Conference Program

Full Conference Schedule - Friday, June 28, 2013
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
Location: Convention Center, 603, Sixth Floor
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
Location: Convention Center, 602, Sixth Floor
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.
Location: Convention Center, 604, Sixth Floor
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
Location: Convention Center, 607, Sixth Floor
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
Location: Convention Center, 606, Sixth Floor
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
Location: Convention Center, 609, Sixth Floor
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
Location: Convention Center, 610, Sixth Floor
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
Location: Convention Center, 606, Sixth Floor
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.
Location: Convention Center, 602, Sixth Floor
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
Location: Convention Center, 603, Sixth Floor
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.
Location: Convention Center, 604, Sixth Floor
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.
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