SOLD OUT! Expressive Arts Therapy and Traumatic Stress: Brain-Wise and Body-Based Approaches with Children, Adults and Families | One Day Training at HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services in Brooklyn NY on March 12, 2020

Faculty: Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, REAT with Diana Gil Velez, MS, LCAT, ATR-BC, Linda Votruba, MPS, LCAT, ATR-BC and Emery Mikel, MA, LCAT, LPCAT, ATR-BC

Workshop Hours/Schedule: Check-In Opens at 8:30 am, Morning Workshop from 9:00 am -- 12 noon; Afternoon Session from 1:00 pm -- 4:30 pm. There will be two breaks during the day. Please note: Due to the venue, we are asking that participants bring their own water, coffee or tea [there are many good coffee shops near the venue]. A variety of lunch options are also available within walking distance of the workshop site.

Course Objectives:

• Define Expressive Arts Therapy as an integrative psychotherapeutic approach in mental health and health care; 
• Recognize at least seven signs of traumatic stress;
• Understand the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) pyramid in relation to developmental trauma in children and adults throughout the lifespan;
• Define “healing centered engagement” as a trauma-informed, culturally-relevant model for programming;
• Learn at least two ways to support attunement and "relational synchrony" through arts-based approaches;
• Learn at least three ways to support self-regulation and co-regulation through arts-based approaches;
• Define a "brain-wise and body-based" model (Expressive Therapies Continuum) for designing art-based interventions in a variety of settings;
• Define somatosensory, affective and cognitive art-based approaches to traumatic stress;
• Apply at least three ways to support safety through art-based experiences in psychotherapeutic, counseling, mental health, community and educational relationships with individuals experiencing traumatic stress.

REFUND POLICY FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT: Because this training has been funded by grant money, we will not issue any refunds for cancellations. However, you can apply this registration to any of our online courses or future live events through the Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute. Please let us know if that is what you would like to do so we can arrange for your credit.

REGISTRATION: Because participants will receive workshop materials electronically before day of the event, we will not be able to take walk-in registrations. Because seating will be limited, please be sure to register on site [using the registration portal below] as soon as possible.

Those Creative Arts Therapists requiring continuing education for participation, you can obtain 6 Contact Hours on completion of this workshop. There is an additional fee of $20 payable to Water & Stone, PLLC [cash, check or Venmo] during the workshop. 

New York State Approved Provider. Water & Stone, A Creative Arts Therapy PLLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0017; https://www.creativelyhealing.com/continuingeducation.html.

All participants will receive a Certificate of Completion as part of the registration fee, including 6 Clock Hours from ACEP 6557/ NBCC.

Counselors/National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC). Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6557. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC are clearly identified. Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Please see our Continuing Education page at this link for more information.

Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute is an Approved Continuing Education Provider by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. Our Texas Provider Number is 2318.

Art Therapy Credentials Board [ATCB]. The ATCB recognizes a variety of CEC activities, including those in the areas of professional and mental health counseling. These activities are clearly outlined in their recertification standards provided to all ATR-BCs in their recertification year and on their website. A minimum of six CECs must be earned in the area of ethics each cycle. If you are licensed as an art therapist in your state, please check with your state board to verify what types of CEC activities are acceptable for license renewal.

Art Therapists, Music Therapists, Drama Therapists and Dance Therapists from outside NY State. Please check with your credentials board or state license board to ensure that any courses you take can be applied for credential renewal.

California Marriage and Family Therapists, Social Workers, Educational Psychologists and Professional Counselors. As of July 1, 2015, the State of California /Board of Behavioral Sciences [BBS] amended its regulations for continuing education providers to include National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as a "board-recognized approval agency." If you are licensed as a marriage and family therapist, social worker, educational psychologist or professional clinical counselor in California, NBCC Approved Continuing Education Providers are recognized by the BBS to fulfill continuing education requirements. As of July 1, 2015, required CE hours can be accumulated entirely through self-study and distance learning. 

A quick check on Google Maps shows a variety of reasonably priced hotel options including Holiday Inn, Aloft Brooklyn, and many others within walking distance or short distances via ground transportation.