This will be my first AATA conference too. I hope that we do run into each other. It would be great to meet in person!

I’ll be at the conference in Cleveland. It’s my first AATA conference so I’m excited. I’ll actually be podcasting there to get feedback from attendees. Maybe I’ll see you there!

I checked out your site, and indeed eating disorders do seem to be a passion of yours. I can see you have many publications on the subject. I will try to check some out in the future, and maybe even blog about them.

I would like to get back to working with that population sometime in the near future. Although this population can be challenging, I found myself enjoying helping people get back in touch with their creative side, find another way to communicate, as well as exploring the symbolic imagery in their artwork.

Thanks for the kind words
- Liz

I have long been an admirer of your work. So glad you spotted my article in Scientific American Mind about anorexia. It’s a topic about which I am most passionate.

Best,

Trisha Gura

Art therapy is an exciting career choice, with lots of opportunity to contribute to the collective knowledge through research. The NorCATA (Northern California Art Therapy Association) website offers updates, although I dont think they’ve updated their website too recently on the issue. Here’s a direct link: http://www.norcata.com/LegislativeIssues.html

If anything happens in relation to art therapy and the law in california, they’d be a good resource. Also, if you decide to go to grad school for art therapy in Cali and the LPC hasnt passed (which it should by then…), just be sure to pick a school where you can get licensed as a MFT (marriage and family therapist). Schools that offer this will advertise that fact somewhere on their website.

A bubble machine sounds like a lot of fun. I guess a low-cost version would be me blowing bubbles in the garden…although I may get a little tierd by the end of the group!

It would be interesting to see how the clients react to the bubbles. Would it be pleasureable or overwhelming? What if a bubble landed on their skin?

Thanks for the idea and for all your thought provoking comments
- Liz

Watercolors are a great idea, and may be easier of some of my clients to use than tempra or acrylic paint (due to difficulties with motor skills, ie: jerky movements that can knock over the paint).

I’m hoping to have another art show sometime over the summer, but this time inviting family and case managers too. Of course, I would have to make sure that all the art release forms are in order…I am lucky to work at a facility that includes art release forms as a standard part of a client’s intake.

Thanks for writing!
- Liz

I’m going to reply to this question in the form of a post.