Pre-Art Therapy Experience: Art Enrichment (ES5249)
Panels
Anna Moore, MA Candidate
I am currently an Art Therapy Counseling MA candidate at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with past experience as an Art Enrichment Intern at St. Louis Children's Hospital and 1-on-1 counselor for individuals with intellectual and/or physical disabilities.
Kayla Grobe, MA Candidate
I am currently an Art Therapy Counseling MA candidate at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with past experience as an Art Enrichment Intern at St. Louis Children's Hospital, Crisis Response Clinician, and Screening, Assessment and Support Services Clinician.
Daphne Dierkes
Daphne Dierkes, MA, ATR, PLPC, is a new professional working with Friends of Kids with Cancer non-profit group, at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Here, she provides psychosocial support through art therapy practices with children being treated for Hem/Onc diagnoses.
Elizabeth Goebl-Parker, MSW, ATR-BC, LCSW
Shelly Goebl-Parker MSW, LCSW, ATR-BC, Associate Professor and Program Director of Art Therapy Counseling at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She worked with children, adolescents and families in educational and community settings. Currently her scholarship focuses on reflective, collaborative studio-based processes for research and advocacy within educational, clinical, and community arts contexts.
This panel will address the varying uses/definitions of “art enrichment” and how it establishes early learning experiences and provides preparedness for entering an art therapy counseling graduate program/practicum, the ethical parameters, the settings this has worked in, and the benefits this practice has on the served populations.