AATA February 2020 Virtual Conference: Afternoon Sessions

Afternoon sessions for the AATA February 2020 Virtual Conference. All times are based on Eastern Standard Time (EST). Sessions are pre-recorded from AATA’s 2019 Annual Conference in Kansas City, MO.

Schedule

2:30pm-3:30pm – N/NY-TA6229 - Road to Recovery: Road Drawings in a Gender-Specific Residential Substance Use Treatment Center. Presented by Michael Hanes, MAT, ATR-BC, LPC

The Road Drawing Technique can be used as in informal assessment and therapeutic metaphor in art therapy. This session will explain the materials and procedure for administering the technique and present examples produced by clients from a variety of settings.

3:30pm-4:30pm – N/NY-MS6026 - Why Art Therapy in Medicine? A Trauma-Informed Practice. Presented by Tracy Coucill, MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT

Patients, doctors, and funding agencies may not understand the benefits of art therapy or the differences between art therapy and other arts programs in hospitals. This paper discusses the applications of art therapy in a medical setting through theory and case examples.

4:30pm-6:00pm – NY-PP5283 - Emerging Perspectives in Art Therapy: Expert Panel. Presented by Amy Backos, PhD, ATR-BC, Richard Carolan, EdD, ATR-BC, Gwen J. Sanders, PhD, LMFT, ATR-BC, Louvenia Jackson, PhD, MFT, ATR-BC, Lisa Ann Manthe, MA, LMFT, ATR-BC, PhD-Candidate, and Melissa Satterberg, PhD, LMFT, ATR-BC

Authors from Emerging Perspectives in Art Therapy (2017) share philosophical, theoretical, and practical ideas in art therapy. Experts will spark further discourse amongst art therapists to generate philosophically interesting and pragmatically applicable ideas for personal and professional growth in areas related to culture, research, ethics, education, and art making.