Memphis STEPS
(Suicide Training, Education and Prevention Services)
Presents
“Healing through Creativity:
Art Therapy, Depression, and Suicidal Ideation
Among College Students.”
Date: Monday, July 18, 2011
Time: 8:15 AM until
5:00 PM
Where: The University Center on The University
of Memphis campus.
Workshop Description: The workshop
includes a 7-hour presentation introducing art therapeutic evaluations and interventions targeting college students with symptoms
of depression and suicidal ideation. Workshop participants will learn to recognize depression and suicidal ideation through
examples of college students’ artwork. Workshop participants will also be invited to create specific art therapeutic
exercises that help identify at-risk students.
The workshop
trainer is Catherine Rogers Jonsson (MFA, MA), a registered art therapist with the American Art Therapy Certification
Board (ATR, 1992) and a credentialed professional member of the American Art Therapy Association. She is a graduate
of Columbia University in NYC (School of the Arts, MFA: Visual Art) and the University of Wisconsin-Superior (MA: Art Therapy). Catherine
has 19 years of clinical art therapy experience and offers a mixture of creativity, humor, dynamic teaching and
compassionate insights to her workshops. She is also a professional artist based in Sweden with numerous solo and
group exhibitions to her credit in the US and Europe. To learn more about Catherine, please visit her website at http://www.paintedchild.com.
COST
for TRAINING: The fee for students, faculty, and staff is to be announced. For registration information, go to http://www.memphis.edu/psychology/steps/
Important
Note: Due to the restricted number of seats available for the training, ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
Participants will be selected on a first come, first serve basis. There is a strong possibility of a "sell out"
crowd for the training, as only 25 participants will be admitted.
TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT AT THE TRAINING, PLEASE REGISTER BY MONDAY, July 11th, 2011. To register or obtain more information
about the training, simply access the workshop website at: http://www.memphis.edu/psychology/steps/. For additional information about Memphis STEPS contact Dr. Pam Cogdal
(678-4931) or Dr. Theresa Okwumabua (678-3677). We look forward to seeing you at the training.
This is a University of Memphis, campus-based suicide prevention initiative. It is funded
by SAMSHA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) through the Memphis STEPS (Suicide
Training, Education and Prevention Services) program. Memphis STEPS offers educational materials and trainings
on topics and issues relevant to suicide prevention among college students.
