Posted by Judy Weiser, Administrator Link: PhotoTherapy Workshop Sept 18, 2008
on 9/4/2008, 8:31 am
66.183.107.46
If anyone is going to be attending the upcoming AATQ/CATA* Annual Conference ("Art as Witness: Art, Art Therapy and Trauma Resolution”) in Montreal in a couple of weeks --
and is interested in getting together with me, for purposes of chatting about PhotoTherapy, Photo Art Therapy, and/or Therapeutic Photography (or just a social chat), please send me an email so we can all get together...
Please contact me "back-channel" (privately), at:
jweiser@phototherapy-centre.com
[*re: those initials: The Conference is sponsored by the Art Therapy Association of Quebec (AATQ), the Canadian Art Therapy Association (CATA), and Dr. Josée Leclerc (Department of Creative Arts Therapies, Concordia University). ]
I am doing a one-day pre-conference workshop [description below], on Thurs Sept 18, so I will be at the Hotel there a couple days before, so if anyone is arriving early, it would be fun to connect....
The workshop is filling quickly but there are still a few spaces -- for more info about it, please see the Conference website at:
http://joseeleclerc.concordia.ca/artaswitness/home_en.htm
and then for mine, please go to "Pre-Conference Program" for more details
(or go to this link below to download the pdf description directly)
http://www.phototherapy-centre.com/CATA_AATQ-Sept_18_08.pdf
Quick summary is below -- and hope to meet up with some of you there!
Judy
Exploring the Secrets of Personal Snapshots and Family Photographs:
Using PhotoTherapy Techniques in Resolving Issues of Trauma
Presenter: Judy Weiser, R.Psych., A.T.R., Founder & Director, PhotoTherapy Centre
Ordinary personal snapshots serve as 'mirrors with memory', reflecting what and who has mattered most in people's lives -- thus a photo's value lies not just in what its surface visual details depict, but more importantly, in what these mean emotionally inside each viewer's mind (and heart).
Because of this, photographs serve as powerful emotional triggers and nonverbal bridges into previously-unconscious, long-buried, or overly-defended information, in ways impossible with words (or private self-reflection) alone. For this reason, they can be of particular benefit in counseling people who have experienced trauma
such as abuse, violence, residential school legacy, sudden loss, HIV-diagnosis, war, and other types of "life-shattering" events.
Therapists trained in "PhotoTherapy techniques" use personal snapshots, family photos, and pictures taken by others (and the feelings, memories, thoughts, and other information these evoke) to deepen and enhance clients' therapy process. Those additionally trained in Art or Expressive Arts Therapy can use specialized
"Photo Art Therapy" techniques for further explorations.
PhotoTherapy is about "photography as symbolic emotional communication", rather than "photography as art" -- photographs as active agents of change and self-exploration, but always done under the guidance of a trained therapist. Using these techniques requires no prior experience with cameras, nor any knowledge about photographic art.
This full-day Pre-Conference Workshop will begin with a slide-illustrated presentation of the "what", "why" and "how" of PhotoTherapy techniques, with several case illustrations -- and then provide several experiential* opportunities (*Participation in these is voluntary and is for the purpose of education, not personal therapy!) .
Objectives: After taking this Workshop, participants will be able to: List and explain the five major PhotoTherapy techniques;
understand why and how these are particularly useful in treating issues relating to trauma; experience at least three of these techniques personally; and begin using PhotoTherapy techniques immediately in their own practice, or in related "therapeutic activity" situations/settings.
Judy Weiser, R. Psych., A.T.R., Director
PhotoTherapy Centre
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