Intermodal Expressive Arts Therapy Supervision

For those desiring to deepen their work in expressive arts therapy,
and For therapists pursuing the REAT credential.

Are you interested in bringing the Expressive Arts into your clinical practice? Are you considering applying for the REAT credential?

• This supervision group meets twice monthly via Zoom for therapists who are integrating the arts into their work and for those pursuing the REAT credential through the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA), and seeking group hours toward this.
• Expressive arts therapy group supervision is a relational, arts-based dialogue designed to support a reflective, cooperative facilitation process. The aim is to provide ethical, socially justice–based professional guidance that develops and strengthens sound expressive arts therapy practices.
• Over the course of four months, we will explore foundational practices of using the expressive arts in therapy. This includes examining singular arts compared to intermodal or superimposed approaches, considering the architecture of a session, transference and countertransference issues, ethical dilemmas, case studies, and—most importantly—questions that arise both individually and collectively. We will also explore how to bring the arts online and address issues emerging from our work and lives.
• Sessions invite focus, clarity, community, and curiosity into participants’ practice as expressive arts therapists. Using the arts as a point of inquiry, we will engage in both artistic expression and dialogue to explore our questions and aesthetic responses to the material.
• While supervision is not therapy, we will examine how our personal selves enter the work. As this is not meant to be therapy, outside support is encouraged if needed.

Dates:
Meeting on alternative Wednesday mornings, 12-2pm EST
Beginning February 4, 2025 – May 20 2025 (dates will be emailed upon registration.)

What is needed?

• Some art supplies, scarves, objects clean recyclables,
• Musical instruments (can be handmade from recyclables!)
• Props
• A quiet and confidential space to work in.
• A good internet/wifi and computer.

Cost: Sliding Scale: $60.00 – $120.00 per session

To Register: Registration Link

Jennie Kristel, MA, REAT, APTT received her degree in expressive therapies from Lesley University in 1986 and her REAT credential in 2014. She is a visiting instructor at Lesley University and has worked in a wide variety of clinical and non-clinical settings and populations including inpatient and outpatient hospitals around issues of grief, loss, trauma, and anxiety. She is in private practice working with survivors of human trafficking, domestic and sexual violence anxiety disorders, disability, and depression. She is an adjunct instructor at Lesley University and offers workshops and training in expressive arts therapy, Playback Theatre, and “The Listening Hour” internationally particularly in Southeast Asia. Her background in theatre also informs her work. Currently, she is focusing her work on transgenerational and ancestral trauma and the forces that shaped the persons and their relationships: personally spiritually and collectively using Sociometry, Sociodrama, and expressive art therapy. She is a professional artist focusing on mixed media and has trained extensively in printmaking. She has long been a member of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association and is on the REAT credential review committee. She has supervised individuals in expressive arts therapy for over 7 years and thoroughly enjoys the process of supporting people in this field. She is also the co-coordinator of the Northeast IEATA chapter and sits on the Board of IEATA as Co-Chair of the Governance committee. She has written on using the arts in therapy including co-writing Using Art Therapy in Diverse Populations: Crossing Cultures and Abilities, and published chapters and articles about using the arts in the community, postpartum care, and grief.

Contact Jennie Kristel REAT, APTT, RMT for more information
E: journeyworksconnect@gmail.com
T: 802-373-5030