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.
Clinical Approaches
Sessions that present information on therapeutic best practices, case studies, and art therapy techniques and methods. Includes Addictions/Substance Abuse (AS), Child/Adolescents (CA), Forensics (FS), Geriatrics (GE), Medical Settings (MS), Psychiatric Settings (PS), and School Settings (SS).
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- Addictions/Substance
- Child/Adolescents
- Forensics
- Geriatrics
- Psychiatric Settings
- Medical Settings
- School Settings
| Track | Course Code | Title | Description | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Addictions/Substance | AS30 | Surviving Challenging Spaces: Transferential Reflections on Working in Addiction Treatment | Patricia Quinn | Paper | 10/7 | 11:00am | |
| Addictions/Substance | AS98 | A Motivational Interviewing Starter Kit for Art Therapists | Edward Powers | Paper | 10/7 | 2:00pm |
| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Child/Adolescents | CA86 | Bridging the Expressive Therapies Continuum and Developmental Counseling Therapy Approach in Treatment | Katherine Jackson, Megan Seaman, Sheridan Furrer | Paper | 10/8 | 3:00 pm |
| Child/Adolescents | CA120 | Supercharge Child Centered Art Therapy to Deepen Young Clients’ Participation & Healing | Michael Fogel | Paper | 10/7 | 11:00 am |
| Child/Adolescents | CA162 | Supporting Adolescent Survivors of Trauma in School Settings | Hilda Aceves, Jennifer Herbert | Panel | 10/7 | 4:00 pm |
| Child/Adolescents | CA75 | The Medical Art Therapist’s Journey: Lessons Learned Across the Career Span | Molly (Mary) Kohut Kometiani, Tracy Councill, Julie Nolan, Erin Brazill, Katja Lackey | Panel | 10/8 | 2:15 pm |
| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Forensics | FS34 | A Dialogue Exploring Bridges Within and Outside of Prison | Evie Soape, Casey Barlow, Michelle Torrech Pérez, Marissa Hart | Panel | 10/7 | 10:50 am |
| Forensics | FS72 | When It Hits the Fan: Negotiating Prison Dynamics for Art Therapy Interns | David Gussak, Cheyenne Baez, Laurie Gentry, Keilana Hoffstetter, Khalia Kennedy | Panel | 10/8 | 10:50 am |
| Forensics | FS178 | Mitigating Disenfranchised Grief in Prison Inmates through Art Therapy | Marissa Hart | Paper | 10/8 | 2:00 pm |
| Forensics | FS100 | Building Bridges to an Unknown Future: A Mural in a Forensic Setting | Jasmine Blake | Paper | 10/9 | 12:00 pm |
| Forensics | FS19 | Bridging Conflicting Ideas: Is Serial Killer Art Redemptive or Manipulative? A Dialogue | David Gussak, Alicia Seymour | Paper | 10/9 | 2:00 pm |
| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Geriatrics | GE146 | Cognitively Impaired Older Adults Use Art to Capture a Memory | Michele Tarsitano-Amato, Jane Ellingsen | Paper | 10/7 | 4:00 pm |
| Geriatrics | GE207 | Art Therapy and Dementia | Mary Roberts, Janet Kempf | Paper | 10/8 | 11:00 am |
| Geriatrics | GE137 | Creative Connections- Combatting Isolation for Seniors Aging in Place Through Art Therapy | Casey Burke | Poster | 10/8 | 4:00 pm |
| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Medical Settings | MS238 | Bedside Art Therapy with Gun Violence Survivors at Level 1 Trauma Center | Amy Mattingly | Paper | 10/8 | 2:00 pm |
| Medical Settings | MS61 | Art Gut: Comparison of Art Making and Art Therapy on GI Symptoms | Meera Rastogi, Emma Norton, Lindsay Beach | Paper | 10/7 | 12:00 pm |
| Medical Settings | MS126 | The Undercover Survivor: An Art Therapist Intern’s Journey Navigating Countertransference and Self-disclosure | Serena Wade | Paper | 10/7 | 4:00 pm |
| Medical Settings | MS138 | The Mark They Leave: Hospitalized Patients and their Families at End-of-Life | Tamara Shella, Katherine Shelton, Natalie Sadar, Pamela MacFarland | Panel | 10/8 | 10:50 am |
| Medical Settings | MS157 | Caring for caregivers group: Navigating challenges of a neonatal intensive care unit | Kaitlin Gibson | Paper | 10/8 | 12:00 pm |
| Medical Settings | MS43 | Adaptive Art Therapy Techniques: Scaffolding Through The Use Of The Cricut Machine | Emily McGuigan, Julie Nolan | Paper | 10/8 | 12:00 pm |
| Medical Settings | MS44 | 3D Printing and Art Therapy: Helping Spinal Cord Injury Patients Regain Independence | Katie Durr | Paper | 10/9 | 11:00 am |
| Medical Settings | MS76 | Art Therapy for Grief in Diverse Military Settings | Gioia Chilton, Jessica Herman, Kelly Fracchia, Yeonjoo Ahn, Sara M. Nami | Panel | 10/9 | 2:15pm |
| Medical Settings | MS107 | Functional Neurological Disorder: A new horizon for art therapy | Elizabeth Smith | Paper | 10/9 | 4:00 pm |
| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| School Setting | SS91 | Implementing School-based Art Therapy Through Korean Elementary EduCare Innovation | Anna Seo, Hongjo Lee, KyeongA Han | Paper | 10/8 | 12:00 pm |