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Art Therapy: ¿Cómo se dice? will focus on how art therapists can better work with Latinx individuals and translating art therapy terminology into Spanish.
Join us as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!
The American Art Therapy Association (AATA) invites you to attend a bilingual virtual session to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! Art Therapy: ¿Cómo se dice? will focus on how art therapists can better work with Latinx individuals and translating art therapy terminology into Spanish. This CEU eligible session will be presented by Michael Galarraga, LPC, ATR-BC, CSAC, CSOTP, and moderated by Prof. Nadia Paredes, MA, LMFT, ATR. Join us on Thursday, October 13 at 7 PM ET.
Michael Galarraga
Michael Galarraga, MS, LPC, ATR-BC, CSAC, CSOTP (he/him) is a practicing art therapist and an AATA Board Member. He has previously served on both Virginia and Georgia Art Therapy chapters to promote community engagement projects supporting advocacy for the profession of art therapy. Michael’s work has more recently been centered on advocating for People of Color in the LGBTQIA+ community and Spanish speaking/Latinx individuals in need of therapeutic services. He is the proud owner of Intersection Therapy, LLC, a private practice in Philadelphia, PA and an adjunct professor at Thomas Jefferson University.
Nadia Fernanda Paredes Guapo
Nadia Fernanda Paredes Guapo, MA, LMFT, ATR is an art therapist with more than 15 years of experience working in the mental health field and is the current president elect of the AATA. She earned her degree in Psychology from the University Iberoamericana in Mexico City and earned her master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy with a specialty in Art Therapy at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. She has a license as a bilingual art therapist and marriage and family psychotherapist in the United States in the state of California. She is certified as a facilitator of Intuition Painting® and as a Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapist. She has experience giving bicultural services to older immigrants, pregnant adolescents, and as a consultant in the area of preparation for natural disasters. At this moment she has a business focused on creative wellbeing and is a professor of continuing education at the Anáhuac University in Mexico City, teaching the use of diverse art techniques and materials as a form of introspection and mental health prevention.
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Considering an individual’s state of happiness, concepts such as fulfillment, enlightenment, and contentment, help define happiness. This presentation will explore positive affect and increased life satisfaction through the impact of nature-based experiences, art therapy, and how connecting to nature can support individuals during a global pandemic with restricted environmental access.
ATCB, NBCC, NY LCAT
Deborah Elkis-Abuhoff, PhD, LCAT, CLAT, ATR-BC, ATCS, CCTP, Morgan Gaydos, MA, ATR-BC, LCAT, Erin Poland, MA, ATR-BC, LCAT-LP and Skylar Sena
Considering an individual’s state of happiness, concepts
such as fulfillment, enlightenment, and contentment,
help define happiness. This presentation will explore
positive affect and increased life satisfaction through
the impact of nature-based experiences, art therapy,
and how connecting to nature can support individuals
during a global pandemic with restricted environmental
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We will discuss the effect of the internalized monstrous self-appraisals amongst those who have sexually offended through examples of artwork completed in an art therapy session and how art therapy can help address this hazardous identity. We will underscore sustaining a diverse mentoring relationship to address these sensitive issues.
ATCB, NBCC, NY LCAT
Bani Malhotra, MA, ATR-BC and Dave Gussak, PhD, ATR-BC
We will discuss the effect of the internalized monstrous self-appraisals amongst those who have sexually offended
through examples of artwork completed in an art therapy
session and how art therapy can help address this
hazardous identity. We will underscore sustaining a diverse
mentoring relationship to address these sensitive issues.-
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The artist/art therapist identity topic is unique to the field of art therapy. Navigating the mediation of an art therapist identity and artist identity, when the artwork is polemical, can be a challenge. Ethical considerations are explored and the impact of social media on this topic are also presented.
ATCB, NY LCAT
Michelle Itczak, MA, ATR-BC, ATCS, LMHC, Kennedy Conner, MFA and Alicia Dawn Criswell, MA, ATR-BC, LMHC
The artist/art therapist identity topic is unique to the field
of art therapy. Navigating the mediation of an art therapist
identity and artist identity, when the artwork is polemical,
can be a challenge. Ethical considerations are explored and
the impact of social media on this topic are also presented.-
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The Success Center within the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) is a restorative, therapeutic academic program offering creative arts therapies to students. Healthy relationships repair harm and build student success. This presentation presents art-based research that addresses creating a culture of care amongst students, staff, and community.
ATCB, NY LCAT
Emily Nolan, PhD, BC, LPC, Drew DeLutio, and Erica Browne
The Success Center within the Milwaukee Public Schools
(MPS) is a restorative, therapeutic academic program
offering creative arts therapies to students. Healthy
relationships repair harm and build student success.
This presentation presents art-based research that
addresses creating a culture of care amongst students,
staff, and community.-
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This presentation will provide an overview of moral injury and how it impacts veterans and military service members. Two art therapists who work with this population will discuss their experiences working with clients who have experienced moral injury. Several case examples will be reviewed.
ATCB, NBCC, NY LCAT
Rachel Mims, MS, ATR-BC, LPC-AT and Peter Buotte, MA, ATR-BC
This presentation will provide an overview of moral injury
and how it impacts veterans and military service
members. Two art therapists who work with this
population will discuss their experiences working with
clients who have experienced moral injury. Several case
examples will be reviewed.-
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Career exploration and decision-making play substantial roles in adolescents and adults’ life design efforts. An excellent tool for exploring their career influences, interests, and goals is the career focused genogram. Creative methods for implementing career genogram variations will be presented and explored. Narrative approaches to career-life design will be emphasized.
ATCB, NBCC, NY LCAT
Barbara Parker-Bell, PsyD, ATR-BC
Career exploration and decision-making play substantial roles
in adolescents and adults’ life design efforts. An excellent
tool for exploring their career influences, interests, and
goals is the career focused genogram. Creative methods for
implementing career genogram variations will be presented
and explored. Narrative approaches to career-life design will
be emphasized.-
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Art therapists set out to determine MBAT’s role in addressing the mental health crisis on college campuses. Learn how they teased apart the nuanced benefits of technology-MBAT as compared to the intrinsic therapeutic properties of clay through salivary cortisol analysis in addition to anxiety and perceived stress measures.
ATCB, NY LCAT
Theresa Van Lith, PhD, MS, Megan Beerse, MS, 200-RYT
Art therapists set out to determine MBAT’s role in
addressing the mental health crisis on college campuses.
Learn how they teased apart the nuanced benefits of
technology-MBAT as compared to the intrinsic
therapeutic properties of clay through salivary cortisol
analysis in addition to anxiety and perceived stress
measures.-
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- Non-member - $40
- Member - $25
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Enhancing the experience of graduate art therapy students, Mentorship offers mentees an opportunity to develop professional identity, participate in community networking, and form professional relationships contributing to overall growth and development. Mentor and Mentee partnerships extend beyond the classroom and include socialization, accountability, creativity, and opportunities for self-care.
ATCB, NY LCAT
Melissa Hladek, MA, LPCC, ATR-BC, PMH-C, Nema SaleemGreen, MA, LPCC-S, ATR-BC and Angy Hanon
Enhancing the experience of graduate art therapy
students, Mentorship offers mentees an opportunity to
develop professional identity, participate in community
networking, and form professional relationships
contributing to overall growth and development. Mentor
and Mentee partnerships extend beyond the classroom
and include socialization, accountability, creativity, and
opportunities for self-care.-
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The protocols have demonstrated significant decreases in the impact of trauma, in negative affect and in pain rating and increases in endorsed resiliency resources which were maintained at follow-up, in person, online and during the pandemic. Empirical and case studies art will illustrate the 10 years of research.
ATCB, NBCC, NY LCAT
Noah Hass-Cohen, PsyD, ATR-BC, Rebecca Bokoch, PsyD, LMFT, Katherine Goodman and Julia McAnuff
The protocols have demonstrated significant decreases
in the impact of trauma, in negative affect and in pain
rating and increases in endorsed resiliency resources
which were maintained at follow-up, in person, online
and during the pandemic. Empirical and case studies art
will illustrate the 10 years of research.-
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