Why Art Therapy in Medicine?: A Trauma-Informed Practice (N/NY-MS6026)
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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.
Patients, doctors, and funding agencies may not understand the benefits of art therapy or the differences between art therapy and other arts programs in hospitals. This paper discusses the applications of art therapy in a medical setting through theory and case examples.