Course Description


Readings and Course Materials for Webinar

All readings are included with this webinar and are available on the course site in the form of full-length articles, short films, and links to websites. Participants will complete an evaluation in order to obtain a Certificate of Completion after the webinar. You can access everything on registration and will be able to access this site for 90 days after the webinar. More information will be added to this site as we get closer to the event, so please check back!

We are offering these webinars free of charge to those who are working on either the EXAT or EXA-CE designations-- please email us to safe a spot in the webinar!

Summary and Goal
This is a 1.25 hour continuing education [CE] live webinar providing an overview and foundation for understanding the concepts of sensory integration and body awareness and the three foundations of interoception, exteroception, and proprioception within the context of trauma-informed expressive arts therapy. Because there is so much information on this topic, we will focus mostly on interoception in this webinar.


Learner Objectives -- Participants in this webinar will:

1. be able to define interoception and its role in trauma-informed expressive arts therapy; 

2. be able to define the role of interoception in overall health and wellness;

3. be able to identify at least ways to help individual develop interoception;

4. be able to apply at least one trauma-informed expressive arts intervention related to the topic of this webinar.


Continuing Education Information

Counselors/National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC). Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6557. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC are clearly identified. Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute is an Approved Continuing Education Provider by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. Our Texas Provider Number is 2318.

Art Therapy Credentials Board [ATCB]. The ATCB recognizes a variety of CEC activities, including those in the areas of professional and mental health counseling. These activities are clearly outlined in their recertification standards provided to all ATR-BCs in their recertification year and on their website. A minimum of six CECs must be earned in the area of ethics each cycle. If you are licensed as an art therapist in your state, please check with your state board to verify what types of CEC activities are acceptable for license renewal.

California Marriage and Family Therapists, Social Workers and Professional Counselors. As of July 1, 2015, the State of California /Board of Behavioral Sciences [BBS] amended its regulations for continuing education providers to include National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as a "board-recognized approval agency." If you are licensed as a marriage and family therapist, social worker, educational psychologist or professional clinical counselor in California, NBCC Approved Continuing Education Providers are recognized by the BBS to fulfill continuing education requirements. As of July 1, 2015, required CE hours can be accumulated through self-study and distance learning. 


If you are taking this course as part of the curriculum for the EXAT [Expressive Arts Therapist, Trauma-Informed] and EXA-CE [Expressive Arts Coach Educator] designations, please also obtain a copy of Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process. The core concepts presented in this course and in all of our courses are based on this book and if you are working toward the EXAT or EXA-CE, you are required to understand these concepts and approaches. 

You can purchase this book from Guilford Publications or Amazon and other booksellers in print and e-book versions.

Institute Faculty Cathy Malchiodi PhD

Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, REAT is a research psychologist, a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist, and a licensed mental health counselor. She is the executive director of the Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute and is an investigator with the US Department of Education, integrating trauma-informed expressive arts into classrooms. She has also worked with the Department of Defense since 2008 to bring expressive arts therapy programming and psychotherapy to combat military and their families and Veterans with posttraumatic stress and traumatic brain injury. Dr. Malchiodi studied with Francine Shapiro and is qualified in EMDR Level I and Level II. Cathy has assisted more than 500 agencies, organizations, and institutions in developing trauma-informed programming including the United Nations, Department of Defense, Kennedy Center, Harvard, MIT, and Johns Hopkins University. An international presenter and workshop leader, she given over 750 invited keynotes and workshops throughout the US, Canada, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia. She has authored 21 books, including the bestselling Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process and Handbook of Expressive Arts Therapy. Her books have been translated in over 20 languages. A life-long learner, Dr. Malchiodi's latest research and practice includes sensory processing and neurodiversity affirming models of psychotherapy to address trauma through expressive approaches to intervention.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to the Webinar!

    2. About Your Instructors

    3. About This Live Webinar | Syllabus, Course Objectives and Goals

    4. How to Use this Site

    5. Continuing Education

    1. Three Senses -- Interoception, Proprioception, and Vestibular

    2. Interoception, Exteroception, and Proprioception as Trauma-Informed Principles

    3. Interoception and Getting in Touch with Our Bodies

    4. The Vast Influence of Interoception

    5. Childhood Trauma Impacts Stress-Related Interoceptive Abilities

    1. Somatic Experiencing, Interoception, and Proprioception

    2. Proprioception: What is It and Who Can Benefit-- Infographic

    1. Pay Attention to Your Symbols: A Ventral Vagal Network Experience

    1. Interoception, Exteroception, and Proprioception in Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy

    1. Bonus: A Review of Rhythms as Body Awareness

    2. Final Steps to Your Certificate

    3. Course Evaluation

    4. Certificate of Completion Qualification

    5. Certificate of Completion | Available on June 30, 2020

    6. Certificate of Continuing Education

    7. Certificate of Professional Development

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