Basics of Integrating Creative Arts into Clinical Therapy Practice

When

Thursday, March 25, 2021 from 9:00AM to 12:00 PM EDT

Where

This is a LIVE ONLINE Webinar and will take place via Zoom. Instructions on how to access Zoom will be sent via email following event registration.

Contact

Alexis Rodgers, LMSW
Association for Mental Health and Wellness
631-471-7242 ext 1315
arodgers@mhaw.org

This brief introductory course will examine the clinical implications of incorporating the arts in therapy, with particular attention to the dynamics that occur when a therapist materially participates in assigning or directing tasks. Discussion will include an overview of art therapy practice including New York State licensing, national certification and scope of practice guidelines. Course will review the advantages of art and nonverbal interventions including an understanding of basic media along the expressive continuum of control vs. regression. Students will be introduced to responsible techniques for how to engage clients in art making that forwards the goals of treatment and in how to understand art work’s meaning, such as how to identify and expand narratives and metaphors and co-construct meaning. Workshop will include didactic methods, group discussion, and hands-on practice of activities. Participants will be asked to bring any art materials and paper that they can find in their own homes to use for practice. We can work with whatever they have on hand.

Who Should Attend:

Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Creative Arts Therapists, Marriage and Family Therapists, and any professional that is working in the mental health field.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will be able to describe the possibilities and limitations for the use of the arts in therapy for mental health professionals who are not licensed as creative arts therapists
Participants will be able to describe how art making in a session can be used toidentify here-and-now thoughts and feelings
Participants will be able to identify the three most common kinds of resistance seen in clients asked to engage in creative arts therapies
Participants will be able to describe responsible techniques for discussing client artwork and co-constructing meaning that will forward the work of therapy to meet treatment goals

APPROVED FOR 3 CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS

LIVE ONLINE WEBINAR

(LMSW/LCSW/LMHC/LCAT/LMFT)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. (Provider #0156)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. (Provider #MFT-0010)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. (Provider #CAT-0004)

Certificate of completion will be provided after the return of completed evaluation (via email).

Registration fee: $75.00

About the Presenter

Drena Fagen, MPS, MSW, LCSW-R, LCAT is the co-founder of a group psychotherapy practice that provides comprehensive creative arts therapy services to adults, children, families and agencies in New York. She is a licensed clinical social worker and licensed creative arts therapist in New York. As a practitioner Drena integrates visual art, creativity, cognitive awareness, and mindfulness-based techniques to help people find relief from burnout, anxiety, traumatic stress, ADHD, childhood abuse, domestic abuse, depression, and anger related to life not meeting our expectations. She is a graduate of the Masters program at Pratt Institute in Creative Arts Therapy and the MSW program at New York University Silver School of Social Work, where she is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor.