Sandplay from an Imaginal Perspective

EVMS Graduate Art Therapy Program presents:Continuing Education: Sandplay from an Imaginal Perspective by Josie Abbenante, ATR-BC, LPATPresenter:Josie Abbenante, ATR-BC, LPAT currently resides near Laguna, New Mexico. She works with the New Mexico School for the Deaf, teaches for Pratt Institute, and maintains a small private practice in art therapy and sandplay. She has presented nationally and internationally on topics including archetypal art therapy, transition and threshold, art therapy with Deaf culture, art therapy and feminist theory, sandplay and art therapy, and the language of aesthetics and metaphor. She is the former director of art therapy programs at the University of New Mexico and Seton Hill College; former faculty at Eastern Virginia Medical School and Vermont College; and visiting faculty at Mount Mary College and Naropa University.Thursday, February 19, 2009, Roper Auditorium, Lewis Hall(Keynote Address—All are Welcome!)“Bridging Art Therapy and Sandplay: An Imaginal Perspective”6:00 p.m. —7:00 p.m. (COST: $5.00 donation requested)Saturday, February 21, 2009Art Therapy Classroom, Lewis Hall Room 1135“Sandplay and Metaphor: An Exploration”8:30 a.m.—9:00 a.m. Registration ~ 9:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m. Workshop~Lunch will be provided~(COST: $65.00)Individual sandtrays will be available at the workshop as well as a limited variety of objects to use. Please bring small toys, figures, or objects that “speak” to you for the workshop.Workshop Objectives:◊ Identify the basics of sandtray work◊ Examine the integration of art therapy and sandplay◊ Define an imaginal perspective in therapeutic workUpon Completion Attendee will::◊ Be able to explain the basics of sandtray techniques◊ Be able to employ sandtray in conjunction with art therapy techniques◊ Be able to define and apply an imaginal perspective with clientsCECs are pending and may be available for $10.00 the day of the workshop. Please do not include this amount with payment for workshop.For more information, please contact the Graduate Art Therapy ProgramPhone (757)446-5895 or email to dorseyks@evms.edu