CONTEMPLATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY AS SELF-CARE

Slow down and engage with the world—using a new lens and a creative means of caring for self: Sunday, June 27, 2021, from 2:00-3:30 p.m. via Zoom!

Dr. Awa Jangha will present an overview of contemplative photography as self-care for art therapists and clients. Self-care is an important component of professional sustainability, especially during the pandemic, when the need for counseling has been at an all-time high. Contemplative photography invites the participant to slow down and engage with the world with a new lens which offers a creative means of caring for oneself. Typically utilized in the realm of spiritual direction, this practice of contemplative photography as self-care parallels the work of art psychotherapy. This presentation will offer participants the opportunity to engage in an experiential of Visio Divina with reflection questions for individual processing.

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Dr. Jangha earned her PhD from Loyola University Maryland in Pastoral Counseling, a Counselor Education and Supervision program. Her dissertation research focused on experiences of power in the pastoral counseling identity development of African-American female pastoral counselors in training and utilized art as the means of exploration. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Board-Certified Art Therapist. As a member of both the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling and the American Art Therapy Association she infuses creativity into her teaching of spiritually integrated practices within the classes she has taught. Her private practice, Art and Spirit Counseling, in Austin, Texas, offers spiritually integrated counseling, as well as art therapy.