Our individual identities are important to mental health and growth.  This presentation will cover identity work, the intersection of layers of identity, and use of art therapy interventions to aid in working with clients in LGBTQIA+ populations.  The session will incorporate the presentation of information as well as discussion, and art making elements throughout. There will be dedicated discussion on self-disclosure, terminology, and interventions for creative arts therapists to use.  

As a way to honor AAPI Heritage Month, this panel brings us an opportunity to critically examine the lenses that we use to perceive race, cultures, art, and identities from social-justice oriented perspectives.

Part three of our three-part 2023 Ethics Series.

This presentation will include a live panel discussion on ethics and art therapy. The purpose is to engage attendees in a stimulating discussion about ongoing issues related to ethics within our field. Participants will learn diverse thoughts of practicing art therapists and how they navigate these issues from various vantage points within the field.

Part two of our three-part 2023 Ethics Series.

The world of social media is presenting art therapists with new opportunities and challenges that can be tricky to navigate. This training will explore the ethical issues surrounding the topic of social media for art therapists. It will include a discussion about privacy concerns for clients and therapists, potential boundary issues, and strategies to approach these topics in clinical practice. We will also discuss concerns about how social media may impact our work with clients, their perception of art therapy, and what we can do to help. 

Part one of our three-part 2023 Ethics Series.

Positive Ethics is a perspective that encourages therapists to see overarching ethical principles as integrated with their personal values, as opposed to efforts focused on avoiding punishment for violating rules and regulations. This training will stimulate our creativity around ethics, and we will discuss how to rethink our approach to ethics so that in challenging situations we can consider “What I can do.” rather than “What I’m not allowed to do.” 

Part three of our three-part 2023 Supervision Series.

In this third session, the presenters will discuss identifying ethical dilemmas and evaluating the difference between ethics, legal issues, and professional liability. Participants will learn about clinical documentation, art material presentation, and problematic dynamics within supervision.

Part two of our three-part 2023 Supervision Series.

In this second session, the presenters will review the concept of parallel process and how it affects supervisory and therapeutic dynamics. Presenters will also discuss the different types of supervisor roles. Participants will learn how to apply specific skills through the developmental model of supervision and how to integrate art-making into the supervision process.

Part one of our three-part 2023 Supervision Series.

In the first session, the presenters will review how art therapy supervision is essential to professional identity and skill development. Participants will explore the supervision relationship and how to guide this relationship through a developmental model of supervision. 

This panel presentation is a conversation between an art therapist, museum educators, and research professors who examine black art in the context of the past, present, and future to determine the implications of the concept of afrofuturism in art therapy and art education.

In an attempt to bridge the therapeutic qualities of art with education and community and cultural institutions, this panel will contemplate the question, “How can art therapists and art educators use afrofuturism as a lens to contextualize and conceptualize ways of healing and liberation of black people?” Through case material, artwork and dialogue this panel will examine the use of afrofuturistic art to offer a framework for use when working to heal and liberate black and brown people in art therapy.

Panelists will explore themes of cultural competency and trauma responsive professional development through the lens of the National Gallery of Arts Afro Atlantic Histories past exhibition (currently at LACMA), highlighting the existence of black art and stories in history and the present, as well as dialogue with research educators Dr. Brown and Dr. Cross as they attempt to reframe the future of black liberation and healing through the concept of the 2044 Series: Anti-Racist Praxis As Futurist Design and Pedagogy.

3 Learning Objectives: 

Participants who attend the session will experience the following: 

1. Amplification of the voices of identified black/African American art therapy students and their experiences
2. Appreciation and reexamination of identified black/African American art therapy visionary architects.
3. Engage, discuss and create art with the panelists, the future of the art therapy profession.

Session Description:

This session is designed to highlight the experiences of five identified black/African American art therapy students. The participants will be invited to interact with the panelists as they give presentations on black art therapy visionary architects. The session will also end with the panelists sharing personal art prompted by the session's topics and inviting participants to add their own art to a virtual community art board.

3 Learning Objectives: 

Participants who attend the session will experience the following: 

1. Amplification of the voices of identified black/African American art therapy students and their experiences
2. Appreciation and reexamination of identified black/African American art therapy visionary architects.
3. Engage, discuss and create art with the panelists, the future of the art therapy profession.