Trauma affects many of the children in our community. Being able to recognize this trauma and offer effective treatment is an essential aspect of supporting their well-being and mental health. Art therapy and other expressive therapies offer experiential ways for therapists to engage with children, help them understand how their mind and body react to the trauma, support their recovery and wellness, and enhance posttraumatic growth.
This one-day training will focus on the use of trauma-informed, expressive arts-based interventions to help children who have been affected by trauma, integrating an understanding of neurodevelopment, somatic approaches, mindfulness, and positive psychology. A multi-modal approach to trauma treatment is recommended, exploring interventions that utilize the visual arts, music, creative writing, movement, and enactment.
Although the training material will be helpful for all children experiencing traumatic stress, special attention will be focused on working with children experiencing trauma related to immigration, border detention, and family separation. Partner organizations from the community will be available to provide more information about how helping professionals can volunteer to further assist children and families affected by the border crisis.
Participants will learn a variety of practical applications for immediate use in their work through lecture, discussion, brief film presentations, and hands-on experiential activities. Come prepared to engage in individual and group art-based experiences and to learn not only through didactic information, but also through your capacity for creativity, play, and imagination.
All helping professionals working with children and families in immigration detention or experiencing other traumatic stress are welcome.
All art supplies and lunch will be included with registration fee.
* Limited seats are available at discounted rates for students and non-profit employees
9:00AM - 4:30PM
6 CE credits available
Location:
St. David's Episcopal Church - 301 E. 8th St., Austin, 78701
REGISTER:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/expressive-arts-therapy-for-children-experiencing-traumatic-stress-tickets-68169680349
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Objectives:
Recognize at least five signs of traumatic stress in children and adolescents
Understand the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) pyramid in relation to developmental trauma
Be able to explain a four-part model for culturally-relevant expressive arts intervention
Learn at least five ways to address anxiety in children and adolescents via arts-based approaches
Identify at least five ways the impact of traumatic stress appears in children's art expressions, narratives, behavior and physical reactions
Define a "brain-wise and body-based" model (Expressive Therapies Continuum) for designing art-based interventions
Apply at least three ways to support safety and self-regulation through art-based experiences in counseling and educational settings
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About the Presenter:
Cathy Malchiodi, Ph.D., LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, REAT is a psychologist, expressive arts therapist, mental health counselor, educator and researcher in the area of traumatic stress and body-based approaches that are grounded in relational, developmental, mind/body and innovative methods of treatment. Cathy has spent the last several decades working with traumatized children, adolescents, adults, families and communities, expanding the range of understanding of non-verbal, sensory-based theories and methods through 20 books, 50 chapters and refereed articles, and over 450 invited presentations around the world. She is known for her practical, unpretentious training style that invites communication through interaction, personal stories and humor.
Cathy is the founder and Executive Director of the Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute in Louisville Kentucky; as past President of the Association for Humanistic Counseling; and as a board member of the American Counseling Association, American Art Therapy Association, Association for Creativity in Counseling and First Aid Arts, among others. She has held academic appointments at seven universities throughout the US and is a research fellow with the Emili Sagol Creative Arts Research Center, University of Haifa. Cathy is one of the top bloggers for Psychology Today covering a wide range of topics including trauma, mind-body approaches to wellness, neurobiology and the expressive arts in psychotherapy and has a readership of approximately 5 million.
Her recent books, What to Do When Children Clam Up in Psychotherapy, Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children ,and Creative Arts and Play Therapy for Attachment Problems address various ways to help children, adolescents and young adults overcome anxieties, fears and traumatic stress through innovative, action-oriented methods that enhance therapist-client co-regulation, self-efficacy and resilience. Her current research and writing now focuses on how to apply body-based and expressive approaches to work with adults, couples and families using methods that combine play, imagination, music, bilateral movement, creative writing, dramatic enactment, somatic therapies and mindfulness-based practices.
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