Art Therapy for Grief and Loss

Complete Seminar Details

Utilize eight art projects designed specifically for the treatment of persons suffering from grief and loss. Participate in art therapy tasks and experience the healing process. Acquire new tools for communicating with the grieving client/patient.

Art therapy is where the worlds of art and psychology meet. Every creative endeavor produces a type of self portrait that can be interpreted to provide further insight and aid in personal growth. By making and interpreting art, individuals and therapists can reach beyond censored and conscious feelings to a deeper understanding of personality, fears, obsessions and motivations. Art therapy is especially effective when working with those struggling with grief and loss. Taking time to construct thoughts in a drawing or painting encourages an open connection to the grief in a way that talking alone may not. In addition, the art task creates a concrete entity that is separate from the self, and therefore provides a distance from the overwhelming sense of loss that may be obstructing the healing process.

This course will provide participants the skills to utilize art therapy with clients experiencing grief and loss. Art therapy techniques will be demonstrated, and participants will complete therapeutic art projects based on symptom management and rational psychotherapy. Attendees will analyze research and case studies that illustrate the effectiveness of art therapy with individuals experiencing grief. You will leave with many new concrete skills and interventions to add to your therapeutic toolbox.

WHAT YOU WILL COVER

• Discover a new method of communicating with clients to help them work through grief
• Examine effective art therapy techniques
• Understand the therapeutic power that art provides during the stages of grief
• Acquire skills for assessing the client's stress level
• Complete various art therapy tasks and experience the healing process
• Review the stages of grief
• Implement at least eight different art therapy projects specifically designed for the treatment of grief and loss
• Define many different types of loss
• Recognize the importance of tears and crying
• Assess stress levels related to loss and bereavement
• Understand the communicative power that art provides during the stages of grief
• Complete art therapy tasks and experience the healing process
• Discover new skills for helping clients work through grief in addition to traditional talk therapy

• 1 pair scissors
• A photo or copy of someone/something you have lost (this can be a small or significant loss). This will be used in an art project during the day, so it would be wise to not bring the original.
• All other materials for art activities will be provided.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Licensed Professional Counselors
• Social Workers
• Art Therapists
• Psychologists
• Psychiatrists
• Pastoral Counselors
• Psychiatric Nurses
• Substance Abuse Counselors
• Guidance Counselors
• Youth Pastors
• Youth Counselors
• Pediatricians
• Physicians
• Educators
• Anyone who has ever experienced a loss

Sponsor Background:

Leading the Way in Professional Development.

Cross Country Education is a national leader in high-quality educational products and services for the entire health care industry. Our seminars and training programs are designed to help health care providers achieve improved performance and results in all areas of clinical, financial and operational management. Our faculty of more than 150 instructors are the "best of the best" in their field of expertise and know how to provide programs that really make a difference to participants.

Since 1995, we have trained over 1,000,000 providers, managers, nurses, behavioral health professionals and other key personnel throughout the entire healthcare industry. We produce over 5,000 seminars and conferences annually for the health care industry. Plus, we coordinate in-house training for health care facilities. Let us provide your training and professional education needs!

Our Mission Statement

“CCE exists to identify and provide opportunities for relevant continuing education in a timely and geographically friendly manner that will meet and exceed the needs and expectations of targeted professionals.”

Quote From Past Participants:

"Thank you very much for a worthwhile experience. This was the art therapy workshop I always wanted to go to!" - LSW, Franklin, OH