SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS
MPS ART THERAPY DEPARTMENT
COMMUNITY LECTURE SERIES
2009-2010

All lectures take place at The School of Visual Arts, 133/141 West 21 Street, Room 101C, between Sixth & Seventh Avenues, NYC.

Attendees must RSVP.

CEC's available for ATR-BC's.

Lectures are FREE to the public.

For more information or to RSVP, please contact arttherapy@sva.edu or 212.592.2610.

MPS Art Therapy Department Community Lecture
Sandtray and Art Therapy
Liz Baring, ATR-BC, LCAT, LP, NCPsyA
Thursday, September 24, 6:30-8PM

Sandplay therapy is a psychotherapeutic tool used with children and adults. The method consists of the client’s creation of a three-dimensional picture with miniature figures in a tray of sand in the protective presence of a trained practitioner. This introductory lecture will illustrate the power of the symbolic process through case vignettes showing children and adult trays dealing with trauma and anxiety.

Liz Baring, ATR-BC, LCAT, LP, NCPsyA is a NAAP-certified psychoanalyst in private practice; registered and board-certified art and sandplay therapist; TRISP graduate; member of the Care Group at Manhattan’s Rudolf Steiner School, and the Sandplay Therapists of America, among other affiliations. She is experienced in medical and psychiatric settings with children and adults.

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MPS Art Therapy Department Community Lecture
Boys: Destruction as Creation
Liz DelliCarpini, MAAT, ATR-BC, LCAT
Thursday, October 29, 6:30-8PM

Destruction is an essential part of creation. This presentation will explore how the destructive components of creativity can be utilized to address the societal and biological factors that effect male emotional expression. Traditionally destruction has been viewed as catharsis or as a violent act that should be prevented, however it can also be about connecting, processing loss, communicating pain and gaining the physical and emotional strength necessary to build and create. Case studies and relevant theories will illustrate how a boy’s age (8-18), developmental level, exposure to trauma, and ability to attach relates to level of destruction in his art making process.

Liz DelliCarpini, MAAT, ATR-BC, LCAT School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is currently the internship coordinator and faculty member for School of Visual Arts MPS Art Therapy Department. Professional experience includes: Art therapist, Community Prep HS for court-involved adolescents; Brooklyn Community Counseling center 9/11 Outreach; Catholic Charities homeless adult employment program; child welfare coordinator, Jamal Place residential program. Presentations include: ‘Boys: Art & Destruction,’ American Art Therapy Association; ‘Working with Young People in Challenging Situations,’ Fund for the City of New York; ‘Working with Girls in the Juvenile Justice System,’ Legal Aid Society..

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MPS Art Therapy Department Community Lecture
Ethics and Art Therapy
Lisa Furman, MA, ATR-BC, LCAT
Thursday, December 3, 6:30-8PM

This presentation will address issues of ethical professional conduct for the art therapist. Specific topics will include how the therapist can maintain professional boundaries in the workplace, at home, in private practice and in supervision. Self-promotion, advertising and the Internet will also be explored in the context of ethical considerations and professional behavior using lecture, interactive discussion and case vignettes. Attendance of this lecture will contribute toward the educational requirements for maintaining NY State board certification in art therapy.

Lisa Furman, MA, ATR-BC, LCAT, is a Registered, Board Certified, Licensed Art Therapist that has been in practice for nearly 20 years. She has worked at the New York Foundling Hospital, the New York Institute for Special Education, Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center and Long Island College Hospital with various populations. She is currently a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts graduate art therapy program.

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MPS Art Therapy Department Community Lecture
Resiliency in Bereavement
Joseph Jaworek, MS-CT, ATR-BC
Friday, February 5, 6:30-8PM

The process of working with loss is emotionally charged and intensely personal, therefore art therapy is an excellent modality to support the work of grief. This presentation will discuss the work of individuals living with loss, and what it has come to mean to live beyond multiple losses of loved ones, sight, mobility and memory. Resiliency will be examined with emphasis being placed on recent models of understanding in how people cope with life’s complexities. Examples will be given of effective interventions where increased awareness in subtle shifts of client focus serves as validation to developmental needs and is restorative to the functioning of the client.

Joseph Jaworek, MA-CT, ATR-BC, is an Art Therapist in private practice and adjunct faculty member to the NJ Foundation for the Blind. In addition to receiving training in Multi-Modal Approaches to Learning, Creativity and Communication, he is a Certified Thanatologist serving the field of death education and counseling. In addition to being chair of Governmental Affairs for NJ Art Therapy Association, he also serves the Membership Committee of the American Art Therapy Association..

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MPS Art Therapy Department Community Lecture
Working with Inhibitions to Creativity
Maryilyn LaMonaco, MPS, NCPsych
Friday, March 5, 6:30-8PM

Psychoanalytic theory offers us a unique understanding of the impediments to creative work. Clinical cases of a filmmaker, a painter and a writer will be used to demonstrate how an exploration of fantasized object relations led to a freer access to creative potential.

Marilyn LaMonica, MPS, NCPsych, is an art therapist and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York. She is co-founder of Art Therapy Italiana, a post- graduate Training institute in art and dance therapy. She is on the Board of Directors, faculty and supervisor at the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center. .
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MPS Art Therapy Department Community Lecture
Vicarious Trauma
Christine Grosso, MA, ATR-BC, LCAT
Friday, April 16, 6:30-8PM

This workshop will focus on how trauma affects not only our clients but us as their therapists. Through the exploration of trauma theory, the audience will understand how trauma impacts the lives of our clients and in turn how we as therapists are impacted by our clients’ trauma. The role of the therapeutic relationship will be highlighted to learn preventative measures and self care to maintain personal balance which is necessary in order to provide effective treatment.

Christina A. Grosso, LCAT, ATR-BC, BCETS, is the Director of Training at the Center for Trauma Program Innovation at the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services. She has worked as a clinician, supervisor, administrator and master trainer specializing in the treatment of trauma and complex trauma in children and adolescents. Ms. Grosso has extensive experience in the practice, implementation and training of trauma based assessment and evidence based and evidence informed practices. Ms. Grosso maintains a private practice in New York City and is an Adjunct Faculty in the Graduate Art Therapy Department at New York University.
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