Join us to learn how to include art, music, and writing into your work with clients. Sarah Heath from UAB Arts in Medicine, Aria Mandt, MT-BC from UAB Music Therapy, and Steve Mason, LPC-S, ADC will be presenting.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to describe core principles of Arts in Medicine practice and summarize how these approaches support wellbeing, emotional processing, and resilience in medical and mental health contexts.
2. Participants will be able to participate in and reflect on an arts-based experiential activity, identifying at least one way such practices could be ethically and appropriately adapted for use within their professional scope of practice.

3. Explain how music impacts emotional regulation, memory, and the nervous system in therapeutic contexts.

4. Identify at least three music-based interventions appropriate for individual, group, or family therapy

5. Explain the therapeutic benefits of writing and journaling for emotional regulation and cognitive processing.

6. Identify structured and unstructured journaling techniques for use in therapy and between sessions.

Each portion will be one hour with a 5 minute break between sessions. There will be a Q & A session at the end of the workshop.

Requirements for the workshop for CE requirements–Cameras must remain on the entire time during the presentations and an evaluation must be completed at the end.

Any questions can be emailed to info@newdirectionweb.com