Creativity and Collaboration: Navigating the Arts in Healthcare (N/NY-MS6221)
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Paige Asawa, PhD, ATR-BC, LMFT
Paige Asawa, Ph.D, ATR-BC, LMFT is an artist, art therapist, art therapy educator and mentor who has been engaged in the art therapy community for over 25 years. After building a private practice for seven years, she became and art therapy educator in 1998 teaching trauma theory and treatment, family art therapy, research methods and many other classes at LMU. Dr. Asawa is currently a Co-founder and Program Director for the Institute for Arts in Medicine [IAM] Keck School of Medicine of USC where she is developing new arts-based programs in the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and hospital system. Dr. Asawa is actively engaged in building awareness of art therapy both nationally and internationally by publishing, providing art therapy intensives, consultations, in-services, training and presentations. She has served as Convenor of the Coalition of Art Therapy Educators (CATE) and past Treasurer on the Board of Directors of the American Art Therapy Association.
This presentation explores the creativity and collaboration necessary to navigate integration of the arts in healthcare. The collaboration between two large hospital systems in a major US city will be discussed including methodologies that are necessary to enhance medical treatment and collaboration with allied health professionals.