Conference Program

Full Conference Schedule - Thursday, June 27, 2013
PP2128 ▪ Art Therapy and Social Problem-Solving: Using
Creativity to Cope with Chronic Illness
Barbara Parker-Bell, Psy.D., ATR-BC
Location: Convention Center, 614, Sixth Floor
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
Location: Convention Center, 606, Sixth Floor
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.
Location: Convention Center, 607, Sixth Floor
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
Location: Convention Center, 602, Sixth Floor
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
Location: Convention Center, 604, Sixth Floor
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.
Digital Poster Sessions
MS3095 ▪ Creating a Healing Community: Art Therapy
Support Group for Pediatric Hospital Employees
Mary Kohut, M.A., ATR-BC, PCC
Location: Convention Center, 609, Sixth Floor
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
Location: Convention Center, 610, Sixth Floor
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.
Master Supervision Groups
ES9028 ▪ Adults with Severe Mental Illness
Mary Ellen McAlevey, M.A., ATR-BC, ATCS, LPC, ACS
Location: Convention Center, 602, Sixth Floor
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
Location: Convention Center, 604, Sixth Floor
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
Location: Convention Center, 607, Sixth Floor
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.
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