DEI00 - Meeting this Moment: Art Therapy’s Collective Response to Hate and Fear (NY)
Recorded On: 10/25/2025
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Opening Plenary
Description:
With political attacks on vulnerable communities growing, art therapists are grappling with how they can disrupt harm and respond effectively in the face of oppression, hate, and fear of the “other.” In this panel, art therapists whose own communities are being targeted will dialogue with allies and leaders on what is happening on the ground, how they are coping, and what art therapists can do collectively to have their backs in this moment. Woven together, their insights will help us perceive how all threats to wellbeing are interlinked and that each of us holds part of the antidote that can neutralize their power.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will be able to identify several key stressors faced by art therapists who belong to or are working with communities being targeted by hate and violence.
- Participants will be able to examine their own responses to hate and fear in their communities and art therapy practices
- Participants will be able to identify and describe at least one individual and one collective strategy that may be deployed to help counteract and disrupt harm.
Session is worth 1.5 CE Credit
Dr. Lynn Kapitan (Moderator)
PhD, ATR-BC, HLM
Dr. Lynn Kapitan, PhD, ATR-BC, HLM, is a Professor Emerit and former Director of Graduate and Doctoral Art Therapy at Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, WI (USA), former editor-in-chief of Art Therapy and Past President of the American Art Therapy Association. She has practiced art therapy with children, adolescents, and adults, and in community-based, intercultural settings in the U.S. and Latin America.
Nadia F. Paredes
MA, LMFT, ATR
Through her expressive arts programs, Nadia Paredes helps people connect with their inner creativity and empower their minds and souls. Nadia founded Nadia Paredes - Creative Studio, a bilingual resource for empowering, healing, and artistic inspiration. With expertise and training as an Art Therapist, Intuition Painting Facilitator, and Licensed Martial and Family Therapist, she creates programs for transformation, creativity, and art-making as a mindfulness practice. Nadia also works in corporate wellness as a speaker and workshop facilitator and is an Adjunct Professor and Art Therapy Supervisor at Loyola Marymount University.
Michael Galarraga
MS, LPC, ATR-BC, CSAC, CSOTP
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.
DeLora Putnam-Bryant
MS, ATR-BC
Delora Putnam-Bryant is a board-certified art therapist. She has experience with individuals needing treatment for PTSD, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and dual diagnosis. She received her Master’s of Science degree from Mount Mary University in Art Therapy in 2012. She also had the pleasure of attending undergraduate studies at two historically Black universities, in Jackson, MS, and in Huntsville, AL, where she received a degree in Commercial and Advertising Art. Delora works in private practice in Milwaukee and the surrounding areas. Social justice is an important part of Delora’s work to maintain equality for the individuals she serves.
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