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Art thérapie :
Réparer ce qui est
brisé entre nous
Art therapy:
Mending what is broken
between us
39th Annual Canadian Art Therapy
Association Conference
La 39e conférence de l’association
canadienne d’art-thérapie
Concordia University
October 12-14, 2018
Université Concordia
Montréal, QC
#CATAQC2018
MESSAGE FROM THE CONFERENCE CHAIR
MESSAGE DE LA COORDONNATRICE DE LA CONFÉRENCE
Art therapy: Mending what is broken between us
Art thérapie : Réparer ce qui est brisé entre nous
We are delighted to welcome everyone to the Concordia University’s Nous sommes ravi(e)s de vous accueillir à la Faculté des Beaux-Arts de
Faculty of Fine Arts in Montreal, for the 39th Canadian Art Therapy l’Université Concordia à Montréal, à l’occasion de la 39e Conférence de
Association Conference. Concordia University’s Creative Arts Therapies l’Association Canadienne d’Art-Thérapie. Le département des thérapies
department is home to the only master’s level program in art, drama, par les arts de l’Université Concordia offre le seul programme de
and music therapies in Canada. Many of its faculty and alumni are maîtrise en art thérapie, dramathérapie et musicothérapie au Canada.
leaders in the field, working on researching and developing therapeutic De nombreux(ses) membres de la faculté ainsi que d’ancien(ne)s
approaches ranging from psychodynamic art psychotherapy to the diplômé(e)s sont des pionnièr(e)s dans le domaine, travaillant sur la
emerging field of public practice art therapy. Montreal, Tiohtià:ke in recherche et le développement d’approches thérapeutiques allant de
Mohawk, the language of the traditional inhabitants of this colonized la psychothérapie psychodynamique au domaine émergeant de la
land, means broken in two, after the place where the St. Lawrence River pratique publique de l’art thérapie. Montréal, Tiohtià:ke en Mohawk,
separates around the island now known as Montreal. Throughout its la langue traditionnelle des habitants de cette terre colonisée, signifie
history, this island has served as a place of meeting between many brisée en deux, d’après l’endroit où le fleuve Saint-Laurent se sépare
Indigenous and settler peoples. As the bustling place of intercultural autour de l’île désormais connue sous le nom de Montréal. À travers son
exchanges it continues to be today, it seems like an ideal place to explore histoire, cette île a servi de lieu de rassemblement entre de nombreux
the myriad ways in which art therapy, and more broadly the creative peuples autochtones et colonisateurs. En tant que lieu effervescent
art therapies, are a bridging ground to work together at mending what d’échanges interculturels qu’il continue d’être aujourd’hui, Montréal
is broken within and between individuals, families, communities, and semble être un lieu idéal pour explorer les innombrables façons dont
ideologies, in a world that is becoming increasingly polarized. We are l’art-thérapie, incluant de façon plus générale toutes les modalités
looking forward to deepening and expanding this conversation, as we des thérapies par les arts créatifs, constituent un pont pour travailler
learn with one another during the three days of this conference, which ensemble à réparer ce qui est brisé, notamment entre les individus,
promises to be diverse, enriching, and exciting, thanks to each of your les familles, les communautés et les idéologies, dans un monde qui
contributions. continue à devenir de plus en plus polarisé. Nous nous réjouissons
à l’idée d’approfondir et d’élargir cette discussion, alors que nous
We would like to extend a special thank-you to CATA-ACAT administrator
appredrons ensemble durant les trois jours de cette conférence, qul
Samuel Stevenson and Social Media Chair Stephanie Godel for their
promet d’être diversifiée, enrichissante et stimulante, grâce à chacune
dedication and tireless efforts in supporting the coordination and
de vos contributions.
promotion of this conference. We are also grateful for a small and
mighty group of dedicated and creative volunteers whose hard work Nous aimerions remercier particulièrement Samuel Stevenson,
made this conference possible: administrateur de la CATA-ACAT, et Stephanie Godel, Responsable des
Médias Sociaux, pour leur dévouement et leurs effort inépuisables
afin de soutenir l’organisation et la promotion de cette conférence.
Nous sommes également très reconnaissant(e)s envers le petit groupe
de bénévoles dévoué(e)s et créatif(ve)s dont le travail a rendu cette
conférence possible:
Karine Bouchard MA Olga Perju MA, RP, CCC
Katelyn Brinkman MA, ATPQ Maria Riccardi MA, MEd, ATPQ, ATR-BC
Sondra Goldman MA, ATPQ, ATR-BC Janis Timm-Bottos PhD, ATPQ, ATR-BC
Patricia Ki DTATI, MSW, RSW Theresa Zip MA, BEd, ATR
Chloe Martin MA
Rachel Chainey MA, ATPQ
2018 CATA Conference Chair
Artwork / Ouvrages d’art: Kintsugi 4 (detail), Christine Morin 2
MESSAGE FROM THE CATA-ACAT PRESIDENT
MESSAGE DE LA PRÉSIDENTE DE LA CATA-ACAT
I would like to warmly welcome all art therapists and psychotherapists, J’aimerais souhaiter la bienvenue à tous les art-thérapeutes et
counselors, mental health practitioners, students and friends to the 39th psychothérapeutes, conseillers, praticiens en santé mentale, étudiants
Canadian Art Therapy Association Conference, hosted by Concordia et amis lors du 39e congrès de l’Association canadienne d’art-thérapie,
University in Montreal, Québec. organisé par l’Université Concordia à Montréal, au Québec.
Having graduated from Concordia University in Montreal, it is meaningful Diplômée de l’Université Concordia à Montréal, il est significatif pour
for me to return to such a vibrant city and to the University that has moi de retourner dans une ville aussi dynamique et à l’Université qui m’a
changed me fundamentally. I want to extend the CATA-ACAT board’s fondamentalement changée. Je veux, au nom du Conseil d’Administration
gratitude and thank the strong and creative conference team for putting de CATA-ACAT, exprimer notre reconnaissance et remercier toute l’équipe
such a comprehensive and engaging program together. Thank you to de conférence persévérante et créative, d’avoir mis en place un programme
Rachel Chainey, the 2018 Conference Chair, as well as: Karine Bouchard, aussi complet et fascinant. Merci à Rachel Chainey, présidente de la
Katelyn Brinkman, Sondra Goldman, Patricia Ki, Chloe Martin, Olga Perju, conférence 2018, ainsi qu’à: Karine Bouchard, Katelyn Brinkman, Sondra
Maria Riccardi, Janis Tim-Bottos and Theresa Zip. Thank you to Concordia Goldman, Patricia Ki, Chloé Martin, Olga Perju, Maria Riccardi, Janis Tim-
University for hosting the conference this year and to the Association des Bottos et Theresa Zip. Merci à l’Université Concordia d’avoir accueilli la
artes-thérapeutes du Québec. Thank you, Maria Riccardi, for your leadership conférence cette année et à l’Association des art-thérapeutes du Québec.
and for building many bridges as the AATQ President. Merci, Maria Riccardi, pour votre leadership et pour avoir tissé de nombreux
ponts à titre de Présidente de l’AATQ.
This year’s conference theme is titled Art Therapy: Mending What is Broken
Between Us. The theme makes a powerful statement regarding the history Cette année, le thème de la conférence s’intitule Art Thérapie: Réparer ce qui
and intention for the field of art therapy in Canada to repair differences and est brisé entre nous. Le thème énonce avec ampleur l’histoire et l’intention
create spaces for healing. Reading the conference program, I learned that du domaine de la thérapie par l’art au Canada de remédier aux différences
Montreal is called Tiohtià:ke in Mohawk and means broken in two, as the et de créer des espaces de guérison. En consultant le programme de la
St. Lawrence river separates this sacred land. This theme was decided upon conférence, j’ai appris que Montréal s’appelle Tiohtià:ke en Mohawk et
with profound consideration by the conference team. signifie «brisé en deux», alors que le fleuve Saint-Laurent sépare cette
terre sacrée. Ce thème a été élaboré avec une immense considération par
Contemporary art therapists Chilton, Gerber, and Scotti call for l’équipe de la conférence.
the emergence of a new paradigm that amalgamates art therapy
understandings with the emergence of arts-based research. They propose Ensuite, Chilton, Gerber et Scotti, art thérapeutes contemporains, appellent
an aesthetic intersubjective paradigm, where knowledge is gained through à l’émergence d’un nouveau paradigme qui fusionne les compréhensions
the embodied artistic process. Furthermore, this paradigm includes an de l’art-thérapie avec l’émergence de la recherche basée sur les arts. Ils
intersubjective pluralist understanding of “being”, where multiple realities proposent un paradigme intersubjectif esthétique, où la connaissance est
and perspectives can co-exist and influence one another. As we grow as acquise par le processus artistique incarné. De plus, ce paradigme englobe
a profession, it is important to recognize and appreciate these multiple une compréhension pluraliste intersubjective de «l’être», où de multiples
realities and experiences, while full heartedly supporting voicing narratives réalités et perspectives peuvent coexister et s’influencer mutuellement. Au
that have been oppressed and marginalized throughout centuries. This fur et à mesure que nous grandissons en tant que profession, il est important
includes Canada’s indigenous populations, among others. de reconnaître et d’apprécier ces réalités et expériences multiples, tout en
soutenant de tout son cœur les récits qui ont été opprimés et marginalisés au
When meditating on the word mending, I think of an active, intentional, cours des siècles. Cela comprend notamment les populations autochtones
mindful, and slow process of stitching together. Mending is a dynamic and du Canada.
sensory verb that evokes a careful and intentional process. I believe that this
theme speaks to a larger intention of the profession of art therapy towards Lorsque je médite sur le mot réparation /raccommodage, je pense à un
healing and wholeness, as a global and diverse community. With each processus actif, intentionnel, attentif et lent de couture. La réparation est
stitch, we can counter the dominant oppressive narratives that exist. With un verbe dynamique et sensoriel qui évoque un déroulement prudent et
each suture, we heal further and bridge understandings. This conference intentionnel. Je crois que ce thème parle d’une intention plus large de la
is perhaps one of the many stitches along the way to collective, holistic, profession de l’art-thérapie envers la guérison et la plénitude, en tant que
community healing. This is where art therapists can share their knowledge, communauté mondiale et diversifiée. Avec chaque point, nous pouvons
practice, and questions with one another to create a larger movement for contrer les récits oppressifs dominants qui existent. À chaque suture, nous
community healing and creative compassion. soignons davantage et créons une passerelle de compréhension. Cette
conférence est peut-être l’un des nombreux points de cheminement vers
I hope that you enjoy the gathering of national and international art therapy la guérison collective, holistique et communautaire. C’est ici que les art-
scholars, experts and enthusiasts for this unique conference in Tiohtià:ke. thérapeutes peuvent partager leurs connaissances, leurs pratiques et leurs
questions pour créer un mouvement plus large en faveur de la guérison
communautaire et de la compassion créative.
Enfin, j’espère que vous apprécierez ce rassemblement de chercheurs,
d’experts et de passionnés d’art-thérapie nationaux et internationaux, pour
cette conférence unique à Tiohtià: ke.
Haley Toll, MA, CCC, RCAT, RP (inactive)
Canadian Art Therapy Association President
Artwork / Ouvrages d’art: There be Dragons (detail), Claudia McKnight 3
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
CALENDRIER DES CONFÉRENCES
Unless otherwise noted, all rooms are located inside the Engineering & Visual Arts Integrated Complex (EV), 1515 Ste-Catherine West. All
rooms are wheelchair accessible. There is a 10-minute break between each session. Please note that if a workshop is cancelled, the conference
committee will assign another workshop to replace the cancelled session.
Sauf indication contraire, toutes les salles sont situées à l’intérieur du Engineering & Visual Arts Integrated Complex (EV) : 1515, rue Ste-Catherine
Ouest. Toutes les salles sont accessibles aux fauteuils roulants. Il y a une pause de 10 minutes entre chaque session. Veuillez noter que si un atelier
est annulé, le comité de la conférence assignera un autre atelier en remplacement.
Friday, vendredi 12 October
EV3.760 EV7.745 EV2.645 EV7.735 EV3.655 EV2.776 EV6.720 EV5.825
8:00
BREAKFAST 8-9 am, EV1.490
9:00
9:30 Opening Ceremony & Keynote Plenary 9-11 am, St.Jax Sanctuary (1439 Ste-Catherine West)
10:00 Pamela Whitaker, PhD & Maria Riccardi MA Med, ATR-BC — Making a Scene in Public
10:30
11:00 BLOCK A A1 Whyte A2 Heller A3 Valkanas A4 Chin A5 Nicholls A6 Lambert & A7 Stewart A8 De Jongh
Paper Walking on Two- Parcours Imaginaires A Heuristic The Legacies We Create to Thrive Dessureault Capturing Change: A González et al.
11:00-11:50 Row: Indigenous Arts- : Identités hybrides, Exploration of Leave Behind: Art During Family L’art-thérapie axée sur Phototherapy "Who am I, Other
Based Heuristic création et Autonomic Nervous Therapy in Palliative Divide: A Superhero les forces de Program Designed Than a Lupus Patient?"
11:30
Inquiry réflexivité System Responses and End-of-Life Care Themed Protocol caractère: femmes en for At-Risk Youth Experience of a
état d’itinérance Pregnant Woman
and Art-Making
12:00
LUNCH 12-1 pm, EV6.720 Writer's Lounge 12-1 pm, EV Junction (EV2.785)
1:00 BLOCK B B1 Sokoloff B2 Hanania B3 Madeley B4 Stefanson B5 Lebeau B6 Simmons B7 Godel B8 Beti
Paper L’art de la rencontre Culturally Informed The Nature of Hope: Building A Nest: L’art thérapie en Healing the Child's Surprising Symbols Experiences of
1:00-1:50 inuite et non-inuite Art Therapy: A Positive Art Creating Community CHSLD, une alliance Grieving Heart of the Feminine: Refugees and Their
en santé Embroidery with Therapy Framed Through Art-Making entre l’art et les Through Art Therapy Holding Art that Integration Through
1:30
Syrian Refugees Group in a Women’s soins Misbehaves Playback Theatre
Shelter
2:00 BLOCK C C1 Lynn C2 Jobin C3 Parker et al. C4 Rosales et al. C6 Gavron C7 Carpendale C8 Regev et al.
Workshop MARI (Mandala Beyond Ego: Personal In- The View from the The Joint Painting et al. Ethical Issues in Art
2:00-5:00 Assessment Journaling as a Way Queer-y: Better Inside Project: Using Procedure: Assessing The Mending Basket Therapy in the
OR Research to Connect with Understanding of Mask-Body Puppets Parent-Child as a Metaphor for Education System
2:30
Workshop/ Instrument) as Vastness Therapeutic to Impact Mental Relationships in Supervision: A panel
panel Assessment and Relationships with Health and Quality Middle Childhood exploring
2:00-3:20 Intervention for the Queer of Life in Vulnerable innovations (panel)
3:00 Clients with Trauma Community Senior Populations
3:30 BLOCK D D1 Timm-Bottos D2 Couture et al.
Workshop/ et al. L’art-thérapie auprès
panel The Opportunities des couples : Un
3:30-4:50 (and Challenges) of outil d’intervention
4:00
Institutional prometteur
Art Hives
4:30
5:00
6:00
Vernissage: The Nature of Art Therapy 6-8 pm
7:00 La Ruche d'Art St-Henri, 4525 St-Jacques, Montreal
Artwork / Ouvrages d’art: Untitled (detail), Nikki Featherstone 4
Saturday, samedi 13 October
EV3.760 EV7.745 EV2.645 EV7.735 EV3.655 EV2.776 EV6.720 EV5.825 Auditorium 1.615
8:00
BREAKFAST 8-9 am, EV6.720
9:00 BLOCK E E1 Boudrias E2 Cook E3 Bzdel E4 Gonzalez- E5 Oake E6 Boodajee E7 Bookbinder E8 Toll
Paper Le Dessin-d'un- Integrating Benefits of Offering Dolginko It Takes Time: Museum Visit: The Business of Art Re-imagining the
9:00-9:50 animal-sauvage-et- Identities: Becoming Art Therapy to Offering Context for Existential Art Rebuilding New Therapy Future of Art
OR d'une-personne a Mother While Adults in a LGBTQ Treatment Therapy for Clients Aesthetics for the Therapy Leadership
9:30 Issues: Art Therapy
Workshop (DWAP) Studying Art Psychiatric/ with Cancer Self with Traumatic in Canada
with a Gay Man
9:00-10:20 Therapy Forensic Setting Brain Injury
Affected by AIDS
10:00 BLOCK F F1 Sánchez-Longo F2 Pryma F4 Kwon
Paper Dávila Art-Making in Using Animation as
10:00-10:50 Producing a Process: Promoting a Promotional and
Contemplative Well-Being and Self- Therapeutic Tool in
10:30 G5 Hewit et al. G6 Riccardi & G7 Hanson
Space for Grief and Care Art Therapy
Right Care, Right Fewster Integrating Cree
Pain from Violence
Time, Right Place: Art Therapy with Culture and
Stories of the Veterans and Traditional
11:00 BLOCK G G1 Carpendale G2 Schenkeveld G3 Ho G4 Knight
Atlantic Canada Art Military Populations Materials into
Paper A Shifting Paradigm The Travelling Art Art, creativity & Invisible Ink: Art-
Therapy Roadshow (panel) Therapeutic Practice
11:00-11:50 to Reparation in Art Therapist: Art restoration: A faith- Making in Support
(video)
OR Therapy and Therapy, Indigenous informed journey of the Menopausal
11:30
Workshop/ Environmental Cultural Support, and integration to Process
panel Education and Housing First clinical practice
10:30-11:50
12:00
LUNCH 12-1 pm, EV6.720 CATA AGM 12-1 pm, EV6.720
1:00 BLOCK H H1 Jamieson H2 Smallwood H3 Cardinal H4 Nan H5 Lambert H6 Laffier & Hughes H7 Lavoie H8 Hayashikawa
Paper Our Stories: Group Art Therapy Aboriginal men who Expressive Arts in Dévoiler l’indicible The Intersection of Art-thérapie et Impact of
1:00-1:50 Reframing Mental for Young Adults have experienced End-of-Life Care — A d’un vécu Art Therapy and the aventure Therapeutic Color
illness through Art with Epilepsy: domestic violence Competence traumatique, des Maker Movement thérapeutique: a Ia on Business
1:30
Stories (video) Examining Multiple Enhancement stratégies art- for Children and croisée des chemins Documents
Ways of Knowing Program for thérapeutiques Youth
Professionals
2:00 BLOCK I I1 Périer I2 Malo et al. I3 Hanczaryk I4 McLaughlin I5 Ki I6 Vivian I7 Siano I8 Kalaba & Brodie I9 Leclerc et al.
Workshop When Art Therapy Mending our Self-Care for the Creative Make Our Own Decolonizing Art Holy Junk: Mending the Bonds Toward the
2:00-5:00 and Psychodrama Identities: The Art Body, Mind and Cartography: Maps: Creative Therapy: Creating an Transforming with Ancestry: Recognition and
2:30
Meet therapist Self and Spirit: An Mapping Integrative Journalling with Indigenous Circle of Yesterday's Bad Fibres, Storytelling Regulation of Art
the Entrepreneur Experiential Approaches to Art Women through the Art Therapists News into Today's and Art Therapy Therapy: A Painting
3:00 Self Workshop Therapy Practice Landscapes of Positive Experience of the Canadian
Substance Use and Landscape
Trauma (panel)
3:30
4:00
4:30
5:00
6:00
Dinner & Party 6 pm
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1380 Sherbrooke West
WRITERS’ LOUNGE SALON DES AUTEUR(E)S DINNER & PARTY DÎNER ET FÊTE
Friday, 12-1pm, EV Junction, EV2.785 Saturday, 6pm
Pamela Whitaker PhD, Editor of CATA Journal Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,
Patricia Ki DTATI, MSW, PhD Cand., Editor of Envisage: CATA Online Magazine 1380 Sherbrooke West
Anton Svendrovski MBA, MSc, BCompSc, IBM SPSS Certified Enjoy a great catered dinner and music at an
extraordinary venue, where we can reconnect with
We invite you to visit the Writers’ Lounge, where you can learn more about the
old friends and make new ones, share stories and
CATA publications. Connect with the editors and learn tips on writing and having
celebrate our vibrant art therapy community!
your work published in the journal and magazine. Discuss art therapy research
with special guest Anton Svendrovski, consulting statistician who works with Tickets are $40/person, and can be purchased at the
the Canadian, American and Irish Art Therapy Associations and delivers research conference.
seminars at art therapy training programs and online. Come and share ideas, Prenez part à un délicieux souper puis entrez dans la
network, and collaborate with fellow art therapists, practitioners and writers! danse dans ce lieu extraordinaire. Ce sera l’occasion de
Nous vous invitons à visiter le Salon des Auteur(e)s, où vous pourrez en apprendre reconnecter avec de vieux amis et d’en rencontrer de
davantage sur les publications de l’ACAT, discuter avec les éditrices, et recevoir des nouveaux, de partager des histoires et de célébrer la
conseils sur la recherche et l’écriture au sujet des arts expressifs, la publication dans communauté dynamique des art thérapeutes.
la journal et le magazine de l’ACAT, partager des idées, et faire du réseautage avec Les billets pour la soirée sont au coût de 40$, et
des collègues intéressé(e)s par l’écriture. peuvent être achetés sur place lors de la conférence.
5
Sunday, dimanche 14 October
EV3.760 EV7.745 EV2.645 EV7.735 EV3.655 EV2.776 EV6.720 EV5.825
8:00
BREAKFAST 8-9 am, EV6.720
9:00 BLOCK J J1 Kaur & Bal J2 Muggeridge & J3 Brennan & J4 Paquet J5 Bluethner J6 Whitaker J7 Siano J8 Bleuer & Williams
Workshop/ Cultural Humility in David Foster Goldman Retracer les Using The Art of Walking & Art-Based Holy Junk Performing Cultural
panel Art Therapy Altered Books for Playful Intersections: fragments et Photography to Spoken Words Along Supervision Ruptures and Repair:
9:00-10:20 Mending What is The Expressive terminer l’histoire : Explore Identity in Ar the Way Workshop Moving Beyond
9:30
OR Broken Therapies Art-thérapie et t Therapy Shame
Workshop Continuum and trauma
9:00-12:00 Developmental
10:00 Transformations
10:30 BLOCK K K1 Guay K2 Saffery & K3 Bowman K4 Vivian et al. K5 Oprea
Workshop/ Impact of Group Art Nearing Self-Portraits Drawn Creating Dialogue: The Role of Symbols
panel Therapy on the Making "Piece" with with Eyes Closed: A Exploring in Sandplay Therapy
10:30-11:50 Quality of Life for the Past: Applying Response Art Reconciliatory and
11:00
Acquired Brain Injury the Art of Kintsugi to Technique Decolonizing Art
Survivors Post-Traumatic Therapy Actions
Stress Across Canada
11:30 (panel)
12:00
12:30
Closing Circle 12:30-1 pm, EV6.720
CONFERENCE EXHIBITS
EXPOSITIONS DE LA CONFÉRENCE
VERNISSAGE: THE NATURE OF ART THERAPY
Friday, 6-8pm, La Ruche d’Art St-Henri, 4525 St-Jacques, Montreal
Let’s cultivate a conference environment to evoke the landscape of art therapy, with artworks composed of nature
and fibre arts. Come share your homeland. Bring along assemblages, sculptures and installations. The curators for
the conference exhibition will be Maria Riccardi and Rachel Chainey.
Cultivons un environnement de conférence pour évoquer le paysage de l’art-thérapie, avec des oeuvres
d’art composées de matériaux naturels et textiles. Venez partager le territoire d’où vous venez. Apportez des
assemblages, des sculptures et des installations. Les commissaires de l’exposition de la conférence seront Maria
Riccardi et Rachel Chainey.
THE ART THERAPIST’S IDENTITY: PARCOURS IMAGINAIRES :
A SUPERVISION TALE UNE RECHERCHE HEURISTIQUE AVEC
LES MIGRANTS VOLONTAIRES
September 27 to November 29, 2018
Galerie du Séminaire, United Theological College, 12-14 Octobre, Art Hive, EV5.775, Université Concordia
McGill University, 3521 rue University, Montreal Artiste: Vera Heller PhD, ATR, ATPQ
Artists: Marissa Cytryn, Diana Vozian, Jillian Bagan, Hanieh
Ce projet d’exposition explore le thème de la “migration existentielle”.
Tohidi, Ana María García Hernández, Hannah Grabowecky, Christy
A travers une série d’œuvres intitulée Parcours imaginaires. Le
Thompson, Stephanie Sing, Deborah Poitirala, Cyndie Bussière,
migrant “existentiel” quitte volontairement son pays et devient
Allison Henry, Kristina Parker, Audrée-Anne Frenette, Andrea Cook,
étranger en terre étrangère. Il part souvent pour répondre à une
Leland Peterson, and Maria Riccardi.
aspiration à élargir ses horizons qu’il nourrit depuis son enfance. À
An exploration of professional identity in collaboration with l’instar du légendaire héros décrit par Joseph Campbell, il devra faire
Concordia University, CATA, and the Art Hives Network. The art face à une série de tests qui forgeront progressivement sa singularité
therapy practicum supervision classes that were held in 2017-2018 at en tant qu’individu. Ce voyage initiatique marque de manière
Concordia University inspired the works presented. indélébile l’imagination de ceux qui l’ont vécue.
Artwork / Ouvrages d’art: Ridge of the Fire (detail), Claudia McKnight 6
CONFERENCE EVENTS
ÉVÉNEMENTS SPÉCIAUX DE LA CONFÉRENCE
THE CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ART HIVE
LE RUCHE D’ART À L’UNIVERSITÉ CONCORDIA
EV5.775
Need a creative break? Come experience the Concordia University Art Hive (SGW
Campus). At the heart of the newly opened International Art Hives HQ, this creative
community-university third space, facilitated by creative arts therapies students,
welcomes the Concordia community and everyone else for free and open art making,
year-round. Join us for self-care, skill-sharing and community-building! Our abundant
art supplies are provided graciously by the Concordia University Creative Reuse Centre
(www.cuccr.ca).
Want to find out more about how to start your own Art Hive? Consider staying in
town until Monday October 15 to attend the Art Hives 101 workshop led by the art
therapists on the Art Hives HQ team. Learn about the theoretical and practical aspects of this public practice art therapy model,
and explore your questions with the team and other participants! More details on www.arthives.org.
Besoin d’une pause créative? Venez expérimenter la Ruche d’Art de l’Université Concordia (Campus Centre-Ville). Au coeur du
nouvellement inauguré Quartier Général International des Ruches d’Art, ce tiers-lieu créatif communautaire-universitaire, animé
par des étudiantes en Thérapies par les Arts, accueille la communauté de Concordia et le grand public toute l’année pour de la
création artistique libre et gratuite. Joignez-vous à nous pour prendre soin de vous, partager vos savoirs-faire et créer des liens
communautaires! Notre abondant stock de matériaux artistiques est fourni gracieusement par le Centre de Réutilisation Créative
de l’Université Concordia (www.cuccr.ca).
Souhaitez-vous en apprendre davantage sur le démarrage d’une Ruche d’Art ? Pensez à rester en ville un jour de plus,
afin de participer à l’atelier Ruches d’Art 101, animé par les art thérapeutes du QG des Ruches d’Art. Vous repartirez avec des
connaissances théoriques et pratiques à propos de ce modèle de pratique publique des thérapies par les arts, et pourrez explorer
vous questionnements avec l’équipe et les autres participant(e)s. Plus de détails et inscription sur : www.arthives.org.
EXHIBITORS Caversham Booksellers
EXPOSANTS Toronto-based, independent bookstore specializing in books on
psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and psychology.
EV Junction (EV2.785) Librairie indépendante située à Toronto, et se spécialisant
dans les livres portant sur la psychanalyse, la psychothérapie
Canadian Counselling and
et la psychologie.
Psychotherapy Association
A national bilingual Association des Art Thérapeutes du Québec
association providing
L’AATQ a pour mandat de servir le public en établissant et en
professional counsellors and
renforçant l’expertise et des standards d’éthique rigoureux.
psychotherapists with access
L’AATQ s’engage à promouvoir la pratique de l’art-thérapie et
to exclusive educational programs, certification, professional
les thérapies créatives au Québec par le biais de l’éducation
development, and networking opportunities.
et par la défense des intérêts de la profession.
Une association nationale bilingue offrant aux conseillers et
The AATQ serves the public by establishing and enforcing strict
psychothérapeutes professionnels, un accès à des programmes
standards of ethics, competence, and practice while expanding
éducatifs, certifications, opportunités de développement
the field of art therapy and the creative arts therapies in Québec
professionnel et de réseautage exclusifs.
through education and advocacy.
Artwork / Ouvrages d’art: Map to the Treasure (detail), Irit Epstein 7
POSTERS
AFFICHES
Posters are located at / Les affiches sont situées à Grigoris Vaslamatzis MD, PD is professor emeritus at the Athens
EV Junction (EV2.785) University Medical School, training/supervising analyst of the Hellenic
Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, president of the Hellenic
Fabio Balli, Yannick Gervais & Stéphane Gingras Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (1998-2002, 2009-2013), fellow
Air, Breath and the Co-creation of Meaning: Can Games Help Break of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, and
Free from Limiting Beliefs? member of the editorial board of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
What do participatory game design and art therapy have in common? To Kay Guyer
what extent can self-care games complement art therapy? We propose
Utilizing Digital Media in a Grounded Theory Exploration of
to explore these questions through a poster and a demonstration of non-
Intersectional Activists
commercial, educational games co-created for children with asthma.
How might art therapists support the psychological needs of activists?
Fabio Balli and Yannick Gervais co-founded Breathing Games, a project
This poster presents collaborative research conducted with intersectional
funded by Concordia University, Sainte-Justine Hospital and the Canadian
activists. Grounded theory was used to thematically analyze content
Institute of Health Research. Yannick holds a BA in psychology and a
captured through video to explore the impact of group art-making and
graduate diploma in game design. Fabio holds a MAS in human systems
dialogue on activists and their psychological sustainability within social
engineering and does an individualized PhD at Concordia University.
movements.
Stéphane Gingras is a Breathing Games contributor. He completed a
multidisciplinary BA in arts and psychology. Kay Guyer BS is a queer, genderqueer, organizer, and researcher who
studied creative community organizing at Manchester University and is
Suzanne Venne Clease currently applying a healing justice framework to art therapy counseling at
Reframing One’s Life Story Following Epic Loss: An Arts-Based Retreat Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Kay utilizes art therapy to support
for Younger Adults social movements by creating accessible spaces for collective healing.
This poster summarizes the research that supports an art-based weekend Jessica Reid, Louisa Iannaci, Trish Sai-Chew & Sandra Cesario
retreat designed to promote coping in bereavement. The author presents
A Partnership to Support First Nations Children & Youth
art therapists with a guide to planning and facilitating a retreat for
the bereaved younger adult that includes seven detailed experiential This poster presents a partnership between Anishinabek Nation, Aptus
workshops, psycho-education materials, theoretical components, and Treatment Centre, and Aquilla Occupational Therapy Services to provide
retreat logistics. therapy-related education and resources. Therapists created educational
and experiential workshops for participants working in First Nations
Suzanne Clease MPS-AT is a graduate from St. Stephen’s College in
communities to engage in dialogue, learn, and share different strategies
Edmonton, receiving her Master of Psychotherapy and Spirituality (Art
when supporting children and youth experiencing various challenges.
Therapy Specialization) in 2018. Following a 20-year teaching career,
Suzanne is transitioning into her new role as a psychotherapist/art Jessica Reid RP, MA, Louisa Iannaci RP, MA, Trish Sai-Chew RP, EXAT,
therapist by offering art-based retreats for the bereaved. and Sandra Cesario RP, EXAT are registered psychotherapists who work
at the adult day program at Aptus Treatment Centre in Toronto, ON. They
Elisabeth Ioannides, Aphrodite Pantagoutsou & Grigoris Vaslamatzis provide group and individual expressive arts therapy for adults with dual-
Exploring the Museum’s Images — Exploring My Image Group Art diagnosis (developmental disability and mental health diagnosis).
Psychotherapy Program in the Museum Premises
Khemanut Sripromphut
The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (EMST) in
Applying Art Therapy Combined with Satir Model and Substance
collaboration with the First Psychiatric Department of the University of
Abuse Treatment in Drug Clinic and Drug Treatment Camps
Athens, Eginition Hospital carried out two three-month art psychotherapy
programs at the museum. In the long-lasting period of economic, political This poster focuses on applying art therapy combined with Satir model
and social crisis that Greece was facing, the two institutions collaborated and substance abuse treatment in drug clinic and drug treatment camps.
in order to offer participants a space for self-expression, creativity, critical It is shown to be an effective alternative to substance abuse treatment.
thinking, and reducing anxiety through art making while simultaneously Khemanut Sripromphut works at the Khao Sukim Hospital in Thailand.
engaging participants with the museum collection.
Elisabeth Ioannides is an education curator at the National Museum Victoria Wirth
of Contemporary Art, Athens (EMST). She studied psychology and fine Exploring Creative Space: Advocating for the Unique Contributions of
arts at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, USA, received her MA in Art Therapists for Mental, Emotional and Spiritual Wellness
art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, and a post- This poster presents the author’s new conceptual framework for
graduate diploma in contemporary art from the Sotheby’s Institute of the practice of art therapy. The cultivation of creative space in all its
Art in London. She was an art psychotherapy trainee at the Arts and dimensions forms a model of practice unique to the field. The applied
Psychotherapy Center in Athens, Greece. project is a published art-based booklet intended to serve as a marketing
Aphrodite Pantagoutsou is an occupational therapist and art and advocacy tool.
psychotherapist graduated from the National and Kapodistrian University Victoria Wirth BScOT, MPS-AT (thesis pending) is a graduate from
of Athens Medical School, First Department of Psychiatry. She is certified St. Stephen’s College in Edmonton, receiving her Master of Psychotherapy
by the European Association of Psychotherapy and a member of the and Spirituality (Art Therapy Specialization) in 2018. She has enjoyed
Greek Association of Art Therapists. She is a supervisor at the Art a full career as an occupational therapist working across the lifespan,
and Psychotherapy Center in Athens, Greece and a tutor at the Social practises abstract painting, and is now entering her professional role as
Cooperative Activities for Vulnerable Groups. art psychotherapist.
Artwork: Map to the Treasure (detail), Irit Epstein 8
PAPERS, PANELS & WORKSHOPS
EXPOSÉS, PANELS & ATELIERS
KEYNOTE: MAKING A SCENE IN PUBLIC Jessica Bleuer & Britton Williams
Pamela Whitaker & Maria Riccardi Workshop (3 hrs.): Performing Cultural Ruptures and Repair: Moving
Art therapy should be relevant to life where it happens — becoming an Beyond Shame
intervening event and a beacon of possibilities. Composing art from the Let’s get bold and respond to the cultural ruptures that happen in our
materials of life and within environments of encounter. Being moved work. Using forum theatre we explore stories of cultural rupture in
to cultivate surroundings that are both disruptive and restorative, as an sessions, classrooms, conferences, and more.
antidote to disillusionment and indifference. This is a presentation about Jessica Bleuer MA, RDT OPQ works in private practice and teaches full
art therapy getting out more. Becoming more public and extending time at Concordia University’s graduate level Drama Therapy program.
the profession’s repertoire of actions. Art therapy can contribute to Past diversity chair for the North American Drama Therapy Association,
environments and generate habitats where people spend time together in cultural humility teacher, and cultural equity consultant, Jessica works
distinctive ways. The outdoor studio is a place where anything can happen. with educational institutions, government and non-governmental
Through a poetic conversation with Pamela Witaker, we have reflected organizations to increase cultural humility, equity, and inclusion through
on the place of an art studio in art therapeutic endeavours. The images policy, strategic change, and personal growth.
crafted are made from a diversity of media such as natural treasures and Britton Williams MA, RDT, LCAT works in private practice in New York
convey simplicity and possibilities. Like a ritual, on the studios of life, City and in acute care with adults and adolescents. Britton has published
where we convene day after day, to paint, draw, sculpt, model, unearth, and presented on the impact of biases on individuals, relationships, and
assemble, and paste on, we breathe. The therapeutic studio is created communities and the creative and embodied approaches to clinicians’
with the same care an artist uses to enlighten an art installation. It stems self-assessment. He is developing a relational-role theory protocol.
from the images within and then finds nourishment in the artwork
created. This presentation stems from transitional and indoor studios
inspired by the outdoor studios reinvented by Pamela. A conversation Cassandra Bluethner
that took place in the garden and will continue to blossom at the CATA Workshop (80 min.):
conference. Using Photography to Explore Identity in Art Therapy
Pamela Whitaker PhD, MA, BA, DVATI is an art therapist living in Ireland Photography is a visual medium, however it is rarely explored in art
who practices under the name of Groundswell, a social enterprise therapy. This presentation will explore the benefits of using photography
working in the areas of art therapy, art and participation, and arts and in art therapy, in which participants will take photos to help explore
health. As editor of the CATA Journal she has curated special issues on identity and self.
the topics of environment, visual culture, and political responses though Cassandra Bluethner BFA, MA graduated from the Master of Arts in
art therapy. Creative Arts Therapies program at Concordia University, and currently
Maria Riccardi MA, MEd, ATR-BC is a registered art therapist, a career works as a program coordinator for LOVE Leave Out Violence, a non
counsellor, and a licensed clinical psychotherapist. She is an adjunct for profit charity that uses photography, creative writing, and group
professor of art therapy at Concordia University and at l’Université du discussion to facilitate expression and exploration with youth.
Québec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. She collaborates with local non-profit
organizations and mental health institutions, developing community-based Sonja Boodajee
art studio programs for adolescents and adults who are marginalized. She
has expertise with veterans living with combat-related post-traumatic Workshop (80 min.): Museum Visit: Rebuilding New Aesthetics for the
stress disorder, and has founded a clinic in Montreal based on the Self with TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)
Expressive Therapies Continuum working with children and families. Attendees will enact a museum visit, an exercise that was used to support
individuals with TBI in rebuilding new self-identities and increasing
acceptance of their new realities. The exercise includes art-making and
Bonface Beti
the creation of an art installation, guided self-reflections, and discussion
Paper (50 min.): Experiences of Refugees and Their Integration regarding emotions, memories, and explorations of self-identities and
Through Playback Theatre realities prior to and after brain injuries.
This paper focuses on capturing the unique experiences of refugees Sonja Boodajee BFA, ATPQ graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Art
and their integration in Winnipeg, MB through Playback Theatre. The Education (1998) and a Master of Arts in Creative Arts Therapies from
presenter partnered with Read Threads for Peace Playback Troupe and Concordia University (2005). She continues to pursue work as an art
Canada Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) in Winnipeg to host a series therapist in two community centers in Montreal with people living with
of playback theatre workshops with a group of eight refugee youth to mental health concerns and brain injuries. Since summer 2014 she provides
explore their experiences and stories of finding ‘home.’ The objective creative arts therapies workshops for the MBIA.
was to promote integration and build better understanding between
newcomers and hosts.
Sharona Bookbinder
Bonface Beti MA is a passionate storyteller, theatre-maker, peace-builder,
trainer, and researcher with international experience. He has spent Workshop (80 min.): The Business of Art Therapy
almost a decade utilizing different artistic approaches, including playback Finding work as an art therapist is one of the biggest challenges for
theatre, as a tool and space for peace-building with communities in practitioners. How do we ease this difficulty? Learn some basic practical
Kenya, Sierra Leone, Burundi, Somalia, South Sudan, US, and Canada. business skills to improve your chances of gaining employment or
His work in use of theatre for conflict transformation and youth violence creating opportunities. This workshop will explore the business identity
prevention in Africa is featured at the Canadian Museum for Human of art therapists and offer some business information.
Rights. He completed a Master of Arts in Peace and Conflict Studies at Sharona Bookbinder BSc, DTATI, MBA, OATR, RCAT, RP, Doctoral Student
the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. practices as a registered psychotherapist, registered art therapist, and
Artwork / Ouvrages d’art: Ridge of the Fire (detail), Claudia McKnight 9
clinical art therapy supervisor. She is a presenter, author, educator, Regional Psychiatric Centre in Saskatoon, SK and has her own private
innovator, and leader in healthcare and small business. She completed practice in counselling and art therapy. Helen has training and experience
the Master of Business Administration in Innovation Leadership program in numerous types of therapies and has offered art therapy in a forensic/
(2016) and is currently working on a doctorate degree in art therapy. psychiatric setting since June 2015.
Sophie Boudrias Kayla Cardinal
Paper (50 min.): Le Dessin-d’un-animal-sauvage-et-d’une-personne Paper (50 min.): Aboriginal Men Who Have Experienced Domestic
(DWAP) : un outil d’évaluation prometteur en art-thérapie Violence: Implications for Art Therapy Practice
Venez découvrir un outil d’évaluation en développement permettant Domestic violence can be hard to recognize because a significant amount
d’obtenir des informations pertinentes auprès des clients en art-thérapie: of violence takes place behind closed doors. What is even more difficult
le Dessin-d’un-animal-sauvage-et-d’une-personne (DWAP). Des exemples to recognize are the male survivors, who remain an under-researched
de cas cliniques et quelques statistiques sur le type de dessins produits and stigmatized population. Art therapists and social services need to
dans le cadre de cette évaluation vous seront présentés. be more aware of male victims of domestic violence, specifically how
Sophie Boudrias DPs, ATPQ détient un doctorat en psychologie et une domestic violence affects Aboriginal people, as it is unfortunately more
maîtrise en art-thérapie. Elle travaille en pratique privée auprès d’une common than we perceive.
clientèle adulte. Elle s’intéresse notamment à Ia création de sens et a Kayla Cardinal BFA, BSW, DTATI, MSW, RSW is a graduate of Concordia
l’application des connaissances neuroscientifiques en thérapie. Elle est University (BFA, 2010), Toronto Art Therapy Institute (2011), and
aussi l’auteure du livre “Créez votre légende personnelle”. University of Manitoba (BSW, 2015 & MSW, 2017). She intends to earn a
PhD in women’s studies. Kayla has served as a board member for CATA as
Zoë Bowman the treasurer, secretary, and ethics chair. She also serves as a member of
the registration committee for the Manitoba College of Social Workers.
Workshop (80 min.): Self-Portraits Drawn with Eyes Closed: She has experience working with individuals, families, and groups who
A Response Art Technique have experienced trauma, addictions, mental illness, and grief/loss.
Post-session response art-making is a powerful tool to facilitate self- Her experience includes providing educational workshops, lectures,
reflection and self-care. This workshop will lead participants through resources, advocacy, public awareness, and clinical practice.
a novel technique of drawing with eyes-closed, allowing for quick,
spontaneous image-making which can reveal unconscious aspects of our
Monica Carpendale
experience and be used to deepen self-reflection.
Paper (50 min.): A Shifting Paradigm to Reparation in Art Therapy and
Zoë Bowman MA is a Toronto-based art therapist who holds a master’s
Environmental Education
degree in creative arts therapies from Concordia University and a master’s
degree in child studies and education from the University of Toronto. In This is a talk exploring meaning and metaphors pertaining to an
both her personal and professional practices, Zoë strives to find ways to environmental and relational approach to art therapy education and
combine spontaneous art expression with intentional self-reflection. practice. A relational approach to art therapy situates us in nature and
culture, and can function to increase eco-literacy and emotional resiliency
in the face of environmental changes and upheaval.
Cassandra Brennan & Sondra Goldman
Monica Carpendale BFA, DVATI, BCATR, RCAT, HLM is the founder and
Workshop (80 min.): Playful Intersections: The Expressive Therapies academic dean of the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute. Monica teaches a
Continuum and Developmental Transformations Meet One Another relational approach to art therapy with attention to cultural and ecological
Expressive expansion is not easily accomplished. According to the identity work. She is author of Essence and Praxis in the Art Therapy Studio
Expressive Therapies Continuum, we have our preferences and aversions. (2009) and A Traveler’s Guide to Art Therapy Supervision (2011).
We will explore how the play-space, embodiment and transformation
(embedded in DvT theory and practice) help us transition through the
Monica Carpendale, Sharona Bookbinder, Judith Siano
continuum, mirroring how drama and art therapy professions can
& Nick Zwaagstra
support and enrich one another.
Panel (80 min.): The Mending Basket as a Metaphor for Supervision:
Cassandra Brennan BA is currently a second year drama therapy student
A Panel Exploring Innovation and Cultural Humility
and DvT practitioner studying at Concordia University. Her research
frequently cross-pollinates drama and art therapy in her exploration of Consider a tool in the mending basket as a metaphor for an aspect of
public creative arts therapy practices. supervision. Mending can function to increase the life and value of
the clothes we wear. What is in your mending basket? Supervision is
Sondra Goldman MA, ATPQ, ATR is art therapist and DvT practitioner
intended to be a safe place for thinking: for exploring what is working
working in long-term care at Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Centre
and not working; and how we might like to do things differently. It is for
for the past 25 years. More recently she coordinates and supervises
exploring the relationship between theory and practice in a creative and
Concordia creative arts therapies students doing internships with the Art
self-reflective way.
Hives National Network.
Monica Carpendale please see this page.
Helen Bzdel Sharona Bookbinder please see p. 9.
Paper (50 min.): Benefits of Offering Art Therapy to Adults in a Judith Siano please see p. 18.
Psychiatric/Forensic Setting Nick Zwaagstra MC:AT, RCAT, CCC, RCT is director of Chebucto Art Therapy
This paper highlights some of the presenter’s qualitative observations and Counselling Centre (CATCC). He is a registered art therapist (RCAT), a
of offering art therapy to adults in a forensic/psychiatric setting as part certified Canadian counsellor (CCC) and a registered counselling therapist
of her postgraduate certificate in art therapy (unpublished manuscript, (RCT) in Nova Scotia. With over 20 years of experience he offers counselling,
2016) and focuses on the benefits of offering art therapy to adult forensic clinical art therapy services, art therapy training, and supervision.
patients. Observations are grounded in existing literature.
Helen Bzdel BA, MSW, RSW(SK), DVATI is a clinical social worker at the
10Phoebe Chin joint painting procedure, which is an art-based assessment and clinical
Paper (50 min.): The Legacies We Leave Behind: Art Therapy in intervention that evaluates implicit aspects in parent–child relationships.
Palliative and End-of-Life Care The participants will learn to look at the process and painting clinically,
and will be exposed to part of the analyzing process.
Through examining client artwork created at end of life, this presentation
will explore the importance of meaningful legacy-making at the end of Tami Gavron PhD is an art psychotherapist and supervisor. She is a
life, with a focus on how art-making can support reconciling brokenness lecturer at Tel-Hai Academic College and at the Graduate School of
within self and other relationships. Using a story-telling format, vignettes Creative Art Therapies at the University of Haifa. She is a coordinator
will be shared to provide examples of art therapy in end-of-life care. of the art-based supervision program for art-psychotherapists. She is
working at a private practice in the north of Israel, specializing in parent-
Phoebe Chin BFA, MA is an art therapist specializing in palliative care and
child art psychotherapy, art-based supervision, and art therapy with
end-of-life contexts. Having received training at Concordia University’s
trauma survivors.
Master of Arts in Art Therapy program, her background has equipped
her to work from a trauma-informed, anti-bias/oppressive framework
that integrates culturally-aware and appropriate care into her work with Stephanie N. Godel
clients. Phoebe and her husband reside in Toronto, ON. Paper (50 min.): Surprising Symbols of the Feminine: Holding Art
that Misbehaves
Andrea Cook This is a personal inquiry into art that surprises or misbehaves, revealing
Paper (50 min.): Integrating Identities: How Becoming a Mother While or becoming something the artist did not plan or invite. Evocative images
Studying Art Therapy Inspired Social Action Research of archetypal symbols illustrate a story that will provide participants with
a vivid example of how unwanted images hold insight into integrating
The presentation explores how integrating identity as a mother and as
that which is splintered.
an art therapy student led to the development of social action research
for immigrant parents. Expected learning objectives are: navigating Stephanie N. Godel BEd, BSc is an art therapy student (MPS-AT)
intersecting identities in art therapy, transforming observations into at St. Stephen’s College in Edmonton, AB. She applies a relational,
action, and critically analyzing creative arts research methodologies. compassionate philosophy to her work as a French Immersion teacher.
Her academic and artistic works examine archetypal images of the
Andrea Cook BA, MA Cand. is a second year student in art therapy at
feminine through a psychodynamic lens. She is CATA’s social media chair.
Concordia University, and works as a research assistant and facilitator for
the Art Hive Network. She also worked as a professional photographer
and has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and liberal arts. She previously Beth Gonzalez-Dolginko
conducted research in neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and art Paper (50 min.): Offering Context for LGBTQ Treatment Issues: Art
therapy. She combines this knowledge in a PhotoVoice project with Therapy with a Gay Man Affected by AIDS
Concordia University student-parents who have immigrated to Canada, This paper addresses art therapy practice issues during the AIDS epidemic,
and the development of using photography as a mindfulness technique. with an emphasis on its impact on the gay community and developing
cultural competence when working with the LGBTQ community. Case
Nancy Couture, Sophie Éthier & Patrick Villeneuve material offers a look inside the art therapy process of a gay man affected
Workshop (80 min.): L’art-thérapie auprès des couples : Un outil by AIDS.
d’intervention prometteur Beth Gonzalez-Dolginko EdD, ATR-BC, NYS LCAT has worked as an
Dans un premier temps, quelques expérientiels à faire en dyade seront art therapist for 44 years, and in academia for 28 years, with children
proposés aux participants. Ensuite, une étude de cas d’un couple dont and adults in the areas of psychiatry, addictions, PTSD, chronic illness,
l’un des partenaires est atteint de la maladie d’Alzheimer sera exposée developmental disabilities, and child development. Beth is published in
de manière détaillée. Finalement, une discussion sera animée à partir de various areas of art therapy: in public schools, with adults with ASD, and
quelques questions issues de la présentation. with medical illness.
Nancy Couture : Travailleuse sociale et art-thérapeute, Nancy complète
son doctorat en travail social, à l’Université Laval. Elle enseigne en Martine Guay
art-thérapie à l’UQAT. Elle s’intéresse aux personnes âgées et aux Workshop (80 min.): Impact of Group Art Therapy on the Quality
préoccupations liées au vieillissement : vieillir en couple, la fin de vie, les of Life for Acquired Brain Injury Survivors (Mending Broken
deuils, la quête de sens, l’identité narrative. Communication)
Sophie Éthier : Professeure agrégée, Sophie détient un doctorat en In this workshop attendees will have a brief presentation on the research
gérontologie. Ses enseignements portent sur la proche aidance, la and work done with brain injury survivors, and about the adaptations
gérontologie sociale, la maltraitance envers les aînés et le service social as an art therapist to be able to work with this population. In order to
de groupe. Ses champs de recherche concernent la responsabilité morale understand the challenges for both the clients and therapist attendees
qui incombe aux proches aidants ainsi que la maltraitance à leur égard will be invited to engage in some art-making while considering the
dans l’exercice de leur rôle. perspectives of a brain injury survivor.
Patrick Villeneuve : Professeur agrégé, Patrick est spécialisé en évaluation Martine Guay DTATI, BA is a bilingual art therapist. She obtained her
de programmes et de l’intervention ainsi qu’en analyse et planification graduate diploma from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute. A summary of
des programmes sociaux. Ses enseignements et travaux relèvent de ces her thesis, Impact of Group Art Therapy on the Quality of Life for Acquired
domaines et portent entre autres, de façon plus spécifique, sur des sujets Brain Injury Survivors, is to be published in the American Art Therapy
tels l’évaluation de l’adéquation entre les besoins et les services offerts Association Journal this year. She also holds a bachelor of arts degree
ainsi que sur l’organisation des services. from York University in individualized studies. For the past five years
she has developed and implemented art/psychotherapy programs and
Tami Gavron strategies; these have been utilized mainly with adult survivors of brain
injury having communication and/or physical challenges.
Workshop (3 hrs.): The Joint Painting Procedure: Assessing Parent-
Child Relationships in Middle Childhood
This workshop will enable participants to experience the process of the
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