Lessons from Edith Kramer
Promoting Resilience through Art
A 2-Day Training Intensive
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Pratt’s Graduate Department of Creative Arts Therapy is one of the oldest graduate creative arts therapy training programs in the country. Students learn art and dance/movement therapy skills as applied to a wide variety of patient populations.
Thursday, Nov 5, 2015, 10:00 AM
200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Edith Kramer (1916 - 2014)
Pioneer art therapist Edith Kramer escaped the Holocaust and was, herself, a model of resilience; in her therapeutic work lie the precedents of today’s Positive Psychology. In this 2-day training, participants will be introduced to treatment techniques devised by both Kramer and her students, as applied to their clinical practices in art therapy with traumatized populations of all ages, including Native Peoples, survivors of life-threatening illnesses and natural disasters, and military personnel.
DAY 1 - Thursday, Nov 5
Participants will engage in therapeutic interventions devised by Kramer and the presenters to promote strengths and resilience. These treatment techniques relate to dealing with traumatic life changes, establishing a deep connection to self, and minding interpersonal dynamics. They include: fashioning prayer flags from cloth; creating artists’ trading cards using collage and drawing materials; and working with clay to create a face by touch. Attendees will be encouraged to discuss their experiences, applications for these interventions, and ways to develop new clinical approaches for the populations with whom they work.
DAY 2 — FRIDAY, NOV 6
MOVING, BUILDING, RELEASING
Participants will engage in therapeutic interventions devised by Kramer and the presenters to promote strengths and resilience. These treatment techniques focus on: physically releasing inhibitions; calming and focusing for meditative experiences; and dealing with traumatic/emotional material. They include: warming-up with movement and charcoal; creating talking/intention sticks from ephemera and natural objects; and working with clay to build a group world together. Attendees will be encouraged to discuss their experience, applications for these interventions, and ways to develop new clinical approaches for the populations with whom they work.
Attend Either or Both Days!
Each day of this 2-day Intensive can be registered for separately, but the program has been developed with continuity in mind for those attending both days.
Eligible for 6.0 Credits: ATCB, NBCC; ASWB, APA, MFT, Nursing
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FACULTY
Martha Haeseler, ATR-BC
painter and fiber artist, became an art therapist in child psychiatry in 1972, with Edith Kramer as her mentor and friend. Martha worked in inpatient psychiatry at Yale-New Haven Hospital for 20 years, and was director of the Giant Steps outpatient program at the West Haven VA in Connecticut. Retired adjunct assistant professor at NYU, she has published and presented in the areas of art therapy with adolescents, groups, and veterans; eating disorders; psychotic illness; ethics; PTSD; outsider art; resilience; and positive psychology. Martha recently headed a team to provide art therapy trainings on U.S. Army installations.
Susan Ainlay Anand, MA, ATR-BC, ATCS, LPAT
is a graduate of the NYU art therapy program where she was trained in art therapy by Edith Kramer. She has worked with children and adults in inpatient and outpatient settings for over 30 years. As an instructor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Susan provides art therapy services and teaches psychiatry residents about the use of art therapy with medically ill and psychiatric patients. She provides workshops and training both in the U.S. and abroad on the benefits of art therapy and use of the creative process to strengthen resilience.
Lani A. Gerity, DA, ATR
is a puppet-maker, author, world traveler, and a trained art therapist with a master's degree and a Doctorate from NYU. She studied with Edith Kramer and edited Edith's last book, Art as Therapy. Lani’s passions have led her to search out, explore, and teach workshops in non-traditional art forms like doll-making, puppet-making, and bookbinding. She maintains a website, blogs, and online groups filled with encouragement and alternative arts for artists, art therapists, and art educators.
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part of the 6th Annual
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OVER 24 CE CREDITS AVAILABLE
Social Workers, Counselors, Psychologists, Arts Therapists, Play Therapists, Nurses
We're holding a seat just for you!
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250 Faculty • 130 Sessions • All the Arts
Now Including Play Therapy
& JOURNAL THERAPY
Meet • Create • Learn
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Join over 900 colleagues from around the world to learn leading-edge skills for your practice, network with like-minded professionals, and create from within.
Over 24 Continuing Education Credits available for arts therapists, counselors, social workers, and others.
ATTEND ANY ONE OR COMBINATION OF DAYS!
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN AT
Thursday, Nov 5, 2015, 10:00 AM
1601 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States
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Who Should Attend?
Dance/Movement Therapists • Play Therapists
Poetry Therapists • Drama Therapists • Psychodramatists
Psychologists • Social Workers • Counselors
Arts Educators • Nurses • Child Life Specialists
Geriatric Care • Hospice Staff • Early Childhood Educators
Somatic Therapists • Psychiatrists • Occupational & Recreational Therapists
Professionals in all healthcare and personal growth-related specialties
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DISCOUNT LODGING • TWO LOCATIONS
Brooklyn Bridge
$259 single/double
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
"Expressive Therapies Summit" Rate/Group Code