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Full Conference Schedule - Saturday, June 29, 2013 FS6042 ▪ Art on Trial: Art Therapy and Assessment for a Capital Murder Case Dave Gussak, Ph.D., ATR-BC 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 Location: Convention Center, 607, Sixth Floor 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 Location: Convention Center, 603, Sixth Floor 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 Location: Convention Center, 606, Sixth Floor 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. Digital Poster Sessions 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 Location: Convention Center, 609, Sixth Floor 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 Location: Convention Center, 610, Sixth Floor 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. Master Supervision Groups ES9291 ▪ Reconnecting the Art Therapist with the Healing Presence Joseph Jaworek, M.A., ATR-BC Location: Convention Center, 602, Sixth Floor 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 Location: Convention Center, 604, Sixth Floor 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 Location: Convention Center, 607, Sixth Floor 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 Jane DeSouza, M.P.S., ATR-BC, LCAT Location: Convention Center, 606, Sixth Floor 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. 32 www.arttherapyconference.com| AATA 44th Annual Conference | Seattle, WA
Full Conference Schedule - Saturday, June 29, 2013 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 Location: Convention Center, 612, Sixth Floor 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. Digital Poster Sessions SC3102 ▪ The Stehekin Kite Project: Eco-Art Therapy in Practice Heather Biermann, B.F.A., Master’s Candidate, and Susan Marlow, M.Ed. Location: Convention Center, 609, Sixth Floor 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 Location: Convention Center, 611, Sixth Floor 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 Location: Convention Center, 608, Sixth Floor 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 Location: Marketplace of Ideas, Marquee Theatre, 6A 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 Location: Convention Center, 612, Sixth Floor 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 Location: Convention Center, 608, Sixth Floor 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. Location: Convention Center, 611, Sixth Floor 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. Workshops (Separate registration required) PP2203 ▪ Visualizing Resilience: An Experiential Art Therapy Workshop Paige Asawa, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LMFT, and Stefanie Louie, M.A., ATR-BC Location: Convention Center, 613, Sixth Floor 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 Location: Convention Center, 605, Sixth Floor 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. AATA 44th Annual Conference | Seattle, WA | www.arttherapyconference.com 33
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