The conference is organized into seven 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.
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Contemporary Issues/Current Trends
Sessions that present information in Activism (AC), Grief/Mourning (GM), Technology (TE), Autism (AU), Professional Practice (PP), Trauma (TR), and Ethics (ET).
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- Activism (AC)
- Grief/Mourning (GM)
- Technology (TE)
- Autism (AU)
- Professional Practice (PP)
- Trauma (TR)
- Ethics (ET)
| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Activism | AC42 | Art Therapists as Peace Builders | Jordan Potash | Paper | 10/28 | 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM |
| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Grief/Mourning | GM13 | Your Life Within Me – Exploring An Art Intervention For Mothers After Stillbirth | Einat S Metzl, Maya Gronner Shamai | Paper | 10/28 | 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM |
| Grief/Mourning | GM200 | Everything is Different: An Intimate Glimpse of the Grief Healing Journey | Elizabeth Gardner-Hill, Melissa Hedlund Nelson, Carla DePalma, Lisa D’Innocenzo | Panel | 10/26 | 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM |
| Grief/Mourning | GM41 | Continued and Imagined Bonds After Sibling Loss: A Creative Arts Therapy Perspective | Cassie Lynn Dobbs, Caitlin Krater | Paper | 10/28 | 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM |
| Grief/Mourning | GM49 | Art Therapy Postventions for Long-Term Survivors of Family Suicide Loss | Noah Hass-Cohen, Rebecca N Bokoch | Paper | 10/28 | 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM |
| Grief/Mourning | GM50 | Unspoken Pain: Using Expressive Arts to Process Pregnancy Loss | Hayley Wilds | Workshop | 10/27 | 10:50 AM – 12:20 PM |
| Grief/Mourning | GM63 | Creating Hope: A Visual Journey through the Grief Work of Children | Krista Ann Ball | Workshop | 10/26 | 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM |
| Grief/Mourning | GM7 | Endemic Times: Art Therapy Techniques for Grief, Loss & Isolation | Marla Berger | All Day Advanced Practice Course | 10/25 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Technology | TE152 | Creating a Digital Art Toolkit: Assessing Appropriate Apps for Your Practice | Bethany Altschwager | Half Day Advanced Practice Course | 10/29 | 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM |
| Technology | TE184 | Preserving Our Humanity and Creativity in the Age of AI | Nancy Choe, Natalie Carlton, Ricky Garner, Henry Perez | Panel | 10/28 | 10:50 AM – 12:20 PM |
| Technology | TE204 | Digital Art Tool to Enhance the Detection of Distress in Oncological Care | Marie julie Deschamps | Paper | 10/27 | 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM |
| Technology | TE208 | Connecting while Disconnected: Re-Integrating the Body Back into Remote Therapy | Joshua Blair Brancheau | Paper | 10/27 | 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM |
| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Autism | AU119 | Embrace Your Inner Hero/Anti-Hero: Applications of the Special Interest Connection Framework | Jessica Stallings | Workshop | 10/26 | 10:50 AM – 12:20 PM |
| Autism | AU128 | Special Interest Connection Theory and Framework: A Neurodiversity Positive Approach | Jessica Stallings | Paper | 10/27 | 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM |
| Autism | AU19 | Healing While Designing Clothes: Improving Wellbeing in ADHD & ASD Individuals | Chukwuma Udezeh | Paper | 10/28 | 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM |
| Autism | AU33 | Bookmaking With ASD Clients in a School Setting | Lyndsey Hedger | Half Day Advanced Practice Course | 10/29 | 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM |
| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Professional Practice | PP106 | Art Therapy in a Hospital-Based Clinic for Healthcare Employees in Crisis | Kula Moore, Kate Marder | Paper | 10/26 | 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP129 | Creating a Proper Goodbye: A Two-Part Workshop on Clinical Closure | Kim Anderson | All Day Advanced Practice Course | 10/25 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP132 | IFS-Informed Art Therapy: Creating the Internal Family in Clay with Compassion | Peggy Lee Kolodny | Workshop | 10/28 | 10:50 AM – 12:20 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP136 | Integrating Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy with Art Therapy | Elizabeth Hlavek | Paper | 10/27 | 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM |
| Professional Practice | PP137 | Fragility and Resiliency Seen Through Art: 2 Art Therapist Share Cancer Stories | Michael A. Franklin, Patricia Isis | Paper | 10/28 | 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP143 | Virtual Art Therapy: Research and Practice During and Since the Pandemic | Michelle Winkel, Sheila Lorenzo de la Peña, Gretchen M. Miller, Kathryn Snyder, Margaret Carlock-Russo | Panel | 10/27 | 10:50 AM – 12:20 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP157 | Inspiration from Within: A Strengths-Based Approach to Clinical Supervision | Elizabeth Gardner-Hill | Workshop | 10/26 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP183 | Models for Museum Based Art Therapy | Raquel Farrell-Kirk, Alicia Ballestas, Joseph Scarce, Renee Buono | Panel | 10/28 | 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP201 | Resiliency Through Power Dynamics of Masculinity | Michael Galarraga, Rob Belgrod | Panel | 10/28 | 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP212 | Creative Collaborations: How to Build Therapeutic Programs with Your Local Museums | Raquel Farrell-Kirk, Alicia Ballestas | Workshop | 10/26 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP21 | Lessons Learned: Expanding Art Therapy Practice to Publication | Heather J. Denning, Janet Kempf, Jennifer Schwartz, Molly O’Neill Haaga | Panel | 10/27 | 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP214 | Mind/Body and Mood Regulation Practices for In-Person and Telehealth Practice | Ellen Horovitz | All Day Advanced Practice Course | 10/25 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP214 | Lessons Learned: Expanding Art Therapy Practice to Publication | Heather J. Denning, Janet Kempf, Jennifer Schwartz, Molly O’Neill Haaga | Panel | 10/27 | 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP223 | Journey of an Art Therapist Battling Cancer and Use of Visual Modalities | Deborah Adler | Paper | 10/27 | 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP226 | Planting a Seed: Sustainable Practice Through Supervision for Supervisees and Supervisors | Rob Belgrod | Paper | 10/27 | 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP230 | Connecting Museum-Based Therapists Via an Online, International Repository | Carolyn Treadon, Minette Hand | Paper | 10/27 | 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP26 | Democratizing Scholarly Writing in Art Therapy with Curiosity, Creativity, and Self-compassion | David Gussak, Michael A. Franklin, Bani Malhotra, Elizabeth Graham | Panel | 10/28 | 10:50 AM – 12:20 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP27 | Understanding Transpersonal Art Therapy: Theories, Methods, and Practices | Michael A. Franklin | Paper | 10/28 | 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP62 | Embracing Change: Chaos Theory Informed Creative Approaches for Addressing Career Development | Barbara Parker-Bell | Paper | 10/28 | 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP68 | Connecting Creativity & Mindful Self-Compassion: An Integrative Approach to Art Therapy | Catherine Harris, Paige Scheinberg | Paper | 10/26 | 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP77 | Food as material in art-based community projects in Singapore: Cultural implications | Maya Tomoe Kitakado Cannon, Ronald Lay | Paper | 10/27 | 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM |
| Professional Practice | PP89 | Embodying and Modeling a Compassionate Presence: Art Therapist Art Making in Session | Catherine M Harris, Paige Scheinberg | Paper | 10/26 | 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM |
| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Trauma | TR100 | Compassion Care In Times of War: Art Therapy During Wartime | Wendy Bradley, Anastasia Titova, Nathalie Robelot-Timtchenko, Mary Jeppsen, Anna Kegeles | Panel | 10/27 | 10:50 AM – 12:20 PM |
| Trauma | TR103 | Make One Take One: Community Art Piece Addresses Community Trauma | Delaine Due, Rachel Griffin | Paper | 10/26 | 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM |
| Trauma | TR116 | Treating Trauma Using the Body Narrative: A Compassionate Art Based, Storied Intervention | Paula Howie, Hugh K. Marr | All Day Advanced Practice Course | 10/25 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Trauma | TR124 | Art Therapy for Refugee Youth: Summarizing Research and Identifying Next Steps | Holly Feen, Jessica Smigels, Julie Moreno | Panel | 10/26 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM |
| Trauma | TR220 | Art therapy, trauma, and rural communities: Creative ways to make an impact | Lorelei Voronin, Kristin Jonette Ramirez | Paper | 10/27 | 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM |
| Trauma | TR228 | Trauma-Informed Parent-Child Creative Arts Therapy Group for Intimate Partner Violence Survivors | Melissa Ulloa, Katherine Tineo-Komatsu, Amanda Shafran | Workshop | 10/27 | 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM |
| Trauma | TR55 | The “I” That Experiences; the Eye That Observes: Art, Play, Transitional Space | Lisa D’Innocenzo | Paper | 10/26 | 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM |
| Trauma | TR60 | Covid-19 Survivals: Family Art Therapy in South Korea | Hana Joo | Paper | 10/26 | 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM |
| Trauma | TR64 | Art Therapy with Veterans: Differences Between Combat and Military Sexual Trauma | Stephanie Clark | Paper | 10/28 | 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM |
| Trauma | TR70 | Collective storytelling: Art and Film to process an unexpected loss | Mary Andrus | Paper | 10/28 | 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM |
| Trauma | TR75 | Bringing Hope to Hurricane Ian Survivors | Joseph Scarce | Paper | 10/26 | 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM |
| Track | Course Code | Title | Presenters | Type | Date | Time |
| Ethics | ET118 | Exploring Present and Future Applications and Ethical Considerations for Virtual Art Therapy | Camille Henson | Workshop | 10/26 | 10:50 AM – 12:20 PM |
| Ethics | ET123 | Technology Ethics: Working Remotely With Clients | Mercedes Ballbé ter Maat | Paper | 10/26 | 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM |
| Ethics | ET43 | Publishing Ethical Case Studies: Writing Workshop | Jordan Potash, Theresa Van Lith, Emily Nolan, James Bulosan, Gretchen M. Miller | All Day Advanced Practice Course | 10/25 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |