Answering the Call: Social Justice Advocacy Training in Art Therapy Education (MC5263)
Panels
Rachel Feldwisch, PhD, MA, LMHC, ATR-BC
Dr. Feldwisch is Director of Counseling and Art Therapy at the University of Indianapolis. She earned an MA in Art Therapy from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a PhD in Counseling Psychology from Indiana University. She is a Board Certified Art Therapist, licensed counselor, educator, researcher, and artist.
Craig Balfany, MPS, ATR-BC, LPC
Craig Balfany, MPS, ATR-BC, LPC has worked as an Art Therapist since 1988. He is the Art Therapy Program Chair at the Adler Graduate School in Minnetonka, MN. His artistic practice includes sculpting, photography, ceramics and mask making.
Jessica Stallings, Program Therapist, Adjunct Professor
Dr. Jessica Stallings, ATR-BC, LMHP taught at Emporia State University, worked in private practice, and is currently working in partial hospitalization with children ages 5 to 12. She completed a dissertation on using popular culture with individuals with ASDs.
Melanie Heindl, MS, ATR, LPC
Melanie Heindl is an art therapist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin currently serving as a Clinical Services Supervisor in an outpatient mental health clinic. Melanie specializes in developmental and complex traumas, working specifically with youth and their families involved in juvenile justice and child welfare. She is a doctoral student at Mount Mary University, where she serves as adjunct faculty in the graduate art therapy department. She received her Masters at Mount Mary in 2012. Her current work focuses on anti-oppressive trauma focused practice.
How do professional art therapists and art therapy educators respond to calls for social justice advocacy? What opportunities and challenges exist when training future art therapists to become social justice advocates? During this panel presentation, a group of art therapy educators will respond to these questions and provide their perspectives.