[Self-Study] Understanding The Developmental Journey: Growth in New to Experienced Professionals. (N/NY)

Recorded On: 04/04/2025

Session 2 of the AATA 2025 Supervision Series

Description:

What are the shared experiences in the transition from new professional to experienced professional? While new professionals may rely on the supervisor for concrete answers, how do they develop the capacity for self-assessment while continuing to grow within the supervisory relationship? Learn about the developmental shifts that can lead to experiences of stagnation or deep, meaningful work. How can professionals recognize when they are at risk of stagnation and what strategies can they use to overcome this phase? How does the supervisor become internalized over time leading to a capacity for autonomy? How do their needs for support, art making, and supervision also shift and how can supervisors' best position themselves to evolve in the supervisory relationship? Learn about the evolution that can offer a path of deeply satisfying work in the seasoned professional.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participants will be able to:

1. Identify the common qualities of the professional path for art therapists evolving from new professional to experienced professional
2. Differentiate between the externally motivated to internally motivated supervise
3. Define supervisory intervention strategies appropriate for use with mid to later-career professional

Additional Information:

This session is worth 2 CEUs and is ATCB, NBCC & LCATs eligible.

Annette Vaccaro

EdD, LPAT, LCSW, SCPsyA, LPC, ATR-BC, ACS, ATCS

Associate Professor at Caldwell University and Coordinator of their Art Therapy Programs

Dr. Annette Vaccaro, EdD, LPAT, LCSW, SCPsyA, LPC, ATR-BC, ACS, ATCS, Dr. Annette Vaccaro maintains a general practice with a specialty in clinical supervision, in Livingston, NJ. She is the Director of Academic Affairs at the Academy of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis (ACAP, http://www.acapnj.org and Director of Academic Affairs at The Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis (BGSP, https://nj.bgsp.edu within the New Jersey Branch campus. Dr. Vaccaro is also an Associate Professor at Caldwell University and Coordinator of their Art Therapy Programs. She is currently preparing the Post Master's program for online participation from anywhere. Her research interest is in the professional journey of art therapists and psychotherapists.

Daniel Summer

Ph.D., LAC, ATR-BC, LCAT, LPAT, ATCS

Associate Professor and chair of the graduate counseling program at Caldwell University

Dr. Daniel Summer Ph.D., LAC, ATR-BC, LCAT, LPAT, ATCS, is an Associate Professor and chair of the graduate counseling program at Caldwell University. He received his doctorate in Expressive therapies from Lesley University and has had additional training in modern psychoanalysis and drama therapy techniques. He has published on response artmaking to gun violence, using a sculptural process to express reactivity, and on developing one's eco identity through interacting with natural materials. The presenter is interested in arts and healing initiatives focusing on social justice and the use of psychedelic integration into counseling practice.