The Diagnostic Drawing Series (DDS)
30 Years of Assessment through Art
All the Creative Arts & Play Therapy in One Event!
Don't Miss this Opportunity!
Only DDS Training in California in Over a Decade
Learn to Use the DDS
in Clinical Practice with Adolescents & Adults
at the Expressive Therapies Summit
Graphic profiles typically seen in DDSs from different psychiatric groups will be emphasized in order to facilitate differential diagnosis between those with schizophrenia, major depression, borderline personality disorder, dissociative identity disorder, bipolar disorder, dementia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and others. Cross-cultural research will also be reviewed.
Who Should Attend? Professionals and Graduate Students
• Psychologists
• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychotherapists
All mental health professionals interested in assessment and diagnosis through art.
What You'll Learn
FACULTY
Kathryn Johnson, PhD, ATR, is an art therapist and licensed psychologist with 20+ years' experience working in psychiatric and medical facilities. She is a psychologist at the Everett Clinic, where she provides therapy, psychological evaluation, and neuropsychological testing. Kathryn is medical director of psychosocial services at the Providence Regional Cancer Partnership. She is a Diagnostic Drawing Series teaching associate, providing training, and overseeing research. She was also a faculty member with Antioch Univ. Seattle for 10 years teaching assessment, research, and ethics.
Guest Faculty: Anne Mills & Barry M. Cohen
Learn More about the DDS
THE EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES SUMMIT HEADS WEST
ADD THE LOS ANGELES SUMMIT TO YOUR CALENDAR IN 2017 — WE HAVE!
For seven years, the Expressive Therapies Summit has brought extraordinary experiential continuing education to New York City. Featuring all the arts and play therapies in a single event, over 900 professionals, students, artists, and interested others from over a dozen countries have gathered annually for this uniquely multimodal and multidisciplinary opportunity. Now, in collaboration with UCLArts & Healing, we've added a west coast Summit to our annual calendar.