Participants
will use art therapy approaches to assist clients and supervisees. They
will explore ethical considerations regarding self-care, counseling,
and supervision. They will incorporate Internal Family Systems-informed
art therapy directives to build self-awareness in the
counseling and supervision process through the 8 characteristics of
self.
*Basic art materials are needed to participate fully;
please have paper and some basic art materials. Any of the following
will work wonderfully: crayons, colored pencils, markers, or colored
pens. No artistic abilities are needed; art therapy is about
self-exploration, problem-solving, and insight-building. It is about
the creative process, not the finished product.
Learning
Objectives:
1. Participants will learn and apply several art therapy
directives during workshop that can be utilized during counseling,
supervision, and self-care.
2. Participants will learn about
Internal Family Systems informed care and how to synthesize concepts of
the modality with art therapy approaches to be utilized
during counseling, supervision, and
self-care.
3. Participants will explore ethical
concerns not limited to but including potential pitfalls of utilizing
art therapy with clients, the effects of not engaging in
self-care and possible
impact on clients, and ways to avoid compassion fatigue and burnout.