Art of Healing Loss
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Applying Expressive Arts and Mindfulness in a Veteran Healthcare Setting
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Description
The Art of Healing Loss (AHL) is a partially structured, six-session, multi-modal and inter-modal expressive arts approach to resolving grief which can be used by non-art therapists to treat PTSD in veterans of any theater. Components of the model are based on the HEALS model (Black and Simpson, 2004) and on research literature findings with reference to helping the returning veteran reconstruct meaning, strengthen resiliency skills and build social and emotional literacy.
Mindfulness-based meditation, which takes place in a safe, aesthetically prepared environment, links the expressive arts of movement, drawing, sound and writing to the mind-body techniques of muscle relaxation, breathing/presence awareness, body scanning, and witnessing/self-inquiry. Clients are encouraged to identify the creative art modalities best suited to their own learning/healing styles and to use those modalities during times of loss or stress.
The Center for Health and Learning will recruit and train mental health providers and spiritual counselors working with veterans to deliver the Art of Healing Loss. By replicating the AHL model in a veteran setting and participating in specific evaluation activities, these professionals will contribute to the emerging model of the expressive arts as a therapeutic experience for veterans and help to provide a scientific basis for measuring the impact of that experience.
The three stages to the program are:
1.Twenty mental health providers receive training in the AHL model.
2.The providers implement the AHL model with veterans in their healthcare settings.
3.The content and results of the program are disseminated through a program manual, a veteran art exhibit and the evaluation findings.
Audience:
—Psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, art therapists and chaplains working in the VA hospital setting.
—Trained licensed professionals with experience working with veterans in other healthcare settings (hospitals, mental health agencies, substance abuse programs).
—Trained professionals interested in gaining techniques for working with veterans in tandem with a licensed professional, e.g. Hospice workers.
Important Note: Center for Health and Learning reserves the right to screen and select participants based on ability to perform program expectations. Registrants will be asked to sign and return a Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement.
Trainer: Anne Black Ph.D.
CEUs
National Association of Social Workers, Vermont Chapter (12)
Board of Allied Mental Health Practitioners: Clinical Mental Health
Counselor/Marriage and Family Therapy (12)
Board of Psychological Examiners (12)
Other CEUs pending
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Location:
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Fairlee, VT
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Dates:
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Oct 19-20, 2010
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Times:
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8:30 – 4:30 each day
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Cost:
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A participant fee of $100.00 covers the cost of the training, breakfast and lunch both days and the Art of Healing Loss Manual and program implementation materials.
During the replication phase, participants will receive:
—Ongoing technical assistance as needed from the Program Consultant
—A marketing tool kit for implementation of the AHL program
—A $350 stipend for implementation of the AHL program and for submission of evaluation data
IMPORTANT: Please include your name and the course title in the memo section of your check or purchase order.
Overnight lodging at Lake Morey Resort is optional and not included in the fee. To make reservations for lodging call 1-800-423-1211, no later than September 19, 2010 and be sure to inform the resort that you are associated with this training.
Check in time is 2:00 p.m. and check out time is 11:00 a.m.
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Registration:
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For more information, call Center for Health and Learning at (802) 254-6590
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