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Register Now for "Enhancing Resilience through Trauma-Informed Practices: Positive Psychology and Mindfulness-Based Approaches"
Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPAT, LPCC, & Laury Rappaport, PhD, ATR-BC, REAT
Radisson Hotel San Francisco Airport Bay Front, Brisbane, CA, March 20 & 21, 2012, 9 am – 4:30 pm.

Registration before February 1, 2012: Professional-- $265; Student-- $230

Registration after February 1, 2012: Professional-- $289; Student-- $260

Continuing Education and Certificate. This course meets the qualifications for 13 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. The Focusing and Expressive Arts Institute is an approved provider for the California Board of Behavioral Sciences; PCE Number: 4701. These courses are part of Trauma-Informed Art Therapy® Level One from the Trauma-Informed Practices Institute; all participants who complete the two days will receive a Certificate from the Trauma-Informed Practices Institute. You will be able to apply these courses to other certificate programs offered by the Trauma-Informed Practices Institute. If you have taken the one-day introductory course on Trauma-Informed Art Therapy during 2010 or 2011, you will complete Trauma-Informed Art Therapy® Level One by taking these courses and will receive an additional Certificate for completion of Level One. Please note: It is not necessary, however, to have taken Trauma-Informed Art Therapy® to attend this course; you can complete the certification through attending an additional course or take a distance learning option through the Trauma-Informed Practices Institute at a later date.

Course Description: 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.

Are you attending the American Counseling Association Annual Conference in San Francisco from March 23 to 26, 2012? This workshop is being held at a convenient location nearby, before the conference begins, and minutes away from downtown SF by car or BART. We have secured special guest room rates for the entire week at the award-winning Radisson Hotel San Francisco Airport Bay Front which boasts panoramic views of beautiful San Francisco Bay and offers a prime location just three miles from SFO Airport. The Radisson Hotel San Francisco Airport Bay Front offers superior service, spacious rooms, on-site dining, complimentary parking near San Francisco and complimentary SFO Airport shuttle service for the comfort and convenience of hotel guests. Hotel registration information and link coming soon!

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TRAUMA-INFORMED ART THERAPY®

Trauma-Informed Art Therapy is a one-day course and part of a three-day series on trauma-informed practice. These courses will enhance your skills with children, adolescents, and adults and increase your practical knowledge of how to apply arts therapies, play therapy, neuroscience, somatic and mind-body approaches, mindfulness practice and resilience-building. In particular, they will introduce you to trauma-informed art therapy [art-based methods along with specific play-based and expressive therapies techniques] and how to apply practical strategies to your work with children and adults who have experienced a wide variety of traumatic events and other challenges.Trauma-informed work is based on best evidence-based practices that are enhanced by specific applications creative interventions and somatic approaches. These courses are appropriate for mental health and healthcare professionals and graduate level students. Unlike workbook approaches, these courses are designed to help practitioners learn to learn "how to think" and determine the best approach for each child or adult.

Trauma-Informed Art Therapy is the first course in the series and is recommended as a starting point for learning more about this approach. Courses can be tailored to address specific populations (for example, children and interpersonal violence, developmental trauma, adults with posttraumatic stress, play-based approaches, etc); please contact us with your needs and ideas.

Trauma-Informed Art Therapy® Certificate Level One consists of three day-long courses including Trauma-Informed Art Therapy and two additional day-long courses focusing on four essential practice areas: resiliency, empathy, compassion and gratitude. For those who find travel cost-prohibitive, additional online learn and supervision opportunities are in development for 2012. Please check back for more information in late January 2012.

Trauma-Informed Art Therapy® Certificate Level Two is under development!

2011-2012 Offerings [check back as updates become available]

** September 29th, 2011, Embassy Suites Hotel, Dublin, OH; pre-conference day-long course before Buckeye Art Therapy Association Annual Conference.

** November 3, 2011, Crown Plaza Hotel, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada; pre-conference day-long course in conjunction with Canadian Art Therapy Association/Ontario Art Therapy Association Conference.

** May 25, 26, 27, 2012, three-day Trauma-Informed Art Therapy® Certificate [Level One] in Hong Kong.

** Late September 2012, three-day Trauma-Informed Art Therapy® Certificate [Level One] in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Art Therapy Workshops, Courses, and Keynotes

Cathy has given more than 350 invited keynotes, presentations, workshops, and courses throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia for mental health, healthcare, education, and arts professionals; graduate counseling, art therapy, and expressive therapies students; and the general public. She also leads retreats on leadership, organizational development, resilience-building, and creativity. Here are some highlights from recent presentations:

"Art, Play, and Expressive Therapies with Traumatized Children," day-long course at James Madison University, VA; in conjunction JMU and Virginia Play Therapy Association.

"Art as Transformation and Transcendence in Times of Trauma" [trauma-informed experiences with art and expressive therapies] and "Courageous Creativity" [art therapy, creativity, resilience, mindfulness, and positive psychology] at Prescott College's Annual Expressive Arts Therapies Institute.

Keynote at Southwestern College, Santa Fe, New Mexico, "Art Therapy with Traumatized Children: Conscious and Mindful Intervention."

Ruth Koehler Lecturer, Michigan State University, in conjunction with Michigan Play Therapy Association, "Trauma-Informed Art and Play Therapy with Children," two-day course covering a variety of interventions, trauma-informed approaches, and art-based assessment.

"Trauma-Informed Art Therapy®", one day course for Canadian Art Therapy Association-Ontario Art Therapy Association, covering basic foundations of trauma-informed, creative arts therapies and mind-body approaches to practice.

Lectures and keynote presentations include visual case examples and DVD presentations; workshops and courses include lecture, visual case examples, DVD presentations, and hands-on experience with methods of intervention. No prior art experience is necessary and workshops are appropriate for mental health counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, addictions counselors, play therapists, expressive therapists, medical personnel, law enforcement, and school counselors and psychologists. To schedule a presentation with Cathy, please click here.

To read testimonials about Cathy's presentations, please visit her profile on LinkedIn. If you are a professional or student who is passionate about arts therapies, creative or mind-body interventions, or trauma-informed practices, please invite Cathy to connect with you.

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Art and Play Intervention with Traumatized Children and Families [one, two, or five day course]

Art Therapy, Resilience-Building, and Positive Psychology [Courageous Creativity] [one or two day course]

Understanding Children's Drawings [one day course on the use of drawings in assessment and evaluation]

Art and Play Therapy Approaches to Disaster Relief [one day course]

Supervision and Case Consultation/Art Therapy and Trauma Intervention [one day course or online consultation]

Family Art Therapy [one, two, three day course]

Art Therapy with Children and Adolescents [one, two, or five day course]

Neuro-Developmental Art Therapy with Children with Special Needs [one or two day course]

Medical Art Therapy with Adults [one or two day course]

Medical Art Therapy with Children, Adults, and Families [one, two, or five day course]

Cultural Competency, Ethics, and Evidence-Based Practice of Art and Expressive Therapies [one day course]

Leadership Retreat [half-day or one day course]; a day of skill-building, creative exploration, and resilience-enhancement for groups, non-profits, and businesses.

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