Early registration is now available for the 2009 AATA conference in Dallas, TX, coming up this November.
I’m teaming up with Melissa Solorzano ATR-BC, LCAT from the Creative Therapy Sessions Podcast available on iTunes to offer a workshop on Sunday November 22nd, which focuses on creating a blog or podcast (audio blog). We also plan [...]
A quick blurb about an Art Therapy bereavement group in Fallbrook, CA
An article explaining how art making helped a woman who suffered from a traumatic brain injury after slipping on some black ice. Her artwork is being exhibited through September at Gritman Medical Center Conference Center in Moscow, ID.
Read about Dawn Freeman’s art therapy [...]
Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, CA hosted a conference last weekend entitled Trauma, Healing and the Arts. The keynote speaker was Linda Gantt PhD, ATR-BC, who also presented a half day workshop on The Graphic Narrative, an art therapy technique for processing trauma.
I attended both Linda Gantt’s workshop and Linda Chapman’s workshop [...]
The Art Therapy Alliance recently came out with their summer news letter. Check it out here.
Actually, this post should be titled “How I’m trying to overcome a phobia and how freaking difficult it is!”
Growing up in the east coast of Canada, in a city with great public transit, I never felt the need to learn how to drive…or so I told myself. I could get around just fine, and it [...]
A new technology is being developed to help those with Alzheimer’s disease, who are at risk for wandering. GTX corp is working on GPS shoes that would track the exact location of a loved one whose cognitive impairments make it likely that they would become confused or get lost if they were out and about [...]
Read about Jean Tait, an aboriginal art therapist in Alberta Canada who just started a private practice.
In Chapel Hill, NC, the Art Therapy Institute teams up with the Newcomer Center, creating an art exhibit composed of the artwork of Burmese refugees. Read the article here.
NYU art professor and Goodwill Ambassador, Ross Bleckner, helps traumatized children [...]
