The Art Therapy Institute presents its 2nd Annual Conference

Breaking the Silence: Art Therapy, Psychotherapy and Domestic Violence

Guest speakers: Cathy Malchiodi & Jason Cruz

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		Welcome and introductions
9:45-12:45		Cathy Malchiodi & Jason Cruz
1:00- 2:00		Lunch provided
2:00-3:30		Panel about domestic violence (moderated by InterAct)
3:30		Break
4:00-5:30		Wrap up/Art experiential
Certificates of attendance will be awarded via certificate and no partial credit will be awarded at this conference.
Fees
$110 - Before Sept. 1
$135 - Regular Registration
$150 - At the door ( Call to check availability)
Two ways to register:
1)Check: Print out this registration form, make a check payable to AT Institute and Training and mail them to the address on the form.
2) Credit card or PayPal: Register online now using PayPal's secure server!
For questions contact Ginger Poole arttherapyinstitute@gmail.com (919)-217-2884 or Ilene Sperling at (919) 225-5124

The UNC School of Social Work is wheelchair accessible. If you need special accommodations for a disability please contact Ginger Poole (919-217-2884)

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.

Jason Cruz was born in Puerto Rico and immigrated to Florida with his family at the age of five. He graduated from Jacksonville University specializing in studio art, photography, and film and went on to earn his Masters degree from Lesley College in Expressive Art Therapy where he received the Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies Award given by the faculty and the student body. Jason has presented lectures and workshops on art education, behavioral issues, learning differences, race and culture and young men's issues at venues including the Lynn YMCA, Endicott College, Harvard University, and Lesley College. In 2005

Jason received the Isaac Monroe Award for Service to Youth in recognition of his dedication to the at-risk youth of Lynn. At RAW, he currently leads three boys' groups, co-leads RAW Chiefs, runs a court mandated program for male and female juvenile offenders and provides family outreach and crisis intervention as needed. As RAW's Clinical Supervisor Jason provides guidance to all program staff on the therapeutic issues that arise in their groups and plays a major role in program development. Outside of RAW Jason has his own art and photography business, CRUZ ART. He serves as a youth minister at St. Stephens Episcopal Church in Lynn and is cofounder of Build a New America (BANA) Fellowship that address racial and social issues through action.