Community Building & Social Justice
Arts-Based Workshops at the Expressive Therapies Summit: LA
THE EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES SUMMIT HEADS WEST
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.
All the Creative Arts & Play Therapy in One Event!
Over 24 Continuing Education Hours Available
NBCC, APA, ASWB . . . and others
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Topics, Themes, Approaches
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COMMUNITY BUILDING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WORKSHOPS
SELECT ANY ONE OR MORE DAYS!
10:00 am - 5:15 pm
Drumming as Medicine: Facilitating Healing Rhythms
Christine Stevens, MSW, MT-BC, MA
10:00 am - 5:15 pm
Re-Shaping Body Image: Tape Sculpture as Arts-Based Social Justice
Amanda Bechtel, MS, ATR-BC, LCPC, LCPAT
Laura Teoli, MS, ATR-BC, LPC
Laura Wood, PhD, RDT-BCT, LMHC, CCLS
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Healing Community through Socially Relevant Performance Using All the Arts
Azizi Marshall, MA, RDT/BCT, REAT, LCPC
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Creative Rituals for Processing Grief and Celebrating Life
Jennie Linthorst, MA, CAPF
Karen Howard, RMT, CEAP
Gabrielle Kaufman, MA, LPCC, BC-DMT, NCC
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Challenging Oppression with Expression: RAPtivism, Movement & Mindfulness
Meg Chang, EdD, BC-DMT, LCAT and Aisha Fukushima
FRIDAY, March 31
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Cultural Fabrics of Self, Family and Community
Einat Metzl, PhD, ATR-BC, RYT, LMFT
Anthony Bodlovic, PhD, ATR-BC, LMFT
Louvenia Jackson, PhD, ATR-BC, LMFT
Debra Linesch, PhD, ATR-BC, LMFT
2:30 am - 5:30 pm
Diversity Awareness in Groups through Role Play & Imaginal Enactment
Gary Raucher, MA, RDT/BCT, LMFT
Denise Boston, BFA, MA, PhD
F. Antonio Ramirez Hernandez, PsyD
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Witnessing Lives through Ethnodramatherapy for Empowerment & Social Change
Stephen Snow, PhD, RDT-BCT
2:30 am - 5:30 pm
Poetry, Writing & Weaving to Foster Strength, Resilience and Community
Ingrid Tegnér, MSW, CAPT, M/S
SUNDAY, APRIL 2
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Integrating Empathic Listening & Creative Expression: The Art of Council
Camille Ameen and Jared Seide
2:30 am - 5:30 pm
Mask Making: A Multicultural Process
Judy Leventhal, LCSW
OTHER SESSIONS OF INTEREST
THURSDAY
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Sing for Your Self: A Daily Practice for Freedom of Expression
Kate Richards Geller, MA, MT-BC, LCAT
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Healing Trauma in International Populations through Movement
Ilene Serlin, PhD, BC-DMT
Marcia Leventhal, PhD, CMA, BC-DMT, NCC
Larry Graber, MA, C-BT
FRIDAY
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Culture, Ritual & Movement in Group Therapy for Trauma
Amber Elizabeth Gray, MPH, MA, BC-DMT, NCC, LPCC
SATURDAY
10:00 am - 5:15 pm
The Neurobiology of Group Creative Process: Analysis In Real Time
John Bergman, MA, RDT, MT, BCT
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Managing Conflict, Embodying New Narratives
Bobbi Kidder, MA, RDT, BCT and Colin Ward, PhD
SUNDAY
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Establish Rapport with At-Risk Youth Using the enACT Method
Bradford Bancroft, RDT, LMFT
Diana Feldman
Miles Grose