Challenges in Medical Art Therapy (Limit 25 Attendees; No Students) (N/NY-MS9109)
Master Supervision Session (Limited to 25; Not for Students)
Irene Rosner David, PhD, ATR-BC, LCAT, HLM
Irene Rosner David, PhD, ATR-BC, LCAT, HLM, is Director of Therapeutic Arts at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City where she has practiced medical art therapy since 1973. Her work has focused on the contributory role of artistic expression in coping with physical illness and disability. Specializations have included trauma, brain injury, stroke, paralysis, dementia, oncology and palliative care. Her doctoral dissertation addressed art therapy as a form of cognitive remediation after traumatic brain injury. Dr. David initiated an art therapy program at the World Trade Center Environmental Health Center of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. to help people with posttraumatic stress, as well as acquired pulmonary disorders. She is on the faculty of the graduate program of the School of Visual Arts where she teaches clinical topics in trauma. She has written and presented on various aspects of medical art therapy including quadriplegia, AIDS and infectious diseases. She has served on numerous committees and the Board of Directors of the AATA. Dr. David has been recipient of the Clinician, Distinguished Service, Governmental Affairs and Honorary Life Membership Awards, as well as the New York Art Therapy Association HLM Award.
Tracy Councill, MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT
Tracy is both Program Director for Tracy's Kids and Art Therapist in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at Georgetown University Hospital's Lombardi Cancer Center. She has taught Medical Art Therapy, Studio Art Therapy and Art Therapy for Trauma at The George Washington University, Eastern Virginia Medical School, and Florida State University and creates paintings, block prints and sculpturec. She has served as on the Board of AATAand as Chair of theMembership Committee.
This session will provide a framework from which to expand an understanding of the applicability of art therapy for children and adults confronting physical illness, disability, hospitalization, and treatment. Supervision leaders will elicit discussion about issues and challenges for therapists working in the medical milieu (Councill, 1993; David, 2016).