Artful Minds: Navigating Grief through Creativity

A Live, Interactive Webinar

When:

November 6, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am PST

Cost:

$20.00 for non-members

Free for Members

Description:

Artful Minds: Navigating Grief through Creativity is a program where participants learn about using art as a therapeutic tool to support physical and mental health with their clients. The creation of art allows one to gently peel back the layers of one’s grief, providing respite, support, meaning, and hope.

Please have the following materials available to participate in this webinar:

• 3×2 pre-cut cardboard pieces (can be recycled from cereal, cake, pasta… boxes)
• Magazines
• Scissors
• Glue stick
• Tin containers such as a credit card gift box or an Altoids box
• 3 positive affirmations for card making  e.g. I am

CE Credit: 1.5

Target audience:

Social workers, marriage and family therapists, clinical professional counselors, educators, community helpers, and caregivers

Content level:

Beginner

About the instructor:

Hi, I’m Karen, a Licensed Clinical Art Therapist, grief counselor, and career exploration specialist. I say explore because that is what we do together—explore options, explore what change can look like, and explore what happiness and contentment mean to you.

Karen has been facilitating art therapy groups since 2014. Karen has provided art therapy in various settings with adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations, with a concentration on grief and loss, as well as career exploration. Karen has presented and facilitated programs in several conferences like Curvy Girls, AATA, and Expressive Therapies Summit in NYC, volunteered at the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors of the Military for 17 years, and now is the art therapist for Wellspring, a residential mental health treatment center for women and girls in Bethlehem, CT.

I am a long-time resident of Woodbury, CT, an international flight attendant, an avid gardener, and an animal lover. I have two grown children and three cats. I worked with TAPS at Artful Grief for 14 years, have a career exploration business, and work as an art therapist at Wellspring in Bethlehem, CT.

Where:

Zoom (link will be emailed to you)

Learning objectives

After attending this course…

• Identify at least three benefits of using artmaking as a therapeutic tool for grief.
• Identify at least three cautions when using and interpreting the art created.
• Explain how making affirmation cards can help a person provide respite, meaning and hope after a loss.

Course interaction

During the workshop, we will discuss how to incorporate affirmation cards and other art projects into the grief work you are providing your clients. What benefits and cautions should be taken when using art, what type of mediums should be used, and what questions should be asked when making the artwork? Participants will keep their video cameras on as they create three affirmation cards.

System requirements to utilize Zoom

Intel 4th to 7th generation desktop CPU with 4 or more cores and CPU base frequency 3 GHz or higher. Intel Core i7 and i9 processors, 11 generation or greater, with 8 or more cores and 2.5 GHz or higher.

Fee & registration

Cost is $20 (free for Members) and includes CE credit. Register prior to the start of the live webinar. Cancellations must be received 24 hours prior to the live webinar to receive a refund.

Course completion & CE info

Course completion requirements: To earn CE credit, participants must log in at the scheduled time, attend the entire course and complete an online course evaluation. Certificates of completion will be emailed within 10 business days of course completion.

Adam’s Place is an approved continuing education provider for The State of Nevada Department of Education, The Nevada Board of Examiners for Social Work, and The State of Nevada Board of Examiners for MFT & CPC.

Adam’s Place, provider number #1943, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Adam’s Place maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 1/11/2024-1/11/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1 other continuing education credit

For questions or concerns, please call: (702)501-0988