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The Art Therapy Institute presents its 2nd Annual Conference

Breaking the Silence: Art Therapy, Psychotherapy and Domestic Violence

Guest speaker: Cathy Malchiodi

Saturday, October 4th, 2008 9am-5:30pm

UNC School of Social Work
Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building
325 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC

Sponsored by:
UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work
N.C. Art Therapy Association
Lucy Daniels Foundation

Panel Moderation: InterAct

Schedule of Events
9:00-9:30   Coffee and Registration
9:30-9:45   Welcome and introductions
9:45-12:45   Keynote speaker: Cathy Malchiodi
1:00- 2:00   Lunch (provided)
2:00-3:30   Panel on domestic violence (moderated by InterAct)
3:30-4:00   Break
4:00-5:30    
     
     
Certificates of attendance will be awarded via certificate and no partial credit will be awarded at this conference.
     
Fees    
 
$150 - At the door ( Call to check availability)
     

Online and mail registration are closed. Please call Ilene Sperling at (919) 225-5124 to find out about last minute registration.

Check: Print out this registration form, make a check payable to AT Institute and Training

     

The UNC School of Social Work is wheelchair accessible. If you need special accommodations for a disability please contact Ilene Sperling(919-225-5124)

About the presenters:
Cathy Malchiodi is a leading international expert, independent scholar, and author in the fields of art therapy and art in healthcare. She has published numerous books, including, The Art Therapy Sourcebook, The Soul's Palette: Drawing on Art's Transformative Powers, Breaking the Silence: Art Therapy with Traumatized Children, Handbook on Art Therapy, Expressive Therapies, Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children, and Understanding Children's Drawings, all of which are standards in the field.

A popular speaker, Cathy has given over 250 invited keynotes, workshops, and courses throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe. Cathy is a recognized advocate, change-agent, and innovator of art therapy programs for children, adolescents, adults, and families, particularly with survivors of trauma. She is a consultant for a wide variety of community, national, and international agencies, including the National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children, Issues Deliberation America/Australia, American Art Therapy Association, and Save the Children Foundation, helping to create a global art therapy initiative for children in need in the West Bank and Africa. Cathy has also served on the boards of American Counseling Association (ACA), American Art Therapy Association (AATA), and on numerous national and international boards in mental health, counseling, arts, and public service. In honor of her clinical and academic contributions, Cathy is the only person to have received all three of the American Art Therapy Association's highest honors: Distinguished Service Award, Clinician Award, and Honorary Life Member Award. Cathy has a weekly blog called The Healing Arts on Psychology Today at http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-healing-arts.