Shellee Davis, M.A., REAT, is a registered expressive arts therapist and faculty at the Person-Centered Expressive Therapy Institute. She co-founded the Expressive Arts program at World College West. At New College of California her teaching focused on the transformative impact of creativity in personal and political arenas. Imagination, flexibility and a sense of humor are some of the qualities that aid in this work. The creative process provides an important avenue to nurture and develop these traits.
Participants actively engage in the art therapy process.
Participants are encouraged to discuss their own relationships with adolescents and to share ideas about how to become more effective and positive allies. It is appropriate for child care workers, therapists, teachers, parents and those who interact with adolescents. No previous art skills necessary . Renee Conrad, M.A., A.T.R.-BC, LPAT, is core faculty for the Center for Creative Arts Therapy and has taught students of various ages in the public schools. She supervises students in training to become art therapists.