Speaker Bio & Presentations

Special Speaker
Dr. Mary Affee
Dr. Affee is a licensed Clinical Social worker, a Registered Play Therapist, and the Founder of Horizon Integrated Wellness Group. Dr. Affee is also an adjunct professor at Molloy University, where she teaches Play Therapy. Dr Affee is the 2022 recipient of the Emerging Leader Award of Excellence from the Association of Play Therapy. Dr. Affee is dedicated to providing outstanding service to others, and she was among the many heroes who immediately fled to New York hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic to assist first responders. Although she will never allow you to call her a hero, she feels that it was her opportunity to give back to the medical professionals who saved her daughter from cancer eight years ago. Dr. Affee is the author of Sammy Saw Something on the Screen and Adalina’s Mask. When she is not caring for her clients, she relishes time with her granddaughter, Adalina.
Presentations & Workshops
Creative Counseling Techniques: Using Creative Arts to Promote Client Self-Efficacy and Resilience
The COVID-19 pandemic had many mental health providers working virtually through telehealth services. Today, many professionals continue to use a hybrid approach for engaging clients. With the prevelance of our mental health crisis, therapists’ burnout can add to the ongoing pressure felt by many professionals providing both face to face and virtual therapeutic services online. Integrating creative and expressive art techniques can bolster therapeutic rapport and connection to deepen the healing experience of traditional "talk therapy". Join us in a unique 1-hour experiential and interactive workshop where you will learn to use creative interventions in both virtual and face to face therapy sessions. Attendees will be actively engaged and will leave the workshop with creative techniques that can be applied and modified across diagnoses, populations, ages, and situations. Description: Play therapists and expressive art therapists often use a variety of art and creative activities in their work with children, teens, and adults. This workshop will introduce creative and expressive art activities to be used in therapy.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand and appreciate the power of creative expression in virtual therapy and face to face therapy
- Utilization of creative and expressive activities for all client populations across the lifespan
- Identify at least one activity for establishing a therapeutic rapport with clients virtually and face to face
- Identify basic supplies needed to incorporate creative techniques in virtual therapy
- Identify at least one activity for assessment with clients virtually and face to face using creative activities.
- Understand how to use at least one activity as a measurement tool virtually or in person
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