Houston Licensed Professional Counselors Association
ART THERAPY INTERVENTIONS FOR THE NON-ART THERAPIST- Using Right Brain Tools in a Left - Brained ProfessionPresented by Valerie L. Bryan, LPC-AT/S, ATR-BC, ATCSFew therapists practice for long before realizing that there is a limit to how much words alone can ignite change in their clients’ lives. Energizing a ho-hum treatment model, (regardless of one’s theoretical orientation) with music, art, play, and/or movement therapies can be a catalyst to exponential growth and insight for our clients. Drawing on your natural creativity as a human being and a counselor, together with a general understanding of a basic art therapy theory, you can help energize both yourself and your practice. In this presentation, counselors will: • Informally assess their own comfort level with art materials/creativity • Learn the levels of the Expressive Therapies Continuum • Learn when/how to introduce various art materials based on the correlation between their qualities and client’s readiness for that • Increase awareness of how to seamlessly/informally help client’s gain insight from their art productions. • Become more accepting and comfortable with client’s having “fun” during sessions, & recognizing that this is both desirable and effective.
We meet at the American Red Cross 2700 Southwest Freeway, Houston, TX 77098.
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