Horizons of Art Therapy: Creativity, Emotions and the Therapeutic Bond

The Lithuanian Art Therapy Association (LDTA) invites you to a two-day conference-seminar bringing together professional insight, international experience and hands-on creative practice. On October 23, a conference (10:00-17:00) will bring together specialists in mental health, social support, education and art therapy. We will discuss something that is becoming increasingly important today – the ability to see the person through creativity, emotion and relationship. Speakers from Lithuania and abroad will present contemporary art therapy methods, practical working models and the latest professional insights. You may attend the conference in person or remotely. CONFERENCE PROGRAMME: 9.30 – 10.00 Registration 10.00 – 10.05 LDTA Chairwoman Remigija Gilė – conference opening and welcome address. 10.05 – 10.30 Monika Tekutienė, art therapist, CBT consultant – "Working with Feelings in the Therapeutic Process". 10.30 – 11.00 Olegas Lapinas, physician, psychotherapist – "Drawing a Personal Mandala as a Psychotherapeutic Tool". 11.00 – 11.30 Dalia Stiklerienė, art therapist, practitioner of existential analysis and logotherapy – "Integrating Logotherapy and Existential Analysis into Art Therapy When Working with Mental Health Patients". 11.30 – 12.00 Jurgita Zigmantė, Head of Education at the MO Museum, cultural education expert – "Visual Thinking Strategy: How Artworks Foster Thinking, Emotional Awareness and Dialogue". 12.00 – 13.30 Lunch* 13.30 – 14.00 Specialists from the "Aplink" therapeutic education centre: Simona Vaštakienė and Daiva Stankevičiūtė – "Students' Emotional Wellbeing and Arts Therapy at School". 14.00 – 15.00 Camilla Mele, PhD, art therapist, lecturer and expert in international humanitarian projects (Italy/Switzerland) – "When Words Are Not Enough: An Integrated, Trauma-Informed Model of Creative Therapy". ** 15.00 – 15.30 Coffee break 15.30 – 16.00 Agnė Sakevičiūtė, certified mindfulness teacher, Gestalt psychotherapy practitioner, MO Museum educator and lecturer – "Creativity as a Mindfulness Practice: The MBAT Experience Between Art and Awareness". 16.00 – 17.00 Dace Visnola, art therapist, supervisor, lecturer, sand play therapy practitioner (Latvia) – "Client-Centred Practice Grounded in Colour Exploration in Expressive Arts Therapy". ** Tickets are available here.

Adresas: Best Western Hotel