Art Therapy with Adolescents:  Discovering the Self

 

This presentation is designed to introduce participants to the therapeutic use of art therapy and play therapy with a variety of adolescent populations, and provide skills to facilitate expression, awareness and change with this often resistant and challenging group.

Participants will gain theoretical knowledge of the developmental, psychological and neurobiological theories of stress, trauma and violence, and how to implement a new paradigm of assessing and treating adolescents consistent with these theories. Non-threatening techniques for culturally sensitive therapy will be presented for treating substance abuse, trauma, loss and violence, and techniques for violence prevention.

Lecture and slide case presentations will illustrate the practical application of the material presented, and will apply to a variety of adolescent populations including psychiatric facilities, schools and medical hospitals. Group and individual formats of treatment will be presented.

Safe, non-threatening experimentation with art media allows the participants to gain practical knowledge in the use of symbols and imagery as methods of healing.

 

Instructor: Linda Chapman, MA, is a board certified art therapist and registered play therapist-supervisor. Currently Director of the Art Therapy Institute of the Redwoods, she a former Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco and creator and director of the She San Francisco General Hospital Pediatric Play Therapy Program. Linda has over eighteen years of clinical and supervisory experience and is a nationally recognized expert in art therapy and play therapy with severely traumatized, hospitalized children, adolescents and families.

 

Workshop fees: Workshop fees are $160 per day, and include all handouts, art supplies, lunch, and morning and afternoon snacks.  CE Credits are available for an additional $25, our direct cost.
                                                            

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Art Therapy Institute of the Redwoods
10151 East Road
Redwood Valley, CA 95470

Phone: 707-485-0105
Fax: 707-485-0105
E-Mail: ArtTherapy@pacific.net