A Therapist's Personal and Professional Inquiry of the Shared Traumatic Phenomenon (N/NY-ES6261)
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Keturah Welton
Keturah is an ATR-BC, LPC in the state of Pennsylvania. She has a Ph.D. in Counseling, Counselor Education, and Supervision. She is the founder and director of an art therapy and counseling practice, Almond Blossoms of Hope, LLC. She is passionate about her work and advocacy of art therapy. She specializes in working with individuals who have experienced trauma, depression, anxiety, and substance recovery. Her approach focuses on assisting clients to live every day for the positive moments which they desire and promote a form of creative self-expression that emphasizes building stronger, more personal relationships. Through a collaborative counseling and therapeutic journey, Keturah's approach utilizes a variety of client-centered techniques, contemplative practices of mindfulness, meditation, and self-awareness.
What happens when a therapist experiences a traumatic mass-shooting while with their clients? This presentation will examine a personal and professional arts-based and quantitative inquiry through an unfamiliar phenomenon and navigation of healing. The presentation will identify a research gap of an emergent concept known as shared trauma.