Art Therapy

Resilience, Recovery &Art Therapy36th CanadianArt TherapyAssociationConferenceKeynote SpeakerDebra Linesch, PhD, MFT, ATR-BC20+ presentations and hands-onworkshops by Art Therapyprofessionals.36th Candian Art TherapyAssociation ConferenceHalifax, NSOctober 16-18, 2015The Lord Nelson HotelOctober 16-18, 2015canadianarttherapy.orgHalifax, NScataconferencechair@gmail.comThe Lord Nelson Hotel

RECOVERY, RESILIENCE & ART THERAPYThe Canadian Art Therapy Association ConferenceOctober 16 - 18, 2015The Lord Nelson Hotel, Halifax1515 South Park St, HalifaxNS B3J 2L2Register online at:http://canadianarttherapy.org/event-1896175Visit canadianarttherapy.org for information on:AccommodationsFlightsGround transportationAttractions in Halifax & Nova Scotia

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16Block1ImperialBallroom2RegencyBallroom3Belleisle 14Vanguard 17:00 -9:30 am BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATIONHalf-day workshops are 3 hrs. Other workshops/panels are 80 minutes,papers/posters are 50 minutes, with 10-minute break between sessions.5Vanguard 26Britannia19:30 am -12 pmAA1 - KEYNOTEADDRESSDr Debra LineschResiliency andRecovery in theHistory of ArtTherapy12:00 -1:30 pmLUNCH1:30 pm2:00 pmB1:30 - 4:30B1/C1 -WORKSHOPDr Fyre JeanGravelineAn Openingfor SpiritualResilience: SoulPrinting1:30 - 2:50B3 - PANELMonicaCarpendale & Dr.John L. PlewsA Dialogue toInspire Arts-BasedResearch1:30 - 2:20B4 - PAPERDr. Michal Bat OrSeparatenessRepresentationsin Mothers ofPreschoolers in aSculpting Task: ActiveStrives in Growth andResiliency1:30 - 2:20B5 - PAPERJudith SianoArt Therapyand DevelopingResilience in aMulti-CulturalSociety1:30 - 2:50B6 - WORKSHOPTzafi WeinbergHypnotic ArtTherapy2:30 pm 2:30 - 3:20C4- PAPERPatricia Hoi Ling KiTelling a DifferentStory about EatingDisorders: Reflections3:00 pmon Historical and SocialContexts and Women’sNarratives about Well-Being and RecoveryC3:30 pm BREAK BREAK2:30 - 3:20C5 - PAPERChristine Lummis& MichelleWinkelExploringResilienceThrougha Japanese Lens3:00 - 3:50C6 - POSTERAdler UniversityVancouverCampus StudentsImages ofResilience:a PowerPointPresentation4:00 pm4:30 pmD4:00 - 5:20D3 - WORKSHOPDr. WendyStewartMusic, the Brain,Therapy andHealth4:00 - 4:50D4 - PAPERSuzanne BorduasArt Therapyas a PromisingPractice forClients WithSelf-HarmingBehaviours4:00 - 5:20D5 - WORKSHOPLucia SimoncicovaCreating a Safeand EnjoyableSanctuary:Connecting WithMy Resilient Self4:00 - 5:20D6 - WORKSHOPHaley TollThe CanadianArt TherapyAssociationJournal:Explaining NewChanges andImprovements5:00 pm5:30 -7:00 pm7:00 -10 pmWine, Tasty Tidbits& Entertainment

2SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17Block1ImperialBallroom2RegencyBallroom3Belleisle 14Vanguard 18:00 -9:00 am BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION9:00 am9:30 am10: 00amE9:00 - 12:00E1/F1 -WORKSHOPStraja Linder-King& Dr. MadelineRughNatural ResilienceandAnimal-AssistedArt Therapy9:00 - 10:20E3 - WORKSHOPAmanda Gee& Donna LeeHealing Lines: ArtTherapy, Traumaand People withIntellectualDisabilities9:00 - 10:20E4 - WORKSHOPDr. Debra LineschExploring OurIdentity10:30 am BREAK11:00 am11:30 amF11:00 - 11:50F3 - PAPERSharonaBookbinderSynopsis of theOpen-Studio ArtTherapy at theOdette CancerCentre11:00 - 11:50F4 - PAPERNicole LevesqueClotheslineCommunityProject: Engaging aCommunity ThroughArt, One Year PostNatural Disaster, HighRiver, AB5Vanguard 29:00 - 9:50E5 - PAPERDr Ruth GrantKalischuk& Aleitha WardComplimentaryTherapy Use AmongThose Living withCancer: Navigatingthe Health CareEnvironment11:00 - 11:50F5 - PAPERDr Tuula HeinonenResponse ArtUsing Collage,Drawing andNarrative withGraduate SocialWork Students6Britannia9:00 - 10:20E6 - WORKSHOPJacquelineSteudlerHealing forGrieving Hearts11:00 - 11:50F6 - PAPERRev. LauriPonsford HillTherapist’s LivedExperience ofIntegrating Self-Portraiture12:00 -2:00 pmCATA AnnualGeneral MeetingLUNCH2:00 pm2:30 pm3:00 pmG2:00 - 5:00G1/H1 -OUTDOORWORKSHOPFyre JeanGravelineExploringResiliencyThrough EarthMother: ANatural Artist2:00 - 5:00G2/H2 -OUTDOORWORKSHOPMonicaCarpendale& Judith SianoEARTh andHeART:Resilience andReflectionin the CreativeProcess2:00 - 3:20G3 - WORKSHOPAmy Angheluta& RachelaBuonincontriCreativity:Nourishing thePractice of aTherapist2:00 - 2:50G4 - PAPERDr. Mary NortonCreative ArtsTherapies toSupport Wellnessand Resilience:ExploringPossibilities InPractice3:30 pm BREAK4:00 pm4:30 pmH4:00 - 5:20H3 - WORKSHOPSarah GreenallAn Explorationof ColouredModelling ClayAs a TherapeuticModality4:00 - 5:20H4 - WORKSHOPVeronica HyattLifeline:Reflecting OnPast Resilienceto StrengthenResilience MovingForward4:00 - 4:50H5 - PAPERDr. ChristineLummisSocial Context andSelf-Definitionin TreatmentApproaches: Multi-Cultural Research andTheory Developmentfor Therapeutic Body-Mapping2:00 - 3:20G6 - WORKSHOPRapinder KaurMe Power:Helping Childrenwith ComplexNeeds BuildResiliencyThrough Time-Limited ArtTherapy4:00 - 5:20H6 - PANELCATA AdvocacyCommitteeTzafi Weinberg,ChairPromoting theProfessionof Art Therapy5:00 pm5:30 pm6:00 -12 amNOCTURNE HALIFAX 2015 - ART AT NIGHT (various venues until midnight)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18Block1ImperialBallroom2RegencyBallroom3Belleisle 14Vanguard 18:00 -9:00 am BREAKFAST OR HEARTY SNACK & REGISTRATION9:00 am9:30 am10 am -12:00pmI9:00 - 12:00I1 - WORKSHOPMonicaCarpendaleBRAGS: An ArtsBased SupervisionWorkshop9:00 - 12:00I3 - WORKSHOPAnna Dos SantosPhenomenologicalArt-Making inRelation toPersonal WholeBrain PreferenceProfiles9:00 - 12:0014 - WORKSHOPRosita LuiBody, Mindand Health: ArtTherapy WithPeople WithDementia inSingapore5Vanguard 29:00 - 9:50I5 - PAPERDr. Fyre JeanGravelineBuilding FamilyResilienceOn a CancerJourney:PerformanceHeART6Britannia9:00 - 12:00I6 - WORKSHOPMehdi NaimiThe CollageProcess and theProcessing ofCollage312:00 -12:30 pmBREAK12:30 -1:00 pm J Closing Ceremony1:00 -1:30 pm1:30 -4:00 pmCATA BoardMeetingÌÌÌÌÌÌ ÌÍÌÙÌÍÍÌÌÌNocturne: Art at NightÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌ ö ÌÌÍÍÌÌÍÌÍÌÌÍÌÍÌÍÌÍÌÍSaturday, October 17, 6 pm to midnightÛÛÛÛÌÌö ÌÌÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓó ÓÌÌÌÌÌÌÓÌÌö ÌÌÌÓÓÓßÛÌÛÌßßÌÛßßßÓßNocturne: Art at Night is a completely free annual eventthat showcases and celebrates the visual arts scene inHalifax. It takes place in and around downtown Halifaxand downtown Dartmouth, linked by the ferry. Designedand planned by volunteers, is an opportunity for everyoneto experience the art of Halifax in a whole new light. TheNocturne event guide provides details about exhibitions ingalleries and public spaces throughout the city.Visit the event guide at http://m.nocturnehalifax.ca/homeTag your social media posts with #NocHfx15!Image source: http://nocturnehalifax.ca/WINE, TASTY TIDBITS &ENTERTAINMENTWe will have music, fantastic wine, and some great local foodto inspire your taste buds.Meet your fellow conference attendees, shake your hips, andconnect in a joyful way.Share this great evening with us.Friday, October 16, 7 – 10 pm in the Recency BallroomPurchase tickets online athttp://canadianarttherapy.org/event-1896175

4PRESENTERS & PRESENTATIONSAdler University (Vancouver Campus)Artists: Raman Samra, Craig Lee, Lauren O’Keefe,Elizabeth RamseyPoster Presentation: Images of ResilienceTime: Friday October 16, 3:00 – 3:50 pmPowerpoint presentation showcasing the artwork of thecounselling art therapy students.Amy AngehelutaAmy Angheluta is a Canadian Certified Counsellor andProfessional Art Therapist. Amy works in private practicespecializing in grief, serious illness, chronic conditions, endof life issues, and major life issues. Through strength basedapproaches, Amy invites the use of the creative arts as a meansof promoting wholeness and personal growth.Workshop (80 minutes, with Rachela Buonincontri): Creativity:Nourishing the Practice of a TherapistTime: Saturday, October 17, 2:00 – 3:20 pmParticipants are invited to come back to their creative roots andexplore their growing edge through the arts. In this experientialworkshop participants will be guided in using art as a way ofnourishing their practices, and exploring their role in theirpersonal and professional lives.Dr. Michal Bat OrMichal Bat Or, PhD is an art therapist in private practice, anda lecturer and a researcher in the Graduate School of CreativeArt Therapies in the University of Haifa, Israel. Her professionalpublications have inquired into art expression as revealingmental presentations, emotional and cognitive aspects inchildren and adults.Paper: Separateness Representations in Mothers of Preschoolersin a Sculpting Task: Active Strives in Growth and ResiliencyTime: Friday October 16, 1:30 – 2:20 pmThe article presents art-based data created by mothersto preschoolers, and verbal data that reflect mother’sinterpretations of their art-works. Findings are discussed in lightof psychoanalytic and attachment theories and methodologyissues regarding analyzing visual with verbal data.Sharona BookbinderSharona Bookbinder, BSc, DTATI, OATR, RCAT, MBA (pend), hasbeen in the field of art therapy for 23 years. In the last 19 years,she has specialized in geriatric, palliative and cancer patientsusing Art Therapy. Sharona currently works full time as aRegistered Art Therapist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre,Toronto, Ontario.Paper: Synopsis of the Open-Studio Art Therapy Pilot at theOdette Cancer CentreTime: Saturday, October 17, 11:00 – 11:50 amThis is a synopsis of the first year of an art therapy pilot at theOdette Cancer Centre. This workshop will describe open studioart therapy for cancer outpatients. Successes and challengesof pioneering this program as well as recommendations for thefuture will be discussed.Suzanne BorduasSuzanne Borduas holds her Master’s Level training fromthe Toronto Art therapy Institute, Registration and BoardCertification with the American Art Therapy Association andRegistration with the Ontario College of Social Workers andSocial Service Providers. Suzanne works for Kinark Child andFamily Services, the largest children’s mental health servicesin Ontario. Her role includes providing clinical art therapy forindividuals, educating staff in the benefits of art therapy andproviding CBT and narrative therapy for children and families inher capacity as a family social worker.Paper: Art therapy as a Promising Practice for Client with Self-Harming BehaviourTime: Friday, October 16, 4:00 – 4:50 pmThis presentation demonstrates the art therapy journey thata 16 year old young woman experienced in her recovery fromoverwhelming feelings and behaviours that were negativelyimpacting the quality her life.Rachela BuonincontriRachela Buonincontri is a Registered Provisional Psychologistand Art Therapist. Rachela works in private practice in areasincluding trauma, grief, sexual abuse, neglect, and health andwellness. Rachela explores the use of creative arts to assist inmovement towards healing.Workshop (80 minutes, with Amy Angheluta): Creativity:Nourishing the Practice of a TherapistTime: Saturday, October 17, 2:00 – 3:20 pmParticipants are invited to come back to their creative roots andexplore their growing edge through the arts. In this experientialworkshop participants will be guided in using art as a way ofnourishing their practices, and exploring their role in theirpersonal and professional lives.Monica CarpendaleMonica Carpendale, BFA, DVATI, RCAT, HLM, BCATR, founderand executive director of the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute, BC.She has produced films, designed therapeutic communicationgames and written articles and books on art therapy: Essenceand Praxis in the Art Therapy Studio and A Traveler’s Guide toArt Therapy Supervision.Panel (with Dr. John Plews): A Dialog to Inspire Arts-BasedResearchTime: Friday, October 16, 1:30 – 2:50 pmMonica and John will outline the principles of arts basedresearch and indigenous research methodologies. They willgive examples from both their own research and some of thework they are engaged in with their students. They have had anongoing dialogue and shared enthusiasm for research that theywish to draw on to inspire other art therapists and art therapyeducators. They will invite questions and participation from theaudience.Workshop (3 hours, with Judith Siano): EARTh and HeART:Resilience and Reflection in the Creative ProcessTime: Saturday, October 17, 2:00 – 5:00 pm

A workshop based on a creative collaborative dialogue fromtwo different places in the world. A shared inspiration and beingtempered in the heat and the cold, reflecting on our experiencein nature and art, explorations of metaphor and meaning.Resilience and the ability to bounce back to re-establish balancewill be explored with regards to therapy and education.Workshop: BRAGS: An Art-Based Supervision WorkshopTime: Sunday, October 18, 9:00 am – 12:00 pmThis art therapy supervision workshop will use art making andwriting to give expression and voice to a deeper understandingthe therapeutic story. The use of BRAGS will introduce astrength based approach to strengthen the clinical andsupervisory relationships. The theoretical framework includesphenomenology, social constructivism and metaphor theory.Anna Dos SantosAnna Dos Santos (MA. RPC, MPCP, CPCCP.) is a licencedpsychotherapist and professional art therapist from Abbotsford,B.C. She is the master trainer and supervisor for NBI WholeBrain Assessment Practitioners in Canada. In 2014 shepresented at the 20th World Creativity Conference in SouthAfrica.Workshop (3 hours): Phenomenological Art Making in Relationto Personal Whole Brain Preference ProfilesTime: Sunday, October 18, 9:00 am – 12:00 pmDuring this interactive workshop participants will apply wholebrain principles discovered from neuroscience researchto process and translate their phenomenological art. Theexploration of their own stream of consciousness art imagewill be used to determine their personal and unique brainpreference profile.Amanda GeeAmanda Gee is a Registered Canadian Art Therapist andRegistered Psychotherapist, and has over 15 years experienceworking in the field of developmental services. She currentlyworks as an Art Therapist at Vita Community Living Services andMens Sana Families for Mental Health in Toronto, Ontario.Workshop (80 minutes, with Donna Lee): Healing Lines: ArtTherapy, Trauma and People with Intellectual DisabilitiesTime: Saturday, October 17, 9:00 – 10:20 amThis presentation will examine the impact of trauma on the livesof people with intellectual disabilities, and explore the waysthat art therapy is uniquely suited as a powerful and accessiblemodality to foster healing and resilience in this population.Fyre Jean GravelineFyre Jean Graveline is an enthusiastic art therapist, prolificmulti-media artist, published author, political poet, nouveaublogger, earth-worshipping ceremonial leader, dedicatedenvironmental activist. Originally from Northern Metis BushCountry. Currently considers Nova Scotia home. To connect,you can contact her at fyrejean@eastlink.ca, check out her blogwww.earthingwithart.wordpress.com, or explore her websitewww.circleworksconsulting.com.Workshop (3 hours): Exploring Resiliency through Earth Mother:A Natural ArtistTime: Saturday, October 17, 2:00 – 5:00 pmCome, witness and experience Mother Earth as a NaturalArtist, and engage in an earth-based opportunity to deepenyour Resilience through enhanced Earth connection. BothCeremonial and Practical, this hands-on workshop is designedto Ground you, and reCreate you in Harmony with MotherEarth as the Original Artist. Drumming, Song, Breath, Story,and Indigenous Earth-based spiritual teachings will be shared.Creations to Respect, Thank, Love and Heal Earth Mother will beproduced.Arts-based Presentation: Building Family Resilience on a CancerJourney: Performance heARTTime: Sunday, October 18, 9:00 – 9:50 amIf you have faced a Cancer Journey, for yourself or a lovedone, you know that diagnosis, medical “healing” processes,and outcomes can be devastating. Come and witness HealingImages (collage journal work and paintings) accompanied bySpoken Word, created to build our Resilience as a Family, whensupporting our Daughter through her death-defying CancerJourney. The art and poetry is visceral and emotional, and maybring up deep feelings in participants.Workshop (3 hours): An Opening for Spiritual Resilience: SoulPrintingTime: Friday, October 16, 1:30 – 4:30 pmOpening and closing with song and drum, I will show a series ofart images created using a soul printing technique. Each Imagewill be accompanied by spoken word. Participants will be givenan opportunity to respond, raise questions, experience theirown encounter with soul printing, and sharing their experience.Sarah GreenallSarah Greenall is a professional member of the Ontario ArtTherapy Association (OATA) and is also the CommunicationsChair for the Board of Directors 2013-15 for OATA. She hasexperience working with seniors, adults and special populationsto facilitate self-exploration using imagery, colour, and shape.Workshop (80 minutes): An Exploration of the Use of ColouredModeling Clay as a Therapeutic ModalityTime: Saturday, October 17, 4:00 – 5:20 pmParticipants will explore the use of coloured modelling clayon canvas for use as a therapeutic modality in practice. Eachparticipant will be given the chance to experiment, learntechniques for using the modeling clay and create their ownpiece of unique modelling clay art.Dr. Tuula HeinonenTuula Heinonen, Professor with the Faculty of Social Work,University of Manitoba, holds a Doctorate of Philosophy fromthe University of Sussex, UK, a Master of Social Work fromMcGill University and is completing an Advanced Art TherapyDiploma from VATI. Primary interests are visual art practice withrefugees, older persons and international students and artsbasedqualitative inquiry.Paper: Response art: Using Collage, Drawing and Narrative withSocial Work StudentsTime: Saturday, October 17, 11:00 – 11:50 amPresentation will discuss aspects of graduate supervision in aprofessional discipline and draw on concepts in adult education,discussing a complementary method of supervision based on5

6arts-informed supervision and my experiences and selectedproducts of it.Lauri Ponsford-HillLaurie Ponsford-Hill is a Registered Art Therapist, RegisteredSocial Worker, Registered Marriage and Family Therapist,Certified Canadian Counsellor and Accredited FamilyMediator. Laurie is a Doctoral Candidate for Spiritual Care andPsychotherapy program and is a therapist working in privatepractice in both London and Woodstock, Ontario.Paper: Therapists Lived Experience of Integrating Self-PortraitureTime: Saturday, October 17, 11:00 – 11:50 amPresentation of doctoral thesis research using the full-bodiedself-portrait and journaling as a self-reflective practice over afour week period. The use of the self-portrait is an amazingand insightful experience and outlining cultural, self-concept,change, artistic change, and integration of lived-experience forthe therapist will be discussed. Presentation of the self-portraitsthemselves will be an added visual experience.Veronica HyattVeronica Hyatt has been practicing art therapy since 2002.She has worked with people dealing with eating disorders,substance abuse, cancer support, anxiety, depression – andlife transitions. She has worked with young adults experiencingcultural transition. She has taken a keen interest in how stressaffects learning.Workshop (80 minutes): Lifelines: Reflecting on Past Resilienceto Strengthen Resilience Moving ForwardTime: Saturday, October 17, 4:00 – 5:20 pmParticipants will learn about and make a lifeline: a visualretrospective representation of a person’s life. Reflecting on itwith a therapist is valuable in allowing a client to see previousexamples of resilience and effective coping strategies, and thushow they can be applied to future challenges. Participantswill see example lifelines and make their own. Lifelines areparticularly useful for populations dealing with transition.Dr. Ruth Grant KalishukRuth Grant Kalischuk, RN, PhD, is a Professor of Nursing in theFaculty of Health Sciences at the University of Lethbridge. Sheteaches in both undergraduate and graduate programs. Herresearch interests include: health and healing, gambling-relatedresearch, health and the environment, women’s health, andend-of-life care.Paper (with Aleitha Ward): Complimentary Therapy Useamong Those Living with Cancer: Navigating the Health CareEnvironmentTime: Saturday, October 17, 9:00 – 9:50 amAn art-based, grounded theory will be presented pertinentto cancer patients’ experiences of navigating the health careenvironment while accessing and utilizing complementarytherapies for their cancer care. Data collection for this researchincluded small group processes where participant drawings,reflexive writing, and personal experiences were shared andtranscribed.Rapinder KaurRapinder Kaur is registered Art Psychotherapist who has over18 years of experience in the mental health field. Rapindercurrently runs a private art therapy practice in the GTA andworks with all ages groups with a specialization in traumainformed care. Rapinder is passionate about self-empowermentand facilitating a process where individuals realize their truepotential.Workshop (80 minutes): “Mepower”: Helping Children withComplex Needs Build Resiliency through Time Limited ArtTherapyTime: Saturday, October 17, 2:00 – 3:20 pmThis workshop is ideal for art therapists who work with childrenwho have experienced significant trauma or exhibit complexneeds. In this experiential workshop participants will be givena toolkit of techniques. These techniques are designed toprovide children an opportunity to build resilience through theconcept of MEPOWER. This strength- based, trauma informedattachment based perspective is ideal for time limited therapy.Patricia Hoi-Ling KiPatricia Ki, BFA DTATI MSW RSW is an art therapist andregistered social worker. She currently works as a counsellor ina supportive housing program in Toronto, Ontario for womenliving with mental health and substance use issues. Herunderstanding of eating and body image issues stems from herown journey in surviving self-starvation in her teenage years,and in working with individuals dealing with these challenges asa volunteer, researcher and service provider since 2006.Paper: Telling a Different Story about ‘Eating Disorders’:Reflections on Historical and Social Contexts and Women’sNarratives about Well-Being and RecoveryTime: Friday, October 16, 2:30 – 3:20 pmThis presentation offers a post-structuralist analysis of how‘eating disorders’ are discursively constructed, rather thansimply originating from individual pathologies. It also presentsnarratives of women who utilized art-making to addresstheir struggles and challenge the ‘disordered’ self-identity.Implications for practice and self-reflections from a nonpathologizingstance will be discussed.Straja L. KingStraja Linder King MA ATR-BC is a Board Certified RegisteredClinical Art Therapist currently teaches at the University ofLethbridge, Alberta, Canada and holds a private practice atthe Strawberry Moon Studio. Linder King is a printmaker,published poet and Animal-Assisted (AAT) (AAAT) © specialist.She has been designing art therapy programs, workshops andpresentations both nationally and internationally for over15 years. Straja holds a Master’s degree in Art Therapy andtwo bachelor degrees both ‘With Distinction’ in Fine Arts andArt History from the University of Calgary. Ms. Linder Kinghas pioneered art in healing from a spiritual/nature-basedperspective in Alberta Canada and does innovative work inhealth sciences, special education and gerontology.Workshop (3 hour, with Madeline Rugh): Natural Resilience andAnimal-Assisted Art Therapy©Time: Saturday, October 17, 9:00 am – 12:00 pmResearch on resilience indicates that good relationships are

critical to developing resiliency. However, most studies focuson human relationships to the exclusion of the natural world.Walking with a therapy dog and creating a story-stick willdemonstrate the value of including the more-than-human realmin cultivating Natural ResilienceDonna LeeDonna Lee has a Master of Arts in Critical Disability Studies andover 20 years experience working in the fields of developmentalservices and mental health. She currently works at DartmouthAdult Services Centre, as the Client Support Specialist providingsupport to adults with intellectual disabilities.Workshop (80 minutes, with Amanda Gee): Healing Lines: ArtTherapy, Trauma and People with Intellectual DisabilitiesTime: Saturday, October 17, 9:00 – 10:20 amThis presentation will examine the impact of trauma on the livesof people with intellectual disabilities, and explore the waysthat art therapy is uniquely suited as a powerful and accessiblemodality to foster healing and resilience in this population.Nicole LevesqueNicole Levesque, BFA DVATI is a professional member of CATAand of the CATA Prairie Chapter. Currently working in privatepractice as an Art Therapist in the M.D. of the Foothills inSouthern Alberta. Recent focus of practice has been helpingresidents in the area affected by the flood of 2013.Paper: “Clothesline Community Project”: Engaging A CommunityThrough Art, One Year Post Natural Disaster, High River, AlbertaTime: Saturday, October 17, 11:00 – 11:50 amLearn how High River Alberta was invited to participate in acommunity art therapy project one year post natural disaster.See how over 1,200 images came together in a united voiceof resiliency to focus on what residents loved about theircommunity one year after experiencing the devastating flood of2013.Dr. Debra LineshDr. Linesch has been the department chair of the GraduateDepartment of Marital and Family Therapy at LoyolaMarymount University for many years. She is the authorof numerous articles and five books, including AdolescentArt Therapy, Art Therapy with Families in Crisis, CelebratingFamily Milestones through Art Making, Facing Genesis, andMidrashic Mirrors: Creating Holiness in Imagery and Intimacy.She developed the Art Therapy in Mexico collaboration withUniversidad Iberoamericana, an intercultural training, researchand service endeavor that continues to engage Mexican andAmerican students and professionals in a summer experience inSan Miguel de Allende. She is currently establishing a researchinstitute and is interested in developing non-traditional arttherapy inquiry and clinical processes. To learn more about Dr.Linesch and her activities, please visit her website:http://debralinesch.wordpress.com/updates/Workshop (80 minutes): Exploring Our IdentityTime: Saturday, October 17, 9:00 – 10:20 amThis workshop provides an opportunity for participants toexplore their identity issues, incorporating internal and externaldimensions and focusing on self, family and culture.Rosita LuiRosita Lui graduated with a Master of Art in Art Therapy fromthe LaSalle College of the Arts, Singapore. She also has aBachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from the University of WesternOntario, Canada. Currently, she is serving as the President of theArt Therapists’ Association Singapore (ATAS).Workshop (3 hours): Body, Mind and Health: Art Therapy withPeople with Dementia in SingaporeTime: Sunday, October 18, 9:00 – 12:00 pmWhile aging have the effect on the health on the oldergeneration, creative activities and expressions might be keycomponents that help to open the minds of patients sufferingfrom Alzheimer’s Disease and other Dementias. For patientswith Dementia, art can speak volumes and therapy can helpthem to express their inner feelings when they are incapable todo so through words.Dr. Christine LummisInternational art therapy instructor, presenter, and currentprogram director at CiiAT, with 18 years experience workingwith people of all ages. Christine’s doctoral research developedgrounded theory for Therapeutic Body-Mapping, integrating theneurobiology of trauma, mind-body interventions, art therapy,and multi-cultural responses from work in 18 countries on threecontinents.Paper (with Michelle Winkle): Exploring Resilience through aJapanese LensTime: Friday, October 16, 2:30 – 3:20 pmHow does culture shape resiliency? Two presenters will sharetheir recent experiences of teaching art therapy students inJapan. Concepts of cultural competency and fluency will beexplored, as well as how cultural values lead to different needsin treatment, goal setting, and desired outcomes. Throughcase presentations and observations, we will share Japanesestudents’ culturally acceptable coping strategies in the faceof challenges such as, sexual abuse, suicidality, and naturaldisasters including Tsunami and earthquakes.Paper: Social Context and Self-definition in TreatmentApproaches: Multicultural Research and Theory Developmentfor Therapeutic Body-MappingTime: Saturday, October 17, 4:00 – 4:50 pmMind-body interventions, the neurobiology of trauma, and therole of imagery and visual narratives to address gaps in one’sability to make meaning of traumatic events will be presented.Discussion will include doctoral research on multiculturalresponses to Therapeutic body-mapping and implications forculturally sensitive treatment, outcome goals, and recovery.Mehdi NaimiMehdi Naimi is an artist with great interest in sculpture and anart therapist focusing on therapeutic uses of collage. Mehdi usescollage in therapy, in supervision, in personal exploration, andas a tool for creative writing. He lives on Vancouver Island, BC.Workshop (3 hours): The Collage Process and the Processing ofCollageTime: Sunday, October 18, 9:00 am – 12:00 pmThis workshop is mainly about making and processing collagesin art therapy. Collage is a portable and accessible medium for7

8all kinds of situations in art therapy work including for selfreflectionor self-supervision. But how do you fit talking aboutall those bits and pieces of pictures in the 50-minute session?Let’s have a discussion about some essentials in collage art.Dr. Mary NortonAs an adult educator, Mary introduced creative arts approachesto address impacts of violence on learning and support learningfor all. These experiences led her to Expressive Arts and ArtTherapy training. Her strong roots in community-based learningwas one springboard for the Creative Arts Therapies project,which she facilitates.Paper: Creative Arts Therapies to Support Wellness andResilience: Exploring Possibilities In PracticeTime: Saturday, October 17, 2:00 – 2:50 pmIn 2015, three Edmonton-based agencies initiated a CreativeArts Therapies project to enhance services for their participants.The presenter will describe project development, collaborationand evaluation processes. Drawing from project participants’work, she and will reflect about how Creative Arts Therapiessupport participants to anchor into and strengthen theirresilience.Carmen OpreaCarmen Oprea is an art therapist (currently student in Concordiaart therapy program - until September 2015) who worked withchildren and elderly. She has a special interest in Alzheimer’sdisease, focusing her research on understanding how arttherapy could better help this population.Poster Presentation: Bringing Strength: Implicit MemoryProcesses in Alzheimer’s Disease Could Sustain and beReinforced by Art Therapy ApproachAlthough the cognitive functions are gradually affected inAlzheimer’s disease, most of the implicit brain processes(perceptive, motor and recognition related) are still availablefor Alzheimer’s disease sufferers. These processes are used andstrengthened by art therapy through art making process, in asafe and validating environment.Sandra Hewitt-ParsonsSandra Hewitt-Parsons is an art therapist who lives in CornerBrook, Newfoundland. A stroke survivor at eight years of age,she personally knows the transformative power of creativity.Sandra works with a variety of populations - helping people findtheir voice when traditional expression has failed them.Panel (with Tzafi Weinberg & Theresa Zip): Promoting theProfession of Art TherapyTime: Saturday, October 17, 4:00 – 5:20 pmThe CATA Advocacy Committee began meeting this winter todiscuss ways to promote the field of art therapy in Canada. Wepropose this panel at our annual conference to gather input andconsensus from the membership to help us focus on what isseen as highest importance to you.Dr. John PlewsJohn L. Plews, Phd, Associate Professor of Modern Languages,Saint Mary’s University. He has published several edited books,journal issues, and scholarly articles on second languageeducation, study abroad and international professionaldevelopment for language teachers, and German literature andculture.Panel (with Monica Carpendale): Dialog to Inspire Arts-BasedResearchTime: Friday, October 16, 1:30 – 2:50 pmMonica and John will outline the principles of arts basedresearch and indigenous research methodologies. They willgive examples from both their own research and some of thework they are engaged in with their students. They have hadan ongoing dialogue and shared enthusiasm for research thatthey wish draw on to inspire other art therapists and art therapyeducators. They will invite questions and participation from theaudience.Madeline RughMadeline Rugh holds a Ph.D. in adult education and is aregistered/board certified art therapist. As a working artist,Madeline’s mixed media images are best understood asconversations with the “more-than-human” world. For the lasttwenty five years she has been creating and sharing healingart experiences for adults grounded in ecopsychology andspirituality. Currently she is an adjunct professor for Pratt ArtInstitute, Creative Arts Therapy program and is a full timeassistant professor at St. Gregory’s University in psychology andart. St. Gregory’s is part of a Benedictine monastery located inShawnee, Oklahoma.Workshop (3 hour, with Straja L. King): Natural Resilience andAnimal-Assisted Art Therapy©Time: Saturday, October 17, 9:00 am – 12:00 pmResearch on resilience indicates that good relationships arecritical to developing resiliency. However, most studies focuson human relationships to the exclusion of the natural world.Walking with a therapy dog and creating a story-stick willdemonstrate the value of including the more-than-human realmin cultivating Natural Resilience.Judith SianoJudith Siano, MA is a registered art therapist and supervisor andchair of the ICET Ethics Committee. Judith Siano works in an arttherapy studio primarily with adolescents young adults, andsupervises therapists and in other settings, such as advisor tothe Ministry of Welfare in therapeutic interventions for youthat risk. She is the initiator and head of the DROP IN – WIN WINproject, lectures in Israel (University of Haifa for over 20 years)and abroad on trauma, adolescence, and ethics in therapyand has published articles in professional journals in Israel andabroad.Paper: Art Therapy and Developing Resilience in a Multi-CulturalSocietyTime: Friday, October 16, 1:30 – 2:20 pmToday we live in a global cultural melting pot, full of prejudice,superstition and even a trend towards growing racism.Furthermore, we are exposed to hurtful offensive behaviors as aconsequence of labeling… The paper shall address the followingobjectives:1. Connecting to our own cultural complexity and vulnerability2. How do we help our clients to use their resilience andrecover?

93. Deepening our relationship with our clients by connectingto their world in a respectful way, with an open heart, listeningwith our eyes…4. Looking out to the future with hope.Workshop (3 hours, with Monica Carpendale): EARTh andHeART: Resilience and Reflection in the Creative ProcessTime: Saturday, October 17, 2:00 – 5:00 pmA workshop based on a creative collaborative dialogue fromtwo different places in the world. A shared inspiration and beingtempered in the heat and the cold, reflecting on our experiencein nature and art, explorations of metaphor and meaning.Resilience and the ability to bounce back to re-establish balancewill be explored with regards to therapy and education.Lucia SimoncicovaLucia Simoncicova received an MA degree in Art Therapyfrom CIT Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork, Ireland.Lucia conducted her research on “Attachment Focused ArtTherapy with Adolescents.” Her specialty is art therapy withchildren/teenagers with attachment difficulties and traumaticexperience. Lucia co-organized International Art TherapyConference in Slovakia “Comprehensive Care of Children inSchool Settings”.Workshop (80 minutes): Creating a Safe and EnjoyableSanctuary: Connecting with My Resilient SelfTime: Friday, October 16, 4:00 – 5:20 pmThe focus of the workshop is on creating a tridimensionalcomforting and enjoyable safe place (sanctuary), where oneconnected with inner strengths and is surrounded by protection.Building such a sacred place while connecting to one’s uniquestrengths and supports helps the internalization of safety andthus strengthens one’s resilience.Jacqueline SteudlerJacqueline Steudler has studied art therapy in Switzerlandand is a practicing art therapist since 2000. She has workedwith children, adults of all ages in groups and in one-on-onesituations. She has created a new expression of her work byhelping women navigate through their grieving process.Workshop (80 minutes): Healing for Grieving HeartsTime: Saturday, October 17, 9:00 – 10:20 amThe Healing for Grieving Hearts program involves simple actionsteps, therapeutic art interventions and mindfulness. JacquelineSteudler will introduce the participants to the program andfocus on the healing process through biography work to helpgrievers connect to their resilience and strength.Dr. Wendy StewartWendy is a paediatric neurologist and Director of Humanities atDalhousie University. She was trained in classical accordion as achild, and continues to be involved in music. She is interested inthe interface between the arts and medicine and how music inparticular can be used for health and therapy.Workshop (80 minutes): Music, the Brain, Therapy and HealthTime: Friday, October 16, 4:00 – 5:20 pmThis interactive workshop will explore the neuroanatomyinvolved in processing music and the effects on the body.Different media will be used to engage participants in variousactivities. They will develop an understanding of how musicis used to assist with recovery, healing and wellbeing in someneurological disorders.Haley TollHaley Toll, MA, CCC is the CATA-ACAT CommunicationsCommittee Director who coordinates the association’snewsletter, journal, website and marketing/promotioncommittees. Haley currently works as an art therapist forAlberta Health Services and previously worked in Montreal,British Columbia and Botswana. She completed her Masters inCreative Arts Therapies at Concordia University.Workshop (80 minutes): The Canadian Art Therapy Journal:Explaining New Changes and ImprovementsTime: Friday, October 16, 4:00 – 5:20 pmIn addition to promoting the resiliency in the profession,research is important for art therapists’ professional andacademic growth. The workshop highlights recent changes,research standards and peer review practices of the CATA-ACATjournal. The submission process will be discussed and CATA-ACAT members will have the opportunity to share their ideasabout the future of Canadian Art Therapy research for positivetransformation.Aleitha WardAleitha Ward, RSW, BFA (Art), MPS (Art Therapy Specialization)is a full time counsellor and art therapist working betweenprivate practice and the non-for-profit sector. She workswith adults, couples and groups especially in the areas ofrelationships, personal growth, trauma and loss/grief. Aleitha isa professional member of CATA.Paper (with Dr. Ruth Grant Kalischuk): Complimentary TherapyUse among Those Living with Cancer: Navigating the HealthCare EnvironmentTime: Saturday, October 17, 9:00 – 9:50 amAn art-based, grounded theory will be presented pertinentto cancer patients’ experiences of navigating the health careenvironment while accessing and utilizing complementarytherapies for their cancer care. Data collection for this researchincluded small group processes where participant drawings,reflexive writing, and personal experiences were shared andtranscribed.Tzafi WeinbergTzafi Weinberg is a registered art therapist. Currently, she worksmainly with First Nations foster children and teens. She hasmany years of experience guiding people in “The Society ofNature Protection” in Israel. This experience has given her greatecological awareness, which she incorporates in her practice.Workshop (80 minutes): Hypnotic Art TherapyTime: Friday, October 16, 1:30 – 2:50 pmThis is an experience-based workshop including interactivegames and creating art. Hypnosis is “a therapeutic tool thatembraces the change of perspectives that comes aboutnaturally through the trance state” (Erikson-Klein, 2015). Theworkshop was inspired by the ideas of Roxanna Erikson abouthealing through hypnosis.

10Panel (with Sandra Hewitt-Parsons & Theresa Zip): Promotingthe Profession of Art TherapyTime: Saturday, October 17, 4:00 – 5:20 pmThe CATA Advocacy Committee began meeting this winter todiscuss ways to promote the field of art therapy in Canada. Wepropose this panel at our annual conference to gather input andconsensus from the membership to help us focus on what isseen as highest importance to you.Michelle WinkleCurrent Director at CiiAT, instructor at VATI, IPATT, and JIPATTand past Executive Director at BCSAT, previously at LoyolaMarymount University, and fellow of Infant-Parent MHP,Harvard Children’s Hospital. Winkel is the co-author with Dr.Maxine Junge of Graphic Facilitation and Art Therapy: Imageryand Metaphor in Organizational Development.Paper (with Christine Lummis): Exploring Resilience through aJapanese LensTime: Friday, October 16, 2:30 – 3:20 pmHow does culture shape resiliency? Two presenters will sharetheir recent experiences of teaching art therapy students inJapan. Concepts of cultural competency and fluency will beexplored, as well as how cultural values lead to different needsin treatment, goal setting, and desired outcomes. Throughcase presentations and observations, we will share Japanesestudents’ culturally acceptable coping strategies in the faceof challenges such as, sexual abuse, suicidality, and naturaldisasters including Tsunami and earthquakes.Theresa ZipTheresa Zip is an art therapist in private practice in Edmonton.She works with teens and children through referrals fromChildren’s Services, and is intrigued and challenged by thedesire to sustain a creative practice offering excellent service tothe community and a good standard of living.Panel (with Sandra Hewitt-Parsons & Tzafi Weinberg): Promotingthe Profession of Art TherapyTime: Saturday, October 17, 4:00 – 5:20 pmThe CATA Advocacy Committee began meeting this winter todiscuss ways to promote the field of art therapy in Canada. Wepropose this panel at our annual conference to gather input andconsensus from the membership to help us focus on what isseen as highest importance to you.

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