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Healing Children through Creativity:

Child Art Therapy Workshops

with registered Art Therapist

Catherine Rogers Jonsson, MFA, MA, ATR

2009 Summer Workshops:
Marion Forsman Boushie Early Learning Center
Suquamish Tribe, Kiana Center
Bainbridge Island, WA.
July 29 & 30, 2009
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Imagine the Possibilities Conference
Early Head Start & Infant/Toddler Development
sponsored by Portland State University
August 5, 6, 7, 2009
Vancouver, WA.
Workshop date: Friday, August 7, 2009
The Healing Children through Creativity: Child Art Therapy Training Workshop introduces the basic principles and practice of art therapy with emotionally, behaviorally, developmentally and medically challenged children. This two-day workshop blends theories and experiential exercises offering a thorough introduction in use of visual art as a powerful treatment modality for children.

This training event reviews the history of art therapy, important evaluation techniques used by art therapists and six case studies with child client/patient artworks in power-point presentations.

This is an experiential workshop! 
As a participant you are invited to draw, paint and sculpt a variety of art therapeutic exercises that help troubled children identify and express their thoughts, feelings, conflicts, strengths and increase their self-esteem and coping skills.

Workshop Goals:

  • Introduction to the field of art therapy.
  • Outline the history of art therapy highlighting key contributors to the field.
  • Explain the underlying principles of art therapy.
  • Outline the components an art therapy course of treatment.
  • Experience art materials through art therapeutic processes.
  • Experience non-directive and directive evaluation and treatment approaches.
  • Illustrate art therapy principles and practice by reviewing six case studies of clients and their art therapeutic course of treatment.
  • Demonstrate the use of metaphor and healing stories in art therapy.
  • Present art therapeutic interventions to improve the client's self-esteem, increase insight, decrease trauma and acting-out behaviors.
  • Review forensic art therapy evaluation techniques for suspected child sexual abuse.
  • Review the importance of object relations, art making and expression.
  • Understand issues involving the interpretation of children's art.

Institutional Hosting
School districts, colleges, universities, hospitals, museums and mental health centers may host this workshop for professional development purposes. 
See the Host This Workshop page on this website.

Who should take this workshop?

Mental Health Clinicians
Elementary Teachers
Special Education Teachers 
School Counselors
School Psychologists
Social Workers
Psychologists
Pediatric Nurses
Psychiatric Nurses
Licensed Professional Counselors
Marriage & Family Therapists
Occupational Therapists
Head Start Staff
Early Childhood Staff
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students

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