Nordic Art Therapy Conference 2024

9th – 12th of June 2024

Avenues of Hope
and The Power of Art

Elverum, Norway
9th – 12th of June 2024

Program and abstracts

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

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?”

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

Astrid Hovengen, Karin Jacobsen, Kristin Svendsen and Astri Ziesler, Norway:

Evaluation and  “Artistic Ways of saying Goodbye”