N/NY-0113 - Rhizomatic, Nomadic Approach in Art Therapy

Description

The presentation describes arts-based doctoral research informed by Deleuze and Guattari’s philosophy, particularly their figurations of rhizome and nomad. Rhizomatic, Nomadic Approach was developed as the application of their work in art therapy. Arts-based methodology results included concepts of affect, percept, poetics of intersubjectivities, and the experience of creativity development.

Learning Objectives

Describe how the arts-based methodology was used to support research and evaluation in art therapy.
Define the contemporary philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari, with key concepts of rhizome and nomad, and the growing influence of their work in the field of humanities and social sciences.
Articulate how the contemporary philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari was applied into practice with four different populations in four settings.

Dr. Mitra Reyhani Dejkameh

Creative Arts Therapist, NYS Office of Mental Health, Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center

Dr. Mitra Reyhani Dejkameh, LCAT, ATR-BC, is a New York State licensed and board certified creative arts therapist. She has recently launched the Creatives Arts Department at NYS Office of Mental Health at Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center were she works with children ages 6-17. She also provides monthly art therapy services at Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital's adult inpatient behavioral unit, teaches at Hofstra University. She has several years of experience working with individuals of all ages in museum based and clinical settings. Mitra is an Iranian American visual and video artist. She works to increase the scope and diversity of populations served with the ongoing objective of making individual realities more visible in public discourse. Mitra has an MFA in Visual Arts, and MA in Creative Arts Therapy, and a doctorate in Art Therapy.