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What is Creative Arts Therapy?

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We had a great time spreading the word about Expressive Therapies and Creative Arts Therapy week in Porter Square. The Expressive Therapy and Social Action class went out into the streets to ask people "what does community mean to you?" and to raise awareness of Expressive Therapy and Creative Arts Therapy. Thank you Russ Ouellett for providing the video For more information: INTERNATIONAL EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY ASSOCIATION: http://www.ieata.org AMERICAN ART THERAPY ASSOCIATION: http://www.arttherapy.org AMERICAN DANCE THERAPY ASSOCIATION: http://www.adta.org NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR DRAMA THERAPY: http://www.nadt.org AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION: http://www.musictherapy.org NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR POETRY THERAPY: http://poetrytherapy.org AMERICAN SOCIETY OF GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY & PSYCHODRAMA: http://www.asgpp.org

Creative Arts Therapy Week - March 20-26, 2011

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It's National Creative Arts Therapy Week! The Expressive Therapy and Social Action class at Lesley University is going to be "Taking it to the streets" with a small social action project where we go into Porter Square and tell people about Creative Arts Therapy - and where we hear from them about their experience of community. Look for a post next week about our project! One way to get more jobs and recognition for the amazing work that we do is to spread the word about the work... Don't wait for someone else to do it - Let it BE YOU! From the website of the National Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies: This is the 32nd anniversary of the National Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies. In honor of the coalition building many creative arts therapy leaders have done over the years, we would like to invite you to celebrate within your community the extraordinary work of the creative arts therapists all over the world. - Host an open house with

Lesley University's Expressive Therapy Electives - Summer '11

Many of our summer classes are already full! But there are still a few elective openings and we hope you can join us! Tell everyone about them (supervisors, friends, colleagues), and register on-line - registration is already open. Help us fill these classes so they are not canceled. Please consider coming back and taking an elective!!! Sign up today. And tell all your colleagues about our great offerings! Check out our Summer elective offerings in Expressive Therapy Lesley University is offering several courses this summer that can add revitalization to your practice: For more info go to: http://www.lesley.edu/lois and click on the "Real-time course schedules" link Thanks, Karen GEXTH-5010-01 and 02 Principles & Practices of Exth 7/18-7/22 Mon-Fri 09:00AM - 05:50PM AlAjarma, Y. and Barzilay-Shecter, K. GEXTH 5047 P&P of Drama Therapy 7/11-7/15 Mon-Fri 09:00AM - 05:50PM Bergman, J. GEXTH-6105-01 Power Privilege & Oppression Already FULL GEXTH-6206-01 Voice