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Thank you for visiting my website! If you found your way here, you are probably as passionate about art therapy and expressive therapies as I am. Or you might be just learning about these approaches and are looking for more information. I am committed to the idea of "art therapy without borders" -- the use of visual arts for health and wellness, psychotherapy, community development, service to others, and social transformation. To that end, I am a syndicated writer, speaker, art therapist, research psychologist, mental health counselor, artist, advocate, and explorer of how art changes lives througout the world, each and every day. To learn more about me, please visit my bio page here. My philosophy is simple -- art has the potential to transform lives and often in profound ways. When words are not enough, we turn to images and symbols to tell our stories. And in telling our stories through art, we can find a path to healing, recovery, and transformation. I hope you find the resources on this site helpful. While I cannot answer every email, please feel free to contact me with your comments and particularly your stories about how art has changed your life or how you have used art to change the lives of others. And please visit often to find the latest resources, news, downloads, and information! Visit Some of My Favorite Art Therapy Websites...! For the best information on art therapy, be sure to visit the Resources Page for links and downloadable articles and chapters. Also take a quick tour of these sites: Art Therapy Without Borders, International Art Therapy Organization and Art Therapy Alliance sites. And here's a quick link to my blog on Psychology Today, The Healing Art; learn more about how imagination, creativity and all the arts help us restore, repair, and renew. If you are interested in applying arts therapies and mind-body approaches to trauma-informed work, check back soon for a new link to a site that will help you learn more...thanks for visiting! |
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NEW! Enhancing Resilience through Trauma-Informed Practices: Positive Psychology and Mindfulness-Based Approaches This two-day course on trauma-informed practice emphasizes resilience-enhancement through principles of positive psychology, including arts-based and mindfulness approaches essential to trauma recovery. Participants will learn how to apply four key factors in trauma-informed work -- resiliency, empathy, compassion and gratitude -- in trauma-informed work and how exercises and interventions from mindfulness meditation, Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy (FOAT), Trauma-Informed Art Therapy® and expressive arts that help traumatized clients of all ages. The course will include a dynamic combination of lecture, discussions, hands-on experiential practices, short films and case examples. This course provides 13 continuing education credits [California MFT, LPCC, LEP, LCSW] and NBCC [counselors]. It is part of Trauma-Informed Art Therapy® Level One from the Trauma-Informed Practices Institute. For more information, visit the courses page. Early bird fees end on February 1st, 2012, so register early for best rate and to reserve a space!
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"Your Brain on Resilience"-- Fat Book page by C. Malchiodi, 2011 |
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Register for Six Degrees of Creativity Here! Join Us for an Online Art Making Experience! 6 Degrees of Creativity is inspired by “six degrees of separation” in that each of us, no matter where we live in the world are only about six relationships away from one another. This is true now more than ever because social networking, the arts, and interactive creativity are making a difference in how we build communities. 6 Degrees of Creativity is an online experience opening October 10, 2011 and ongoing through March 1, 2012 that will include 6 different workshops, offered by a group of 6 inspiring instructors from the art therapy community. You will explore hands-on concepts, techniques, and ideas related to themes about transformation, social change, collaboration, and using art for good. Because 6 Degrees of Creativity is a virtual workshop, this offering can be completed at your own pace. You can participate from anywhere in the world, anytime, and on your schedule, whether it is on your laptop, notebook, desktop, or even on the go via your mobile device! Register here starting on September 1, 2011; see you online at 6 Degrees of Creativity! |
Registration opens on September 1, 2011; click the logo to go to registration page! |
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What's New? Cathy's Current Adventures and Passions 2012 Highlights. Y2012 kicks off a new Trauma-Informed Art Therapy® series; visit Distance Learning & Workshops page for more details on this course and the Trauma Informed Art Therapy Certificate, Level One. The program of study combines on site and distance learning that will enhance your art therapy skills with children, adolescents, and adults and increase your practical knowledge of neuroscience, somatic approaches, mindfulness practice and resilience-building. March 20 & 21, 2012: Join Cathy Malchiodi and Laury Rappaport for two dynamic days of Trauma-Informed Art Therapy at the San Francisco Airport Radisson, Brisbane, CA-- "Enhancing Resilience through Trauma-Informed Practices: Positive Psychology and Mindfulness-Based Approaches." Take advantage of the special hotel rates and stay through the week to attend the American Counseling Association Conference in San Francisco! May 25, 26, 27th, 2012: Enjoy the beautiful sights and sensory experiences of Hong Kong while completing Trauma-Informed Art Therapy® Level One! This three-day course will include an introduction to trauma-informed art therapy and arts and play based approaches, overview of sensory-based, trauma-informed assessment, and resilience and positive-psychology approaches. Space is limited; for more information, please email Cathy for contact and registration information. June18th thru 22, 2012: Art Therapy with Children and Adolescents at Lesley University, Cambridge MA;week-long course for graduate students and professionals, but register early because this course fills quickly. [course fills in the first day of registration most years, so make plans early] Check out Prescott College's Annual Expressive Arts Therapies Institute, August 2012; Cathy will be teaching a two-day course on The Art of Happiness that is more experiential in nature and weaves in neuroscience of creativity, resilience, mindfulness, and positive psychology. The focus of this year's course is on resilience, empathy, gratitude and compassion. If you are interested in expressive arts therapies, Prescott College has an excellent program of study. Late September 2012 (dates to be announced): Three days of Trauma-Informed Art Therapy® in the exotic and hip city of Istanbul, Turkey. Please email for more information about the venue and registration; space for this event is extremely limited. And see you in other exotic destinations in 2012! Updates forthcoming... Book Projects! A whole lot of writing going on....Cathy just finished up a book with co-author William Steele, PsyD, MSW, on Trauma Informed Practices with Children and Adolescentsfor Routledge; included in this text is a special chapter on "sensory-based evaluation" including comprehensive art-based and play-based evaluation protocols with traumatized young people. Each chapter includes some sensory-based strategies that capitalize on art and play-based methods of working with children and adolescents. Visit the Self-Esteem Shop, an excellent source for play therapy, trauma-informed and art therapy books and resources or Routledge Publishers to purchase. Art Therapy and Healthcare. This is an exciting and dynamic, definitive volume including approximately 20 author-experts on the fields of medical art therapy and art in healthcare and chapters covering the history and professional practice in this growing specialty area. This book highlights current research and emerging best practices that can be applied to every professional's work. Trauma-Informed Art Therapy. Cathy is working with Guilford Publications to bring to print a book on trauma informed art therapy, weaving together sensory-based practice with neuroscience, mindfulness approaches and resilience-enhancement. |
"Imagine, Things Can Change" by C. Malchiodi
"Re-visioning Art Therapy History: One Postcard at a Time" by C. Malchiodi for Art Therapy Without Borders International Postcard Art Event; Postcard #1: Margaret Naumburg
"Tribute to Don Jones," part of postcard series using vintage flashcards to revision art therapy history. |
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Books and Blogs 70,000 copies in print! The seminal Handbook of Art Therapy is now available soon in a 2nd Edition; new chapters include updates on art therapy and neuroscience; creativity and aging; materials and media; practice, ethics, and culture; work with military, traumatic brain injury, and posttraumatic stress; domestic violence; neurodevelopmental approach; and more. Published by Guilford Press, the Handbook remains a classic in the field; download a sample chapter from the Guilford website. Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children continues to be a bestseller! With a foreword from Bruce Perry, this text is widely adopted as the "go to" book on how to apply creative arts therapies and sensory-based methods with traumatized children. Chapters include practical interventions for chronic abuse and neglect, domestic violence, disaster relief, medical illnesses, family crisis work, grief and bereavement, and resilience-building. Cathy Malchiodi Amazon Author Page. All recent and past publications on this handy page via Amazon.com. So You Want to be an Art Therapist? Read this six-part series on Psychology Today for information on the field, education, challenges, and opportunities for practice as a art therapist in the 21st century. New Projects! Get connected to the premiere global art therapy network, Art Therapy Without Borders, a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to international art therapy educational, research, and service initiatives. Learn more about ATWB's current projects including partnerships with International Child Art Foundation, Peace Paper Project, and morel. And join the growing social network via ATWB on Facebook and LinkedIn along with partners Art Therapy Alliance and International Art Therapy Organization. By far and away, the largest network of art therapists and students with a passion for art therapy on the planet-- approximately 7000 and growing! You can find more information on the ATWB website-- let's use art to wake up the world!
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Cathy Malchiodi's popular blog, The Healing Arts, on Psychology Today |
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