Thank you to Creative Solutions (part of HeartShare St. Vincent's) for sponsoring this workshop for any practitioner interested in expanding clinical skills for regulation and restoration! We especially welcome Creative Arts Therapists and Expressive Arts Therapists, but all therapists are welcome to experience and learn evidence-informed approaches to support clients and patients. This is a 3 hour continuing education workshop that includes an introduction to how expressive arts therapy enhances stress reduction, resourcing safety, and self-awareness of the senses. The workshop focuses on the latest research and how creative approaches support the autonomic nervous system and self-awareness of body and mind to reduce distress.
Participants will be able to:
1) define expressive arts therapy as an intermodal, integrative approach to regulation and restoration;
2) define the MSSS Model of expressive arts therapy;
3) define at least three evidence-informed expressive arts therapy strategies that reduce stress;
4) define at least two ways to use breathwork as a creative arts approach to body awareness;
5) define why interoception is important to understanding stress and self-regulation;
6) define the Circle of Capacity Model as a complement to the window of tolerance framework;
7) define at least three important areas of interoception related to distress reactions;
8) define at least one creative approach to identity interoception of somatic sensations of distress;
9) define the terms synchrony, ventral vagal, and social engagement and why they are important to health and wellbess;
10) define attunement as an essential concept in supporting stress reduction and trauma recovery.
Here is some information, we will be updating it regularly so please check back often.
Workshop Venue: HeartShare St. Vincent's Services, 66 Boerum Place, 1st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Time: Wednesday June 11, 2025; check-in begins a 11:00 am. Course begins at 11:30 am and ends at 3:00 pm with 30 minutes for lunch from 1:00 pm-1:30 pm
Registration Online Only: Please use the registration link to complete your registration; you can complete it by using one of the payment options.
Refund Policy. There are no refunds for this event.
Continuing Education. Please read the Continuing Education section on this page; LCAT CE are available for an additional fee.
We will send you additional information about the course several weeks before the event. This may include some simple supplies to supplement your experience and access to readings on the course site to prepare you for the day.
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.
Licensed Creative Arts Therapists.
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.
International Expressive Arts Therapy Association [IEATA]. Many participants go on to apply for the REAT or REACE credential with IEATA and use our expressive arts therapy coursework to do so. Please check with IEATA to make sure you are meeting their current requirements for registration and let us know if you need additional information to help you qualify.
Psychotherapy and Counseling Fedration of Australia [PACFA]. Many of our Australian participants indicate that these hours are accepted by PACFA---Psychotherapy and Counseling Federation of Australia. Please check with PACFA to verify this and let us know if you require any additional information for this organization to qualify your professional development hours.
Canadian Counseling and Psychotherapy Association [CCPA]. Many of our Canadian participants indicate that these hours are accepted by CCPA for certain professional development requirements. Please check with CCPA to verify this and let us know if you require any additional information for this organization to qualify your professional development hours.
CPD hours [Professional Development] are currently in the application stage. We also welcome teachers to this course; please contact us for additional information.
Credentialing boards in Canada, Europe, and Australia accept our courses for professional development. Please check with them to verify that this course applies to your goals for credentialing or renewal of registration, certification, or licensing.
And learn and network with other creative practitioners through informative, interactive, and capacity-enhancing experiences.
