9th – 12th of June 2024
Avenues of Hope
and The Power of Art
Elverum, Norway
9th – 12th of June 2024
Program and abstracts
Sunday 9. June
Welcome
16.00-16.30 pm
Getting together
(Hovengen & Jacobsen)
16.30-18.30 pm
Kristin Svendsen & Astri Ziesler,
Norway
A warm welcome from the organizers – The Norwegian Art Therapy Association
Astrid Hovengen & Karin Jacobsen, Norway
Art Therapy meets Shinrin Yoku –
Nature as Therapist – to bathe and create in the Atmosphere of the Forest
Monday 10. June
Papers I
9:00 – 10:00
45 min + 15 min.
for questions
Mimmu Rankanen, Finland/Noway
P1
Educating Art Therapists – creating alternative Avenues of Hope
Gärd Holmqvist,
Sweden
P2
A Structual Observation Framework evaluating clients’ inner change during and after Art Therapy
Caroline Beauregard,
Canada
P3
Problem-solving through the creation of drawings and stories to regain hope
Work-shops I
10:30 – 12:30
2 hours
Åse Minde & Kari Rød, Norway
W1
Through darkness towards light
Jane Hawes, Sweden
W2
Opening Pandora’s Box – distracting our conscious brain to release Hope
Toril Slåttsveen,
Norway
W3
Guided drawing, a tool for healing trauma and reviving hope
Katerina Zachova,
Czech Republic
W4 (former W7)
A practical workshop, focusing on group art therapy where participants work divided in pairs
Pia Angeria,
Finland
W5 (former W10)
(Paper + workshop.)
Making Art visible – Balances between Private and Public – Conceptualizing an Art Therapy Exhibition
Papers II
13:30 – 14:30
45 min + 15 min.
for questions
Ephrat Huss,
Israel / England (via Zoom)
P4
We often talk about arts as able to create a new type of “space” within which we can communicate differently. How can our profession provide these spaces for communities dealing with long term conflict and stress?
Jackie Heijman,
The Netherlands
P6
Effectiveness of trauma-focused Art therapy (TFAT) for psychological trauma
Jenni Lehmonen,
Finland
P7 (Paper and workshop):
Making Art visible – Balances between Private and Public – Conceptualizing an Art Therapy Exhibition
Work-shops II
15.00 – 17.00
2 hrs.
Jenny Butler & Carl Gustafsson, Sweden
W6
Creating Hope in the Space between
Sisko Miettinen,
Finland
W7 (former W4)
Understanding the evil through art, rituals and the difficulty og forgiveness
Marit Aalen,
Norway
W8
Phototherapy workshop – Development of Technique
Adrian Lips,
Hungary
W9
Creating self-portraits
Markus Bossmeyer, Norway
W10 (former W5)
Can Outsider Artists’ surprising ways to make Art, help support our creative Prosess?”
Tuesday 11. June
Papers III
9:00 – 10:00
45 min + 15 min.
for questions
Suzanne Haeyen,
The Netherlands
P8
The powerful experience – emotion regulation and self-image in personality disorders in arts and psychomotor therapies
Anca Ghearasamescu,
Romania
P9
Art Therapy with young Ukrainian refugees: Trauma and language barrier
Sanna Pikku Pyhättö,
Finland
P10
Art Therapy as a seed of hope for socially withdrawn adolescents and young adults
Sara Stayne & Sophia Pankenier, Sweden
P11
Avenues of Hope – Art Therapy grounded in Neuroscience: Evidence Practice in Health Care Settings
Workshops III
10.30 – 12.30
2 hrs.
Knut Omholt, Norway
W11
Surrender as an avenue to Hope – what can we learn from a Fairytale about the Transformation of Hope
Ingalill Johnsen,
Norway
W12
Art as a container for the Container: using art in supervision
Unnur Ottorsdottir, Iceland
W13
Joint Mirror Drawings in Art Therapy and Museums
Paola Partsalaki, Greece, Alessandra Agnese, Italy & Carmith Shai, France/Portugal
W14
Ex umbra in solem: “When the inner Dialogue is in the silent Darkness, an Art Therapy Intervention can illuminate the Resources of Hope»
Papers IV
13.30 – 14.30
45 min + 15 min.
for questions
Celine Schweizer,
The Netherlands
P12
Art Therapy in a museum environment as prevention
Kreg Viesselman,
Norway
P13
Equality in Art Therapy – how might we build meaningful AT program with clients with developmental disabilities and language dysfluency?
Katherine Killick,
UK
P14
«Baby Doll» the Role of Art Making in the healing Journey of a profoundly wounded Adult in Analysis
Jasmina Ferček & Zala Orel, Slovenia
P15
Combined paper and workshop:
Textile communities – Social impacts and Psychological Benefits of Textile Crafting
Workshops IV
15.00 – 17.00
2 hrs.
Maria Fjellfeldt & Dalida Rokka, Sweden
W15
Couples in relational Crisis – a qualitative Exploration
Hannakaisa Hautamäki, Finland
W16
Trinity of Art – Body – Mind – Dancing – Painting – Writing – all levels of Existence
Lise Bjarkli, Norway
W17
An Art Therapy Body of Knowledge within a psychological Framework of Understanding
Jasmina Ferček & Zala Orel, Slovenia
W18
Combined paper and workshop:
Textile communities – Social impacts and Psychological Benefits of Textile Crafting
Evening program
Maria Falk & Kenjiro Sato, Sweden & Argentina
Tango & Movement
Wednesday 12. June
Astrid Hovengen, Karin Jacobsen, Kristin Svendsen and Astri Ziesler, Norway:
Evaluation and “Artistic Ways of saying Goodbye”