy and related fields, through our online job board, our Career Toolkits that directly 

link art therapists to employer groups, and Find-a-Therapist (Art Therapist) online locator system that reaches 

more than 2.4 million visitors annually. 

• Receive discounts year-round on more than 45 programs including professional liability insurance, health and 

dental care, technology purchases, website design and hosting services, art supplies, and the list goes on. 

To join the American Art Therapy Association please 

visit: www.arttherapy.org, or call (888) 290-0878. 

Keep Earning CECs after the Conference Through the American Art Therapy Association’s 

Institute for Continuing Education in Art Therapy 

More than 40 courses provide a convenient online campus for you to 

expand your knowledge about art therapy and earn valuable CECs. 

We’re Looking for Course Authors Too! 

E-mail conferenceinfo@arttherapy.org 

Visit the online campus at: http://arttherapy.trainingcampus.net/ 


We invite you to attend the 

American Art Therapy 

Association’s 45th Annual 

Conference 

San Antonio, TX ▪ July 9-13, 2014 

The American Art Therapy Association will host the 45th Annual Conference in San Antonio, TX, July 9-13, 2014, at the Hyatt 

Regency on the River Walk. The theme of the 45th Annual Conference, Art Therapy: Trailblazing the Future, will focus on the 

latest innovations in art therapy practice and cutting-edge research in the field. The conference will provide a forum for 

attendees to visualize what the future of art therapy can look like for both the therapist and client. Presentations will bring 

together the latest theories and methods that demonstrate how art therapists can grow, become energized, and promote 

the profession of art therapy in a competitive environment. 

San Antonio offers the perfect setting for this conference, providing an atmosphere of wide open spaces, with a festive and 

spiritual flow of the river to enhance the creative and progressive nature of forging new trails in art therapy. Attendees will 

be able to take advantage of all that San Antonio has to offer in a variety of cultural, educational, and historical venues. 

Here are the top five reasons you should attend: 

• Superior educational sessions - Choose from more than 160 educational 

sessions presented by leading art therapists that provide access to more than 

30 continuing education credits (CECs) accepted by NBCC, The California 

Board of Behavioral Sciences, and ATCB! 

• Exceptional networking opportunities - Meet and learn from some of the 

world's leading art therapists. 

• Hear from nationally recognized keynote speakers who will present the 

latest art therapy clinical approaches and innovations, and share best 

practice program models. 

• Experience a stunning conference location – San Antonio, TX provides a 

central location, and our conference hotel is located across from the Alamo, 

and on the famous River Walk that provides convenient access to magnificent 

restaurants, shops, and nightlife. A culture with roots in Mexico, Germany, and 

the Old West provides an “only in San Antonio” experience. San Antonio is 

infused with culture, with unique museums featuring special collections, and 

a thriving arts community. Plan to bring your family to experience tons of fun 

including the world’s largest marine life park, Sea World San Antonio, Six Flags 

Fiesta Texas, and more! 

• Outstanding and affordable accommodations – A special discounted rate 

has been secured at the Hyatt Regency and our educational sessions will be 

held within the hotel! 

Early bird registration opens November 22, 2013. 

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Proposals are being accepted online until August 23, 2013. 

Visit www.arttherapy.org to learn more.

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