Are you interested in a workshop or presentation about global art therapy, what art therapy is, or the effects of art therapy?
Art & play can have an incredible impact on a child, adult, family, and community. I offer art therapy workshops and presentations to meet your university, community, or organization's interests. As a seasoned presenter, I love the opportunity to provide information, examples, resources, and tools. I have experience speaking with small groups, where the participants are invited to interact, use art, and are engaged in activities, to large group presentations. In any setting, I bring enthusiasm, passion, and energy into the subjects I am talking about.
Some of the subjects I can offer, but am not limited to, are:
What is Art Therapy?
The Impact of Art Therapy and Trauma.
Art Therapy with Children/ Families/ Communities/ etc.
Trauma Focused Art Therapy.
Global Art Therapy
Community- Based Therapeutic Arts
Creative Arts Therapy in Humanitarian, Low-Resource, and Emergency Settings
Bringing Art Therapy to Global Development & Humanitarian Response
Best Practices in Global Mental Health
Public Health & Art Therapy
List of past presentations and publications:
Boland, C. & Decosimo, A (2017, May). A Chance to Thrive, Not Just Survive: Reclaiming Play in the Face of Ebola. A Model for Psychosocial Support Programming in Emergencies. Paper presented at Association of Child Life Professionals 35th Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Decosimo, C. A. (2017). The evaluation of a psychosocial expressive arts program in Liberia during the Ebola epidemic (Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation). East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.
Decosimo, C. A., Hanson, J. E., Boland, C. R., Slawson, D., Littleton, M. A., & Quinn, M. (2017). A Process Description of Playing to Live! A Community Psychosocial Arts Program During Ebola, 11(1), 176–199. http://doi.org/10.5590/JSBHS.2017.11.1.12
Decosimo, C. A. & Tedeschi, K. (2016, July). Lessons learned: International art therapy from Ebola to homelessness. Paper presented at American Art Therapy Association (AATA), Baltimore, MD.
Decosimo, C. A. & Boland, C. (2017, April). A chance to thrive not just survive: Reclaiming Play in the Face of Ebola. A Model for Psychosocial Art Programming in Emergency Settings. Poster presented at Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), Washington, DC.
Decosimo, C. A. & Boland, C. (2017, May). A chance to thrive not just survive: Reclaiming Play in the Face of Ebola. A Model for Psychosocial Art Programming in Emergency Settings. Poster presented at Unite For Site, Yale University.
Decosimo, C. A. (2017, October). A chance to thrive not just survive: Reclaiming Play in the Face of Ebola. A Model for Psychosocial Art Programming in Emergency Settings. Presentation at Edgewood College.
Decosimo, C. A. & Boland, C. (2017, November). The Outcome Evaluation of a Community Based Expressive Arts Mental Health Program During and Post Ebola. Paper presented at American Public Health Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Decosimo, C. A. & Boland, C. (2017, November). A chance to thrive not just survive: Reclaiming Play in the Face of Ebola. A Model for Psychosocial Art Programming in Emergency Settings. Paper presented at AATA Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
Decosimo, C. A. & Boland, C. (2017, November). A needs and resource assessment of Uganda’s South Sudanese Refugee Settlements. Paper presented at AATA Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
Decosimo, C. A. & Moon, C. (2017, November). Guests or Interlopers? Developing Best Practices in Cross-Cultural, Global Art Therapy. Focus Group at AATA Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
Hanson, J. E., Decosimo, A. C., & Quinn, M. A. (2016). Diminished Quality of Life Among Women Affected by Ebola. Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences, 10(1). http://doi.org/10.5590/JSBHS.2016.10.1.0x