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TLC Special Training
Oct 4 • 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
MISD Education Center
Clinton Township, MI
TLC is pleased to present the ALL NEW training, Integrative Relational Trauma Therapy Using Trauma-Informed Expressive Art and Play in the Treatment of Sexual Abuse with Carmen Richardson. Carmen is a Registered Canadian Art Therapist (RCAT) and a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT), which is recognized by the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA).
This special training will provide participants with a comprehensive framework to treat sexually abused children and teens. This treatment approach is grounded in attachment theory, the psychophysiology of trauma, expressive arts play therapy and CBT. It is guided by the belief that sexual abuse/relational trauma is a sensory experience, not a disorder. Attendees will practice several hands-on expressive art and play activities to use in school and agency settings.
Integrative Relational Trauma Therapy is a four-phase model of treatment which includes assessment and resource building, trauma resolution, cognitive and affective processing, and psycho-education/claiming strengths.
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Focus on Expressive Arts and Internal Resources
In trauma work, practicing coping skills when faced with overwhelming feelings and sensations like worry, fear and anger is the cornerstone of intervention. Coping skill implementation first requires identification of our internal resources – gifts, talents, personality traits and beliefs – that make us who we are. Using expressive arts can help us to make our internal resources more concrete. Carmen Richardson, a TLC Certified Trainer and Blogger, engaged me in an activity that empowered me to identify and become more familiar with my internal resources.
Creating an internal resource card was not just soothing and introspective but also fun and a great way for me to “see” and experience my internal resources rather than just non-chalantly “naming” them in passing.
Using an index card, I selected a few magazine cutout images that represented my internal resources. One image was of a woman running, while others were of a bird and a child laughing. I pasted the images on the card and articulated what each image represented in terms of my internal resources. The resource card sits on my desk, and I look at it several times throughout the day to remind me that I do have internal resources to draw upon. The visual reminder provides me with a direct link to my internal resources. If I had to “think” about naming and drawing upon my internal resources without having the ability to “see” them in front of me, I would not get there quite as quickly and I certainly would not remember all of the resources that I possess.
If you have a question that you would like to see featured in Focus, email Director Caelan Kuban at [email protected].
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Expressive Art Therapy Online Course
This online journey with instructor Carmen Richardson, MSW, RSW, RCAT, REAT, will take you into the experiential world and work of expressive arts. It will provide a foundation in expressive arts therapy from which to build upon. You will explore some of the main models of expressive therapies, identify the primary principles and premises that build a theory of expressive arts and learn how to invite your clients to an expressive experience with the arts. This course is a combination of both reading and experiential activities. You will be invited to move your body, paint, write, draw and use music to explore and express with the hopes of learning, in a sensory way, about the power of the arts for healing and transformation. To invite our clients to the expressive arts experience, we must know something about that experience in our own bodies. Click here to learn more.
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