[Self-Study] Art Therapy Efficacy Study For Indian Women With Chronic Mental Health Conditions (DEI108)
Recorded On: 10/26/2024
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Description
This presentation will discuss original pilot research using clay-pottery-based art therapy intervention with residents of an assisted-living community facility for women with chronic mental health conditions in India. A structured Art therapy intervention module developed for the research will be discussed in detail.
Learning Objectives
By participating in this session, attendees will be able to:
- Formulating a need-based art therapy intervention module
- Incorporating regional and traditional creative expressive mediums in art therapy.
- Formulating and analyzing outcome-based art therapy research.
Saoni Banerjee
PhD., AThR
Saoni is a qualified art therapist and psychologist. She comes with 15 years of work experience in the mental health field and over a decade as an art therapist in India. Concurrently she has been an academic in various higher degree institutions across India with 10 years of experience in teaching psychology at an undergraduate level and supervising student research at undergraduate and postgraduate level. She uses eclectic art therapy approaches in her clinical and community work. Her expertise is in working with adults with psychosocial adjustment issues and clinical diagnoses and children with trauma experience. She has collaborated with organizations nationally and internationally to conduct art therapy workshops, training & seminars with mental health professionals, educators, and students. A professional-level member of ANZACATA, Saoni is currently a lecturer in the Masters Arts Therapy course at La Trobe University, Melbourne, and focusing on expanding her postdoctoral research work using arts-based practices and mixed method research.