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ON-LINE SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
Friday
13th
15:30h - 20h CET
Conference program
Saturday
14th
10h - 14:30 CET
Conference program
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14:30 - 16h CET
Lunch brake
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16h - 22h CET
Conference program
Sunday
15th
9:30 - 14h CET
Conference program
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14h - 15:30 CET
Lunch brake
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15:30 - 21:30 CET
Conference program
Recordings will be available for two weeks following the event.
Mina
organizing team
FRIDAY
Markus Scott-Alexander and Linda Worster
Co-creating Our Online Meeting Ground:
A Springboard into the Conference
We will begin our time together through creating community art and community sense-making. Together, we will set the tone for clear and imaginative inquiry and deep play. In this opening gathering, we will co-create a springboard for an embodied experience of our online conference journey.
MARKUS SCOTT-ALEXANDER
Canada
Markus Scott-Alexander, PhD, REAT Is the founder of Expressive Arts Without Borders (www.expressiveartswithoutborders.org ) and the director of World Arts Organization (www.worldartsorg.com}. He is a pioneer in the field of expressive arts education for therapists and coaches and has been a practicing therapist and coach for almost 40 years. He was senior faculty at the European Graduate School in Switzerland from 1996 to 2020, where he worked alongside Paolo Knill creating community art.
Markus continues to teach internationally online, most recently in Egypt, India, and Japan. His latest publications are, Expressive Arts Education and Therapy (2020) and The Just Right Next (2023). He is a founding member of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA) and one of the first Registered Expressive Arts Therapists.
Markus resides in Canada.
LINDA WORSTER
Singer/Songwriter Canada
Humbly beloved by countless admirers, Linda Worster has captured the hearts of many with her heartfelt and soul-stirring songs. As a singer-songwriter, her music resonates deeply, weaving tales of emotions that connect on a universal level. With a genuine and unassuming approach, she has garnered a devoted following who cherish her artistry. Her songs, brimming with authenticity and warmth, have created a special place in the hearts of listeners around the world. Linda Worster’s ability to touch souls through her music is a testament to her innate talent and the genuine passion she brings to her craft. Linda and expressive arts pioneer Markus Scott-Alexander have combined their talents facilitating expressive arts workshops since the mid-1990’s, most recently through Expressive Arts Without Borders.
On-line Opening Ceremony
Friday 16h - 17:30 CET
A Springboard into the Conference
We will begin our time together through creating community art and community sense-making. Together, we will set the tone for clear and imaginative inquiry and deep play. In this opening gathering, we will co-create a springboard for an embodied experience of our online conference journey.
MARKUS SCOTT-ALEXANDER
Canada
Markus Scott-Alexander, PhD, REAT Is the founder of Expressive Arts Without Borders (www.expressiveartswithoutborders.org ) and the director of World Arts Organization (www.worldartsorg.com}. He is a pioneer in the field of expressive arts education for therapists and coaches and has been a practicing therapist and coach for almost 40 years. He was senior faculty at the European Graduate School in Switzerland from 1996 to 2020, where he worked alongside Paolo Knill creating community art.
Markus continues to teach internationally online, most recently in Egypt, India, and Japan. His latest publications are, Expressive Arts Education and Therapy (2020) and The Just Right Next (2023). He is a founding member of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA) and one of the first Registered Expressive Arts Therapists.
Markus resides in Canada.
LINDA WORSTER
Singer/Songwriter Canada
Humbly beloved by countless admirers, Linda Worster has captured the hearts of many with her heartfelt and soul-stirring songs. As a singer-songwriter, her music resonates deeply, weaving tales of emotions that connect on a universal level. With a genuine and unassuming approach, she has garnered a devoted following who cherish her artistry. Her songs, brimming with authenticity and warmth, have created a special place in the hearts of listeners around the world. Linda Worster’s ability to touch souls through her music is a testament to her innate talent and the genuine passion she brings to her craft. Linda and expressive arts pioneer Markus Scott-Alexander have combined their talents facilitating expressive arts workshops since the mid-1990’s, most recently through Expressive Arts Without Borders.
On-line Opening Ceremony
Friday 16h - 17:30 CET
Éva Törzsök-Connolly and Dr. Márta Antalfai
The Effect of Catharsis Complex Art Therapy Intervention on the Mental Health Balance of Colledge Students in Budapest
Recent surveys show that approximately one-quarter of university students report mental health imbalances, mainly depression and anxiety. Thus having evidence-based intervention methods as prevention in this field is a current task. The Catharsis Complex Art Therapy method (CCAT, Antalfai, 2007; 2016) is well-introduced in Hungarian mental health care. This current presentation aims to highlight the benefits of CCAT in mental health prevention as well as the asset of fresh-ground studies in art therapy.
CCAT is an analytically oriented complex, nonverbal, group-or individual therapeutic method that mobilizes contents of the unconscious with the thematic application of symbolic elements of nature and year-round, as well as the symbolic expressions of one’s interpersonal relationships and individual life path. By these thematic approaches, CCAT activates the restrained psychic energy manifested in the loss of inner balance, thereby mobilizing internal
resources and reorganizing inner dynamics. CCAT was invented and developed in recent decades by Dr. Márta Antalfai, a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist (Antalfai, 2007, 2016).
In this pilot study, a total number of 11 participants, as college students in Budapest,
were involved in CCAT intervention, who previously declared self-perceived stress and anxiety. The level of depression, state anxiety, and life satisfaction were measured in a pretest-posttest design. Results of Repeated Measures Factorial ANOVA revealed that the
level of depression significantly decreased from mild mood disturbance to normal in the art therapy group (ATG) compared to the control group (CG), where it increased. The results supported the successful application of CCAT in reducing the level of depression in young adults. Also, the present research draws attention to the importance of the topic of depression within this population.
Keywords: college students, mental health, state anxiety, depression, life satisfaction,
Catharsis Complex Art Therapy.
Dr. MARTA ANTAFLAI PhD, ECP
Hungary
Clinical Psychologist, Art-Psychotherapist, inventor of the Catharsis Complex Art Therapy Method
EVA TORZSOK-CONNOLLY PgDip.
Hungary
Catharsis Complex Art Therapist, Psychology Researcher (PgCert), Special Education Therapist
On-line Lecture
Friday 18h - 18:30 CET
Recent surveys show that approximately one-quarter of university students report mental health imbalances, mainly depression and anxiety. Thus having evidence-based intervention methods as prevention in this field is a current task. The Catharsis Complex Art Therapy method (CCAT, Antalfai, 2007; 2016) is well-introduced in Hungarian mental health care. This current presentation aims to highlight the benefits of CCAT in mental health prevention as well as the asset of fresh-ground studies in art therapy.
CCAT is an analytically oriented complex, nonverbal, group-or individual therapeutic method that mobilizes contents of the unconscious with the thematic application of symbolic elements of nature and year-round, as well as the symbolic expressions of one’s interpersonal relationships and individual life path. By these thematic approaches, CCAT activates the restrained psychic energy manifested in the loss of inner balance, thereby mobilizing internal
resources and reorganizing inner dynamics. CCAT was invented and developed in recent decades by Dr. Márta Antalfai, a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist (Antalfai, 2007, 2016).
In this pilot study, a total number of 11 participants, as college students in Budapest,
were involved in CCAT intervention, who previously declared self-perceived stress and anxiety. The level of depression, state anxiety, and life satisfaction were measured in a pretest-posttest design. Results of Repeated Measures Factorial ANOVA revealed that the
level of depression significantly decreased from mild mood disturbance to normal in the art therapy group (ATG) compared to the control group (CG), where it increased. The results supported the successful application of CCAT in reducing the level of depression in young adults. Also, the present research draws attention to the importance of the topic of depression within this population.
Keywords: college students, mental health, state anxiety, depression, life satisfaction,
Catharsis Complex Art Therapy.
Dr. MARTA ANTAFLAI PhD, ECP
Hungary
Clinical Psychologist, Art-Psychotherapist, inventor of the Catharsis Complex Art Therapy Method
EVA TORZSOK-CONNOLLY PgDip.
Hungary
Catharsis Complex Art Therapist, Psychology Researcher (PgCert), Special Education Therapist
On-line Lecture
Friday 18h - 18:30 CET
Prof. Robert J. Landy
Why Do I Make Circles?
Since the 1970s, Robert Landy, a pioneer of drama therapy, has been actively studying and sharpening his skills as a fine arts photographer. For the past 10 years, he has experimented with images of the circle created in natural settings as well as on the computer. In his artist talk and powerpoint demonstration he will explore the question, Why Do I Make Circles? In doing so, he will reference Jung's conception of squaring the circle as a means to discover wholeness in the self and the universe.
Prof. ROBERT J. LANDY
United States
Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT), a Registered Drama Therapist (RDT) and Board Certified Trainer (BCT). A pioneer in the profession of Drama Therapy, he lectures and trains professionals internationally. As a drama therapist, Landy has more than 40 years of clinical experience, having treated children and adults with a wide range of psychiatric, cognitive and adjustment challenges. He has recently worked in prisons, developing programs to treat mentally ill offenders as well as the general population within New York State correctional facilities.
At New York University, Robert is a Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the Drama Therapy Program.
"I have always been attracted to people and places beautiful in their otherness and edginess. As a therapist, I worked with people who live with personality disorders, mental illness, traumatic brain injury, addiction and trauma. As a theatre artist and composer, I have created work about people who have murdered, abused family members, seen God. And as a photographer, I focus on discovering the extraordinary in the mundane—placing masks of my face on the bodies of people in everyday settings, inventing orbits and dimensions within the compass of circles, capturing a beautiful form or a subliminal message in the peeling paint on walls, in the fading glory of my beloved New York City, in the ordinary strangeness of people in prayer, at work and play."
Show and talk
Friday 19h - 20h CET
Since the 1970s, Robert Landy, a pioneer of drama therapy, has been actively studying and sharpening his skills as a fine arts photographer. For the past 10 years, he has experimented with images of the circle created in natural settings as well as on the computer. In his artist talk and powerpoint demonstration he will explore the question, Why Do I Make Circles? In doing so, he will reference Jung's conception of squaring the circle as a means to discover wholeness in the self and the universe.
Prof. ROBERT J. LANDY
United States
Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT), a Registered Drama Therapist (RDT) and Board Certified Trainer (BCT). A pioneer in the profession of Drama Therapy, he lectures and trains professionals internationally. As a drama therapist, Landy has more than 40 years of clinical experience, having treated children and adults with a wide range of psychiatric, cognitive and adjustment challenges. He has recently worked in prisons, developing programs to treat mentally ill offenders as well as the general population within New York State correctional facilities.
At New York University, Robert is a Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the Drama Therapy Program.
"I have always been attracted to people and places beautiful in their otherness and edginess. As a therapist, I worked with people who live with personality disorders, mental illness, traumatic brain injury, addiction and trauma. As a theatre artist and composer, I have created work about people who have murdered, abused family members, seen God. And as a photographer, I focus on discovering the extraordinary in the mundane—placing masks of my face on the bodies of people in everyday settings, inventing orbits and dimensions within the compass of circles, capturing a beautiful form or a subliminal message in the peeling paint on walls, in the fading glory of my beloved New York City, in the ordinary strangeness of people in prayer, at work and play."
Show and talk
Friday 19h - 20h CET