Expressive Therapy Techniques

5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

LIVE WEBINAR

Presenter: Aynisa Leonardo, LCAT, ATR-BC

NASW Members: Free | Non-Members: $40

This workshop is approved for 2.5 continuing education credit hours for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists

  Workshop Name:

Date: Monday, July 22, 2019
Presenter: Aynisa Leonardo, LCAT, ATR-BC
NASW Member Fee: Free
Non-Member Fee: $40
Time: 5:30pm to 8:00pm
 

Workshop Description
This workshop on “Expressive Therapy Techniques” will provide an overview of cutting-edge treatment practices that are effective in working with people suffering with complex symptoms, such as thought fixation, moral injury, emotional dysregulation, sleep disturbance, anxiety, disempowerment, and hyperarousal. A wide variety of treatment techniques and approaches will be introduced, and some demonstrated, including: art therapy, storyboarding, and cinematherapy. Hands-on experientials will include CBT techniques and creative approaches to identity building. Participants will learn and experience first-hand a number of clinical, prevention, and screening techniques that they will be able to use in their daily practices when they return back to work, plus others that they might wish to pursue through ongoing training. Theoretical approaches to expressive therapies will be outlined. Benefits of expressive therapies will be outlined, such as the use of metaphor, therapeutic triangulation, validation, externalization, and emotional catharsis. Right hemisphere brain processing will be outlined, as a way to explain the effectiveness of visual and sensory techniques in treating stress and trauma. Other benefits of expressive therapies will be reviewed, such as improving communication, lowering stress, developing insight, increasing motivation, building connections, formulating identity, and managing symptoms.  

Learning Objectives:

After the completion of this webinar, participants will:

• Correlate 3 clinical applications of Expressive Therapy techniques with specific symptoms/diagnoses.
• Describe at least 3 Expressive Therapy techniques.
• Identify at least 3 therapeutic benefits of Art, Music, Drama, and/or Narrative therapy.
• Explain how brain function relates to the effectiveness of expressive therapies and be able to identify at least 2 reasons why.
• Discuss 3 populations that would benefit from the use of Expressive Therapies, and how.

This workshop is approved for 2.5 continuing education credit hours.

NASW-NYS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (Provider ID #0014), licensed mental health counselors (Provider ID #MHC-0053), and licensed marriage and family therapists. (Provider ID #MFT-0037)

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Presenter:

Aynisa Leonardo is a Licensed Clinical Art Therapist (LCAT, ATR-BC), who has been in the field of mental health services for 12 years. She is the Director of Military Services at Long Island Center for Recovery. Her prior experience includes working in inpatient, outpatient, and non-profit settings with clients experiencing posttraumatic stress, addiction, family conflict, and other mental health challenges. She has concentrated on advanced program development and clinical education, locally and nationally. She continues to provide evidence-based and interactive style presentations to hospitals, non-profits, and corporate agencies, in an effort to raise awareness of current trends and improve competency within the healthcare community.