[Self-Study] NY-0324 – Resurrection: A 10-Year Case Study in Two Parts

Recorded On: 10/22/2019

Description

Diagnosed at age three with a chronic pain condition, AW received monthly infusions for 3 years. Her transformation from frightened toddler to art therapy ambassador was remarkable. Ten years later her condition worsened and she returned for monthly infusions. Her altered book in art therapy became a vehicle of transformation.

Learning Objectives
    1. Identify three art processes that can be used to manage anxiety in the medical setting.
    2. Name two psychosocial impacts of chronic illness in teenagers.
    3. Describe the rationale for introducing the altered book process in the context of chronic illness.

    Tracy Councill

    MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT

    Program Director, Tracy's Kids


    Tracy Councill, MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT
    is both Program Director for Tracy's Kids and Art Therapist in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at Georgetown University Hospital's Lombardi Cancer Center. She has taught Medical Art Therapy, Studio Art Therapy and Art Therapy for Trauma at The George Washington University, Eastern Virginia Medical School, and Florida State University and creates paintings, block prints and sculpture. She has served as on the Board of AATAand as Chair of the Membership Committee

    Kristin Ramsey

    MA, ATR-BC, LPC

    Art Therapist, Tracy's Kids


    Kristin Ramsey, MA, ATR, RYT-500, is a creative arts therapist working at a military treatment facility. She works with pediatric oncology patients to help them process the wide range of emotions related to everything from cancer treatment to learning to live in a new city. She has been a registered art therapist since 2015. Prior to working with military children, Kristin worked as an art therapist at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Children’s National Health System. She also brought yoga therapy to the patients at Children’s National. She is a Clinical Team Member on the Board of Directors for Playing to Live!, an international arts therapy organization. She has participated in multiple research studies around art therapy, including using yoga to reduce fatigue, and using mindfulness to reduce stress in adolescents with type 1 diabetes.  Kristin has a M.A. in Art Therapy from George Washington University as well as a B.S. in Architecture from Pennsylvania State University. She has trained at multiple trauma and yoga therapy programs around the country as well as presented her research and work at multiple American Art Therapy Association conferences and three Expressive Therapies Summits. She is a member of the American Art Therapy Association, the National Eating Disorder Association, and the International Yoga Therapy Association. 

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