World Art Therapy  
Conference 2026

Free Conference Schedule

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Each weekend has a different theme. 
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First Weekend Schedule
MIND-BODY APPROACHES IN ARTS THERAPIES

For Asia and Australia the first day will start in:
For America, Africa, and Europe the first day will start in:

DAY 1

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10:00 – 11:20

Stream 1: Friday, February 6, 10:00 PM – 11:20 PM and
Stream 2: Saturday, February 7, 10:00 AM – 11:20 AM

Sensory Pathways to Healing from Trauma

Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD

11:25 – 12:55

Stream 1: Friday, February 6, 11:25 PM – 12:55 AM +1Day and
Stream 2: Saturday, February 7, 11:25 AM – 12:55 PM

Guided Drawing: Integrating Three Significant Shapes 

Cornelia Elbrecht, MA (Art Ed), AThR, SEP

1:00 – 2:15

Stream 1: Saturday, February 7, 1:00 AM – 2:15 AM and 
Stream 2: Saturday, February 7, 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM

Bilateral Movement and Artmaking: Integrating Body and Creative Expression

Elizabeth Warson, PhD, ATR-BC, LPC, NCC, EMDR III, EXAT, EAP II

2:30 – 4:20

Saturday, February 7, 2:30 AM – 4:20 AM and
Saturday, February 7, 2:30 PM – 4:20 PM

Focusing-Oriented Arts Therapy (FOAT®): A Mind-Body Approach

Laury Rappaport, Ph.D., MFT, REAT, ATR-BC

4:25 – 5:45

Saturday, February 7, 4:25 AM – 5:45 AM and
Saturday, February 7, 4:25 PM – 5:45 PM

Colours for Wholeness

Dace Visnola, Dr.paed., Mg.sc.sal

5:50 – 6:45

Saturday, February 7, 5:50 AM – 6:45 AM and
Saturday, February 7, 5:50 PM – 6:45 PM

Meeting the Missing

Clare Brewer, MA

6:50 – 8:20

Stream 1: Saturday, February 7, 6:50 AM – 8:20 AM

Zoom Workshop: The Art of Feeling at Home

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Sarit Zeltzer, MA

Stream 2: Saturday, February 7, 6:50 PM – 8:30 PM

Workshop: Eco-Art Therapy: Bridging Inner and Outer Landscapes

Ritu Dua, MA

DAY 2

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10:00 – 10:50

Stream 1: Saturday, February 7, 10:00 PM – 10:50 PM and
Stream 2: Sunday, February 8, 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Recreating Songlines from Trauma Trails: The Ceremony of Indigenous Facilitation Practice - Country Holds the Space

Caroline (Carlie) Atkinson, PhD

10:55 – 12:15

Stream 1: Saturday, February 7, 10:55 PM – 12:15 AM +1Day and
Stream 2: Sunday, February 8, 10:55 AM – 12:15 PM

Perinatal Dreaming: Creative Pathways for Healing Intergenerational & Perinatal Trauma Through Indigenous Mind–Body Wisdom

Marianne Wobcke, PhD(c), RN/RM, BaCAIA, 
Jack Shipway, Joanna Brooke, Jess Simpson, Alinta McGrady, Cynthia Hoffman  

12:20 – 1:30

Stream 1: Sunday, February 8, 12:20 AM – 1:30 AM and 
Stream 2: Sunday, February 8, 12:20 PM – 1:30 PM

Compassion for Your Critical Self Through IFS & Art Therapy

Mary Andrus DAT, LCAT, LPC, ATCS, ATR-BC

1:45 – 3:05

Stream 1: Sunday, February 8, 1:45 AM – 3:05 AM and
Stream 2: Sunday, February 8, 1:45 PM – 3:05 PM

"I Just Feel Happier!"

Carla van Laar, ThAP.D, M.CAT, PACFA 

3:10 – 4:45

Stream 1: Sunday, February 8, 3:10 AM – 4:45 AM and
Stream 2: Sunday, February 8, 3:10 PM – 4:45 PM

Stand Up and Paint: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Large-Format Painting  
and Its Applications in Art Therapy

Vera Heller, PhD, OPQ

4:30 – 6:30

Sunday, February 8, 4:30 AM – 6:30 AM and
Sunday, February 8, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Somatic Body Mapping: Making Visible the Embodied Experience of ‘Becoming’

Annette Schwalbe, MA, MSc, RDMP, ADMP UK, UKCP

Second Weekend Schedule
ART THERAPY IN INSTITUTIONS

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DAY 3

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10:00 – 11:05

Stream 1: Friday, February 13, 10:00 PM – 11:05 PM and
Stream 2: Saturday, February 14, 10:00 AM – 11:05 AM

Art Therapy Inside the Institution: Building Third Spaces for Healing and Resistance

Rochele Royster, PhD, ATR-BC, LCAT

11:10 – 12:20

Stream 1: Friday, February 13, 11:10 PM – 12:20 AM +1Day and
Stream 2: Saturday, February 14, 11:10 AM – 12:20 PM

Finding Own Voice through Art Therapy in School

Maria Riccardi MA, PhD(c), ATR-BC, c.o., OPQ

12:25 – 1:40

Stream 1: Saturday, February 14, 12:25 AM – 1:40AM and 
Stream 2: Saturday, February 14, 12:25 PM – 1:40 PM

Art Today Opens Tomorrow - Art Therapy Program in Schools in Poland

Katarzyna Góralczyk, MA

2:00 – 3:20

Saturday, February 14, 2:00 AM – 3:20 AM and
Saturday, February 14, 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM

Reimagining Creative Arts Therapies Applied Learning Through Justice-Centered Community Innovation

Heather McLaughlin, MA, ATR-BC, RMFT-S

3:25 – 4:45

Saturday, February 14, 3:25 AM – 4:45 AM and
Saturday, February 14, 3:25 PM – 4:45 PM

TICAT©:  Trauma-Informed Integrated Creative Arts Therapies Intervention Model

Camilla Mele, PhD, MSc, MA, PM

4:50 – 6:25

Saturday, February 14, 4:50 AM – 6:25 AM and
Saturday, February 14, 4:50 PM – 6:25 PM

The Applications of Narrative Drawing Intervention® in Different Countries

Monica Wong, PsyD, Reg. Clin. Psych. (HKADCP), AFHKPS, APA, RP (Ahpra), AThR (ANZACATA)

6:30 – 7:40

Stream 1: Saturday, February 14, 6:30 AM – 7:40 AM

Zoom Session: Creating Ethical and Transcultural Art Therapy Programs in Humanitarian Institutions

Liliana Montoya De la Cruz, MA

DAY 4

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10:00 – 11:20

Stream 1: Saturday, February 14, 10:00 PM – 11:20 PM and
Stream 2: Sunday, February 15, 10:00 AM – 11:20 AM

(Solution-Focused) Art Therapy LOM® in Public Institutions

Cora Egger, MA and Rahel Brügger, MA, MPF

11:25 – 1:55

Stream 1: Saturday, February 14, 11:25 PM – 1:55 AM +1Day and
Stream 2: Sunday, February 15, 11:25 AM – 1:55 PM

Designing Reflective and Restorative Spaces for Burn Caregivers in a Public Hospital

Sruthi Sriram, MA, AThR, RYT

2:00 – 3:00

Stream 1: Sunday, February 15, 2:00 AM – 3:00 AM and 
Stream 2: Sunday, February 15, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

The Use of Art Therapy in an Intensive Treatment Program for Adults Living with Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Linda E. Chapman, RP, RCAT, Clinical Member OSRP

3:20 – 4:15

Sunday, February 15, 3:20 AM – 4:15 AM and
Sunday, February 15, 3:20 PM – 4:15 PM

Behind the Mask: A Weekly Art Therapy Group on a Male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit

Fiona Grainger, MA, UKCP, HCPC, BAAT

4:20 – 5:25

Sunday, February 15, 4:20 AM – 5:25 AM and
Sunday, February 15, 4:20 PM – 5:25 PM

The Art of Survival: Psychosis as a Creative Response to Oppressive Systems (A Forensic Perspective)

Naomi Rule, MA, HCPC, BAAT, IAFP

5:30 – 6:45

Sunday, February 15, 5:30 AM – 6:45 AM and
Sunday, February 15, 5:30 PM – 6:45 PM

Restorative Justice: How Visual Arts Can Help

Marian Frances Liebmann, MA, PhD, PGCE, CQSW, HCPC, BAAT and Clair Aldington, PhD

Third Weekend Schedule
ART THERAPY AND NEURODIVERSITY

For Asia and Australia the first day will start in:
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DAY 5

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10:00 – 11:30

Stream 1: Friday, February 20, 10:00 PM – 11:30 PM and
Stream 2: Saturday, February 21, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Expressive Arts as Neurodiversity and Neurodivergent Affirming Practices

Cathy Malchiodi PhD, LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, REAT

11:35 – 1:10

Stream 1: Friday, February 20, 11:35 PM – 1:10 AM +1Day and
Stream 2: Saturday, February 21, 11:35 AM – 1:10 PM

Make Studio, a Progressive Art Studio

Cathy Goucher, MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT, LCPC

1:30 – 2:30

Stream 1: Saturday, February 21, 130 AM – 2:30AM and 
Stream 2: Saturday, February 21, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Recovering the Art of Human Connection in the Complex Culture of Neurodiversity

Sandra Hewitt-Parsons, MA, PhD(c), RCAT, EXAT

2:35 – 4:45

Saturday, February 21, 2:35 AM – 4:45 AM and
Saturday, February 21, 2:35 PM – 4:45 PM

The Power of Art and Connection for Late-Diagnosed Autistic Women

Gabrielle Gingras, MA, PhD(c), RCAT and Marianne Dufour, MA, ATPQ

4:50 – 6:20

Saturday, February 21, 4:50 AM – 6:20 AM and
Saturday, February 21, 4:50 PM – 6:20 PM

Seeing and Being Seen: The Creative Therapist’s Presence in Neurodivergent Practice

Polly Miskiewicz, MA, HCPC, BAAT

6:25 – 7:45

Saturday, February 21, 6:25 AM – 7:45 AM and
Saturday, February 21, 6:25 PM – 7:45 PM

The Secret Language of Autism: Fostering Presence-Based Connection Through Creative Congruence Time (CCT) and Expressive Arts

Ellen Eun Young Yang, PhD(c), CAGS, REAT, RCC, RCC-ACS, RCS

Ellen Eun Young Yang, PhD(c), CAGS, REAT, RCC, RCC-ACS, RCS

DAY 6

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10:00 – 11:15

Stream 1: Saturday, February 21, 10:00 PM – 11:15 PM and
Stream 2: Sunday, February 22, 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM

The Sensory-Based Relational Art Therapy Approach (S-BRATA)

Huma Durrani, DAT, RCAT, RP

11:20 – 12:45

Stream 1: Saturday, February 21, 11:20 PM – 12:45 AM +1Day and
Stream 2: Sunday, February 22, 11:20 AM – 12:45 PM

Interoception – The 6th Sense: Integrating Sensory Capacities and Expressive Arts in Neurodivergent Affirming Practice

AriAnna Carroll, LMHC, REAT, EXAT and Emily Johnson Welsh, LPAT-S, LPCC-S , ATR-BC, EXAT, REAT

1:05 – 2:40

Stream 1: Sunday, February 22, 1:05 AM – 2:40AM and 
Stream 2: Sunday, February 22, 1:05 PM – 2:40 PM

Neurodivergence in Art Therapy: Moving towards Neuroaffirming Care and Education

Jessie Woolhiser Stallings, DAT, ATR-BC, LIMHP, LPC, LMHC

2:45 – 4:15

Sunday, February 22, 2:45 AM – 4:15 AM and
Saturday, February 21, 2:45 PM – 4:15 PM

Creative Treatment Planning: Using Neurodivergent Hyperfocus and Special Interests with Purpose

Sarah Newton Penston, MS, LPC, ATR-BC, EXAT


4:20 – 5:40

Sunday, February 22, 4:20 AM – 5:40 AM and
Sunday, February 22, 4:20 PM – 6:40 PM

Not Without Us: A Neurodivergent Art Therapist Navigating Personal and Professional Tides

Tay Hongcheng, MA, AThR, AThS

5:45 – 6:20

Sunday, February 22, 6:25 AM – 7:45 AM and
Sunday, February 22, 6:25 PM – 7:45 PM

Conference Closing

Ellen Eun Young Yang, PhD(c), CAGS, REAT, RCC, RCC-ACS, RCS

This part of the conference has ended

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