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What is Art Therapy?

What is Art Therapy?. Presented by Cara Levitt, M.S. ATR-BC Registered Board Certified Art Therapist. About Me. . Cara E. Levitt, MS, ATR-BC, is a Board Certified Registered Art Therapist Experience working with a variety of challenging children, adolescents and families.

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What is Art Therapy?

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  1. What is Art Therapy? Presented by Cara Levitt, M.S. ATR-BC Registered Board Certified Art Therapist

  2. About Me. • Cara E. Levitt, MS, ATR-BC, is a Board Certified Registered Art Therapist • Experience working with a variety of challenging children, adolescents and families. • Born and raised in Sarasota Florida • Graduated from Eastern Virginia Medical School's Art Therapy Masters Program in 2005.  

  3. Art Therapy is…. • Using the processes and products of art making to express emotions, find creative solutions and improve quality of life. • Used with all ages from preschool to geriatrics. • All populations and it can address a variety mental health problems. • It can help build social skills, coping skills, problem solving skills.

  4. Products • Assessments • analyzing projective drawings • Diagnostically • Developmentally • Reflection • Looking at the artwork. • Discussing the artwork. • See the metaphors relate it to life. • Tangible Success

  5. Art Therapy Projective Imagery Assessment (AT-PIA) • Projective Scribble- measures creativity • Favorite Weather- environment/mood • Human Figure- self concept/developmental • Kinetic Family- Family dynamics • Reason for Being Here- defenses/problems • Free Choice- closure/recovery • Used by trained professionals only.

  6. Processes • The process of art making can be therapeutic. • Self soothing, teaches how to self regulate • Builds coping skills • Outlet for emotions • Cathartic- release of emotions • Container- holds the emotions

  7. Expressive Therapies Continuum • Structured-----------------------------Unstructured • Controlled------------------------------Uncontrolled • Ridged-----------------------------------------Fluid • Dry Materials------------------------Wet Materials • Pencils, crayons, markers,oilpastels,chalk pastels, glue, play dough watercolors, paints, paper mache, wet clay.

  8. Try this at home to unlock your creativity • Scribble freely on the page • Look at this scribble from all directions • See if you can find an image, and object or shape. • Outline this shape and use other colors to develop the scribble into a picture. • Place a title on the back.

  9. Contact Info • Cara Levitt,M.S., ATR-BC • caralevitt@gmail.com • 941-957-8130 • Draw it Out! Art Therapy • 200 S Washington Blvd 4A • Sarasota, FL 34236

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