[Adta] CAT Week Re-cap!

[RENA B KORNBLUM]

Hi Everyone,
You can add to the list of Creative Arts Therapiy week events a Creative Arts in Therapy Party hosted jointly by Hancock Center and the Wisconsin Chapter of the ADTA happening Friday evening, March 23.  This was sent out as a list serve announcement, inviting anyone in the surrounding area to come join in the fun.
It sure looks great to see all the things happening to celebrate our work.
Rena Kornblum

----- Original Message -----
From: Christina Devereaux <christina at cd-photo.com>
Date: Thursday, March 22, 2007 8:36 am
Subject: [Adta] CAT Week Re-cap!
To: Adta at adta.org, adtachapters at yahoogroups.com


> I’ve received so many wonderful emails from people telling me about their
> events for CAT week.  Many have also been shared on the listserve, 
> however I
> wanted to re-cap for you all
 what great celebrating and education about
> CATs is happening!!  Congratulations
 I’m so proud to be a part of this
> motivated, driven and creative community!  Keep sharing what is 
> happening
 
> 
>  
> 
> Warmly,
> 
> Christina Devereaux, MA, LCAT, LMHC, ADTR, NCC
> 
> Chairperson, Public Relations Committee
> 
> American Dance Therapy Association
> 
>  
> 
> CAT WEEK 2007 Re-cap (so far
.)
> Danielle O'Brien, a Creative Arts Therapist at Goddard House in Brookline,
> MA along with the other CATs and student interns at her facility had a 
> panel
> discussion with the residents, about how they got into the field, why 
> they
> each decided to bring our training to this particular place, and how older
> adults can benefit from dance/movement therapy, art therapy, music therapy
> and so on. She mentions “It was interesting to find out that none of the
> residents knew what creative arts therapy was, and yet this site has had
> creative arts therapists working there for ten years.”
> 
>  
> 
> Melissa Sackowski, a DMT student at Pratt Institute will be presenting 
> an
> inservice presentation to staff at her internship site, William O’Conner
> Midwood School in New York!
> 
>  
> 
> Susan Keirr-Dyer in Louisiana is presenting about dance/movement 
> therapy to
> her local garden club! What a creative idea!
> 
>  
> 
> The MD/DC/VA Chapter hosted an ADTA table at the Psychotherapy Networker
> conference (with 3500 registered attendees!!) in Washington DC and met 
> as a
> chapter for gathering, and dancing!!!
> 
>  
> 
> Joanabbey Sack  reports that in Montreal at Concordia University Thursday,
> March 22nd from 6-8pm there will be a Dance/movement therapy OPEN HOUSE
> where the opportunity to provide information to students and professionals
> and participate in exchange of information is available. There is an
> interesting blog site
 where DMT and CAT information is posted and shared!
>    
> 
>  
> 
> Lisa Fladager of Langley, WA had an article in her local paper, The South
> Whidbey Record on Whidbey Island, WA, highlighted her work in honor of 
> CAT
> week. Here is the link to the story:  http://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/
> Click on Lifestyles in the Menu bar at the top of the page and it will 
> take
> you to the story.   She reports “I've had lots of positive feed back from
> the community.”  Way to go!!
> 
>  
> 
> Jody Wager in Washington DC reports that she and her student interns 
> held a
> wonderful in-service on our work for the staff on Tuesday, March 20. She
> reports “We all had a fabulous time ... lots of laughter and 
> connecting ...”
> 
>  
> 
> The New York Chapter (NYSADTA) is hosting a workshop “Movement for
> Brain-based Learning and Therapy:  A Neuro-developmental Approach from
> Body-Mind Centering® “ Led by Dr. Martha Eddy, RSMT, CMA, Saturday, March
> 24th 11:00-1:00pm NYU Dance Department.
> 
> Lena Friedman, an Art Therapist working at the Bellevue Hospital Chemical
> Dependency Clinic in NYC presented a panel on Wed., March 21st.  The panel
> "Art in the Real World" was a discussion of the Body Maps exhibit, 
> which are
> powerful pieces of art work that illustrate the beauty and the 
> struggle of
> women effected by Aids in Africa. 
> 
> Eri Millrod of the New Jersey Chapter reported that in honor of CAT 
> week and
> the contributions that Creative Arts Therapists make in the treatment 
> of
> mental health, they held a “professional renewal” at the Princeton.
> Participants were invited to come celebrate your work and nurture your 
> own
> creativity and artistic self. This included a Drumming Circle with Carrie
> Rupnow-Kidd, MMT, MT-BC and Kim Febres, MA, MT-BC; a Dance/Movement
> Experiential with Eri Millrod, MA, LCAT, NCC, ADTR; and an Open Art Studio
> with Christina Taylor, MS, LCAT, ATR-BC. What a great idea!
> 
>  
> 
> Susan Imus of Chicago, Illinois reports that recently she presented at 
> the
> Illinois Mental Health Counselor’s Association Spring Conference a workshop
> called: Non-verbal Attending Patterns in Counseling Supervision.  Also 
> she
> talked at Senator Durbin’s (D-Illinois) Veteran’s Panel/Press 
> Conference at
> UIC (University of Illinois Chicago) on the value of body/mind 
> approaches to
> treating trauma for our returning vets. It was covered by lots of
> politicians and press.  She reports “a number of people came up to me 
> after
> I spoke and talked about their support for movement approaches to the
> treatment of PTSD and other mental-health related problems. There were
> probably 10-15 cameras and micro-phones in front of me when I spoke about
> dance/movement therapy as a treatment of choice.  It was scary and yet
> exciting at the same time.”  WAY TO GO!!!!
> 
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