The conference is organized into nine main subject tracks to help participants find areas of interest. During the proposal submission process, each proposal submitter selected one category to best describe their session. AATA uses these categories for the final Program Guide.
Contemporary Issues/Current Trends
Sessions that present information in Activism (AC), Grief/Mourning (GM), Autism (AU), Professional Practice (PP), Trauma (TR), and Ethics (ET).
Advanced Practice Courses and Workshops have limited seats and require additional registration and fees. All other sessions (e.g. panels, papers, performances, and videos) are included as part of conference registration and do not need additional registration.
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| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Professional Practice | PP20 | Compassion for Your Critic Through an IFS & Polyvagal Lens (N/NY-PP20) | Mary Andrus | All-Day Advanced Practice Course | 10/8 | 9 am |
| Professional Practice | PP171 | Creating Mandalas Through the Great Round: Deepening into Natural Cycles of Life (N/NY-PP171) | Paige Scheinberg, Susanne Fincher | All-Day Advanced Practice Course | 10/8 | 9 am |
| Professional Practice | PP109 | Polarity Drawing: A Practice of Self-Touch and Full-Body Mapping (NY-PP109) | Marie de Bethune | All-Day Advanced Practice Course | 10/8 | 9 am |
| Professional Practice | PP258 | Creative Resilience: Empowering Women Veterans with Art Therapy and Mindful Movement (NY-PP258) | Robin O’Hare | Half-Day Advanced Practice Course | 10/8 | 1 pm |
| Professional Practice | PP9 | Exploring the Actual and Symbolic Body Using Torsi in Art Therapy (PP9) | Keren Blumenthal Yanir | Workshop | 10/9 | 10:50 am |
| Professional Practice | PP3 | Art Therapy Befriends Shame with Mindful Self-Compassion (N/NY-PP3) | Patricia Isis | Workshop | 10/9 | 10:50 am |
| Professional Practice | PP27 | Harm’s Touch: The Opportunities and Risks in What We Witness (N/NY-PP27) | Barbara Fish | Paper | 10/9 | 12 noon |
| Professional Practice | PP43 | Confronting Yalom’s Existential Concerns Through Art Therapy (NY-PP43) | Elizabeth Hlavek | Paper | 10/9 | 2 pm |
| Professional Practice | PP47 | Creating Impactful Change: Exploring Social Entrepreneurship in Art Therapy (NY-PP47) | Jennifer DeLucia | Paper | 10/9 | 3 pm |
| Professional Practice | PP67 | Inner Mothering Group: Healing The Mother Wound Through Art Therapy Group (N/NY-PP67) | Juhee Kim | Paper | 10/9 | 4 pm |
| Professional Practice | PP92 | Comic Creation to Facilitate Identity Exploration and Self-care for Art Therapists (PP92) | Christine Phang, Erin Partridge | Paper | 10/10 | 11 am |
| Professional Practice | PP136 | Psychedelic Art Therapists Navigating the World of Psychedelics: Our Stories (N/NY-PP136) | Rebecca Wilkinson Alyssa Gursky, Lesley Burke, Caterina Bragagnolo, Kaitlin Maud | Panel | 10/10 | 11:15 am |
| Professional Practice | PP93 | Efficient Art Therapy Assessment and Treatment Planning: The ETC Assessment Record (PP93) | Christine Phang, Lisa Hinz | Paper | 10/10 | 12 noon |
| Professional Practice | PP105 | Art Therapy and Art Education Intersections: Teaching Art for Transformative Outcomes (PP105) | Michael A. Franklin, Doug Blandy | Paper | 10/10 | 2 pm |
| Professional Practice | PP265 | Art Therapy in Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation in Family Shelters (N/NY-PP265) | Deborah Fung, Lily Hei Ning Ho, Angela Soffia, Gladys Cortez-Feliciano | Panel | 10/10 | 2:15 pm |
| Professional Practice | PP172 | Making the Power of Mandalas Accessible: The Evolution of a Mandala Intensive (N/NY-PP172) | Paige Scheinberg, Susanne Fincher
| Paper | 10/10 | 3 pm |
| Professional Practice | PP214 | Allergens in Art Therapy Materials: Creating a Safer Patient Experience (PP214) | Gracie Richmond | Paper | 10/11 | 11:00 am |
| Professional Practice | PP162 | Embrace Entrepreneurial Spirit in Art Therapy: Expanding Visibility and Impact (NY-PP162) | Joann Lundberg, Tandy Hale | Panel | 10/11 | 11:15 am |
| Professional Practice | PP149 | Bringing Visibility to Therapists Navigating Autoimmune Disease: Ethics on Invisible Disability (N/NY-PP149) | Miki Nishida Goerdt, Sally Giles, Kelly Burns, Sone-Seere Burrell | Panel | 10/11 | 2:15 pm |
| Professional Practice | PP87 | Credentialing 101: The Value and Process of Obtaining an Art Therapy Credential (NY-PP87) | Janet Kempf, LeeAnn Mandrillo, Craig Siegel | Panel | 10/11 | 4 pm |
| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Trauma | TR108 | Inside the Eye of American Terror: Assessed Clinical Response Post Community Trauma (N/NY-TR108) | Nicole Porter Davis | All-Day Advanced Practice Course | 10/8 | 9 am |
| Trauma | TR117 | Honoring Ancestral Lands, Ambiguous Loss, Acculturation, and Building Community with Asylum Seekers (N/NY-TR117) | Melissa Ulloa, Seung Yeon Lee, Marygrace Berberian, Grace Miranda-Villalobos | Half-Day Advanced Practice Course | 10/8 | 9 am |
| Trauma | TR6 | Integrative Eco Art Therapy: Addressing Humanity’s Fractured Attachment to Nature (NY-TR6) | Mor Keshet | Paper | 10/9 | 11 am |
| Trauma | TR23 | Addressing Traumatic Experiences of Cis-Heterosexism in LGBTQIA+ Art Therapy (NY-TR23) | Zachary Van Den Berg | Paper | 10/9 | 12 noon |
| Trauma | TR95 | Layers of Blue: Utilizing Art Therapy with Survivors of Domestic Violence (N-TR95) | Brenna Dickson, Ling Cheun Bianca Lee | Paper | 10/9 | 3 pm |
| Trauma | TR154 | Art Therapy, Trauma, and Attachment: New Horizons in Treatment (N/NY-TR154) | Elizabeth Stone, Judy Rubin, Paula Howie, Linda Gantt | Panel | 10/9 | 4 pm |
| Trauma | TR121 | Utilizing Art Therapy to Support Religious Trauma Survivors: Professional Considerations & Applications (N/NY-TR121) | Kerrie Leitch, Melissa Satterberg | Paper | 10/10 | 11 am |
| Trauma | TR131 | Physicalizing Parts: Art Therapy in the Treatment of Complex Trauma and Dissociation (NY-TR131) | Gwendolyn Tinajero-Belles | Paper | 10/10 | 12 noon |
| Trauma | TR99 | Rekindling the Creative Spark: AI Art Therapy with Poetry for Trauma Recovery (N/NY-TR99) | Jocelyn Fitzgerald, Erin Bastow | Workshop | 10/10 | 2:15 pm |
| Trauma | TR220 | Utilizing Creative Mindfulness Techniques to Build Resilience after Trauma Exposure (N/NY-TR220) | Cori’ Corinna Costello, B.A. Short | Paper | 10/11 | 10:50 am |
| Trauma | TR212 | Art Therapists Bringing Stars of Hope to Disaster Survivors (TR212) | Joseph Scarce, Asli Arslanbek, Joshua Garcia | Paper | 10/11 | 12 noon |
| Trauma | TR238 | Moral Injury and Art Therapy with Veterans: Preliminary Models and Intervention Strategies (N/NY-TR238) | Jo Stone, Meredith McMackin | Paper | 10/11 | 2 pm |
| TR255 | Mending, not Broken: Groups for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (NY-TR255) | Molly McDavitt | Paper | 10/11 | 3 pm | |
| TR266 | Enhancing Resilience in Thailand: Art Therapy for Survivors Abuse, Violence, and Trafficking (NY-TR266) | Alyssa Griskiewicz, Kit Ripley, Witchayar Moleechart | Paper | 10/11 | 3 pm | |
| TR252 | Growing Forward: Collage Making to Facilitate Wildfire Adaptability and Social Connection (N-TR252) | Leticia Rosado Russell | Paper | 10/11 | 4 pm | |
| TR262 | The Creative Holding Space: Supporting Adults with IDD Who Have Experienced Trauma (TR262) | Savannah Patterson | Paper | 10/11 | 4 pm | |
| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Autism | AU12 | Art Therapy for ASD Students in Schools: Group Activities to Build Connections (AU12) | Lyndsey Hedger | Workshop | 10/9 | 10:50 am |
| Autism | AU56 | Art Therapy To Address Gender Social Skills For Autistic Adolescents (N/NY-AU56) | Sam Jesner | Paper | 10/9 | 3 pm |
| Autism | AU158 | The Ascension of the Neurodiverse Feminine: A Story Told Through Creative Connection (N/NY-AU158) | Keslie Redel | Paper | 10/10 | 2 pm |
| Autism | AU168 | Paper, Strings, and Things: Found Object Work for Parents with Neurodiverse Children (NY-AU168) | Kathryn Snyder | Workshop | 10/10 | 2:15 pm |
| Autism | AU202 | Autistic Drawings: Solidifying Developmental Characteristics within The Autism Spectrum (N/NY-AU202) | Brandon Colle | Workshop | 10/11 | 10:50 am |
| Autism | AU260 | Listening Through Art: Understanding the Inner Language of Individuals with Autism (NY-AU260) | Yunkyung Lee, ·Tsz Yan Winnie Wong
| Paper | 10/11 | 2 pm |
| Autism | AU256 | Sensory-Based Art Therapy for a Neurodivergent Child: A Neuroscience Perspective (AU256) | Lily Hei Ning Ho | Paper | 10/11 | 3 pm |
| Autism | AU79 | Using the KFD technique with Caregivers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (N/NY-AU79) | Callie Barker | Paper | 10/11 | 4 pm |
| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Activism | AC111 | An American Nightmare: Sandy Hook School Massacre and Vicarious Trauma (NYC, 2019) (NY-AC111) | Nicole Porter Davis | Video | 10/9 | 12 noon |
| Activism | AC124 | Advancing Art Therapy Access: Policy Advocacy Lessons from Oregon’s Medicaid Effort (NY-AC124) | Kristine Bella, Mary Andrus, Gaelan Harmon-Walker, Kadyn Maudlin | Panel | 10/9 | 2:15 pm |
| Activism | AC89 | Addressing Gun Violence through Art & Activism (N/NY-AC89) | Mary Andrus, Cathy DeForest | Workshop | 10/10 | 2:15 pm |
| Activism | AC170 | Transitioning into Visibility: Art Amplifying Transgender and Non-Binary Stories for Social Change (NY-AC241) | Zoe Armstrong | Paper | 10/11 | 2:00 pm |
| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Grief/Mourning | GM15 | Who Am I Now? Art Therapy and Identity Reintegration After Grief (N-GM15) | Alicia Seymour | Paper | 10/9 | 2 pm |
| Grief/Mourning | GM33 | Acceptance: Art-making at the Intersection of Grief/Recovery from Substance Use Dependence (NY-GM33) | Amy Simpson | Workshop | 10/9 | 2:15 pm |
| Grief/Mourning | GM60 | Badges of Love: Stitching as an Intervention for Grief-work (NY-GM60) | Whitney Dahlberg | Workshop | 10/10 | 10:50 am |
| Grief/Mourning | GM222 | Layers of Loss: Processing Grief Through Reflective Art Journaling (GM222) | Camryn Paul | Workshop | 10/11 | 2:15 pm |
| Grief/Mourning | GM80 | Creating ‘Place of Healing’: Grief process for Breast Cancer Patients (N-GM80) | Anna Seo | Paper | 10/11 | 4 pm |
| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Ethics | ET159 | Contextualizing Multiple Relationships in Small Communities (N/NY-ET159) | Natalie Carlton, Magdalena Karlick | All-Day Advanced Practice Course | 10/8 | 9 am |
| Ethics | ET48 | Culturally Responsive Community Art Therapy in the Caribbean: Ethical Reflections and Practices (NY-ET48) | Karina Donald, Julian Senderey, Molly Werk, Cole Lin | Panel | 10/9 | 11:15 am |
| Ethics | ET119 | Art Therapist as Practitioner and Scholar: Ethically Integrating Practice and Research (NY-ET119) | Janet Kempf, Karintha Cary | Paper | 10/9 | 4 pm |