Expressive arts therapy, such as restorative movements, soothing sounds and rhythms, image-making, enactment and improvisation, and sensory integration, taps deeply into the mind, body and spirit to facilitate health and well-being.
The benefits of expressive arts therapy are supported by neurobiological models of psychotherapy as well as cultural anthropology and ethnology.
In this webinar, Dr. Malchiodi explains how expressive arts therapy accesses non-implicit, sensory-based experiences that are at the core of recovery and restoration for trauma survivors.
She’ll also discuss how expressive arts therapy goes beyond helping clients heal trauma by fostering a greater sense of enlivenment, play, curiosity, joy, and self-compassion.
Finally, Dr. Malchiodi will share some simple tools to use with clients to aid them in their healing journeys.
About Dr. Cathy A. Malchiodi
Cathy A. Malchiodi, PhD, ATR-BC, LPCC, LPAT, REAT, is a psychologist, expressive arts therapist, and art therapist specializing in trauma recovery for the past 3 decades.
She is the founder and executive director of the Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute. She has given over 700 invited keynotes, lectures, and workshops throughout the US, Canada, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia.
Dr. Malchiodi has published numerous articles, chapters, and books, including Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process, Understanding Children’s Drawings, and Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children, Second Edition.
Dr. Malchiodi has assisted more than 500 organizations and institutions in developing trauma-informed, expressive arts and disaster relief programming, including the World Health Organization, United Nations, US Departments of Defense and Education, Kennedy Center, Harvard, MIT, Johns Hopkins, and numerous universities, mental health, community, and healthcare agencies throughout the world.
As an advocate for the role of arts in health, she is a contributing writer for Psychology Today and an active visual artist and aspiring musician with a passion for drumming, keyboard, and concert ukulele.