2023 Professional Development.
Ideas for professional development, creative learning, resources and self-care opportunities (will be updated throughout 2023).
✿ CREATIVE ART THERAPIES EVENTS • Starting Your own Private Practice (was in March and being offered again in July- date TBD)
✿ CRISIS RESOURCE CENTRE • FREE 1 hour video presentation (available until July 31st): Harm Reduction
✿ GRAPHIC MEDICINE CONFERENCE • Encounters & Invitations. July 13-15 Hybrid Format. An in-person open studio co-facilitated by TATI instructor and art therapist Rakshanda Khan.
✿ LIFE AS MEDICINE • Circle of Indigenous Healing (In collaboration with EMRG) have 2 BiPoC exclusive July Events. Info. here.
✿ LONDON DRAWING GROUP • MOMIGAMI: Japanese Paper Making SAT July 22 9-10:30 EDT. Link for more LDG July events.
✿ MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA • FREE online offering: July 11th 1pm–2pm ET. Culture and community: Impacts on BIPOC mental health.
✿ UCLA HOPE SERIES • FREE online offering: July 17th at 1pm PT: Beyond Self-Care: Cultivating Daily Acts of Self-Devotion
✿ CANADIAN ART THERAPY ASSOCIATION • August 25-27: CATA-ACAT 2023 Conference Coming Home: Culture, Hope, and Connection St. John’s, Newfoundland
✿ UCLA HOPE SERIES • FREE online offering: August 18th at noon-1:30pm PT: Making & Mindfulness for the Moment
✿ ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS • OAHMP Annual Conference and AGM. September 29 & 30. Toronto
✿ UCLA HOPE SERIES • FREE online offering: September 22 at 1:30pm PT Recipes for Connection: Art for Social Emotional Learning
✿ ONTARIO ART THERAPY ASSOCIATION • OCT 20-21 • Peer to Peer: The Nature of Well-being In Person - Burlington Art Gallery
✿ MASTER CLASS IN JUNGIAN STUDIES • OCT 28-DEC 17 • Engage with Creative Process and the Astrology of Saturn in Pisces 8 week journey into the waters of the soul Online Classes. Facilitated by Cristina Becker and Sharlene Friedman
✿ NICAMB• FREE for a limited time • Mastering the Treatment of Trauma Advanced Approaches to the Underlying Causes and Conditions That Block Healing
✿ ART HIVES/LES RUCHES D’ART• SEPT-DEC 2023 • Art Hives Community of Practice “An opportunity for Art Hives practitioners everywhere to come together and exchange feedback with their peers about their experiences, questions, concerns and dreams”. These meetings are held online on the Zoom platform every two weeks. (sept 11+25, oct 16+30 nov 13 + 27,dec11)
The OATA Board Shares Some Recent Resourceful Finds:
✿ Hannah recommends the new PODCAST with Guy Macphersin • The Trauma Therapist Podcast: books. read. thrive
Also from Hannah: For anyone working with couples, Ellyn Bader is one of the best trainers. She and her husband developed the Developmental Couples Therapy programm and I have participated in many of their training sessions. Even though it is not art based, I was able to benefit and use art therapy to augment their approach. Free Training Link from Mind Body Training Institute
✿ Susan recommends a recent ARTICLE by Barbara Fish • Response art: A resource for practice and supervision, in person and online • journal of applied arts & health Volume 14 Number 1 2023.
✿ Psychwire is a great resource to learn about or update your understanding of certain modalities. Our Student Ambassador, Saba, has used Psychwire to better understand the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy model. She feels it has been a good source that provides the necessary information and application processes required to gain a foundational understanding we need in order to assist support our clients. You can also earn CE credits!
Here are a few links you can explore. Check them out now for discounts and deadlines!
Acceptance and Commitment Theory with Russ Harris
Dialectical Behaviour Theory with Marsha Linehan
Emotionally Focused Therapy with Sue Johnson
✿ I recommend virtual art making WEBINARS (with art and historical context discussions) hosted by The London Drawing Group. As an eco-artist I have really enjoyed a couple of recent webinars: Joomchi - a traditional Korean paper-making art form and Botanical printing on paper. Here are LDG art experiential webinars for July and August listed on Eventbrite UK.
✿ Saba shares these creative prompts:
Creative Prompt Link: In Control vs. Out of Control • retrieved from pinterest
Creative Prompt Link: Tree of Strength • retrieved from www.creativityintherapy.com
Art Therapy Resource List on the Connections Blog:
✿ Blog Listing. Art Therapy Resources. 〰 AP BLOG • art therapy posts, content and topics for my art therapy peers
Thanks to Janet Ho for assisting with sourcing some of these PD opportunities!
